This peri-peri mackerel recipe uses Nando’s medium peri-peri sauce to spice up the mackerel with some chilli warmth and is really simple to make. Mackerel is a really robust fish and will tolerate being marinated or glazed with strong flavours. If you want more or less heat just use a hotter or milder peri-peri sauce! […]
Many of us have fond memories of visiting the seaside and buying some seafood from a stall. You then douse it in white pepper and vinegar and enjoy the taste of freshly caught and cooked shellfish. You taste prawns, mussels, cockles, winkles and for the brave souls among us whelks. You catch whelks using baited […]
Catch It As a rod and line angler the majority of crabs I catch from the shore are spider crabs. Found in huge numbers just offshore during April to June when they migrate. When I say catch, I mean they are entangled in the trace. Beach anglers frequently wind in only to find the hooks […]
Catch It Rod and line fishing for squid (calamari) and cuttlefish has become popular in the UK over the past few years. Specialised fishing techniques using custom lures known as jigs. These have two circular rows of crown hooks that entangle the tentacles. Various locations along the UK south coast such as Weymouth have become […]
Catch It Rod and line fishing for squid and cuttlefish has become popular in the UK over the past few years. Specialised fishing techniques using custom lures known as squid jigs. These have two circular rows of crown hooks that entangle the tentacles. Various locations along the UK south coast such as Weymouth have become […]
Catch It The herring is an oily silverfish high in omega 3 oil. Grilled, smoked (as kippers) or baked, they are very good for you! They are pelagic fish, always on the move, and tend to show seasonally around the UK south coast between February and June for a spring run and again in autumn […]
Whether you fish with lures or bait, from boat or shore, the sea bass is a prize catch. Bass stocks in UK waters are still very poor and the measures currently in force for recreational anglers in 2021 still stand at 2 fish per day subject as always to minimum size. Brighton Charter Boats If […]
Catch It Whiting, and I’m talking about English whiting here, are seriously underrated as an eating fish. Brighton Charter Boats When these English whiting caught by beach, boat or commercial anglers, they are thrown back in the main or turned into fish cakes. However, I like fish cakes and we have a good recipe later […]
Homemade scampi is so much better than those from supermarkets. Shop bought scampi often contain over 50% breadcrumbs and only 7% actual scampi. The rest is water and minced cod plus additives. Origins of Scampi Scampi is an Italian word which migrated all over Europe. In most countries, especially Italy, scampi means the peeled tail […]
Make your own tasty homemade fish fingers, so much better than shop bought. History of Fish Fingers Launched in 1955 the first fish finger in Britain was a resounding success. More than 60 years later the frozen brick of fish is just as popular. The fish finger was developed in an old Birds Eye factory […]