Hi Sammy great vid again. The reason for resting the batter is because when whisking the flour you stretch the gluten making it chewy so by resting it the gluten relaxes and you get a crispier Batter. I love grilling Tailor with lemon juice and brown sugar sprinkled on the fillet or you can’t get better smoked fillets
Giddy Sammy, I've been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy your work, I agree with you tailor is great to eat and so is mullet, all fish are good too eat, enjoy the different flavours, some people are just fussy or spoilt. Great work thank you.
Love fresh Taylor, That's how I do beer batter only I season the plain flour part. Just salt , Pepper and a little turmeric or keens curry powder. About an 1/8 teaspoon would do for the amount you made. It knocks off the fishy taste that "Bait" fish has without tasting like curry. This was taught to me by an old mate Greek fish and chipper. Just subbed, Enjoyed the vid. Thanks
Mossy Fishing hahah that’s commitment! Although I had to start wearing a casting guard for my finger because the braid was starting to wear a hold in it!
I’ve tried battering it . Idk the flavour is different for my liking . Now a fish cake it would prob be wonderfull . But it’s a throw back species for me till I buy a food processor to try the fish cakes . Saying that I do tend to throw most fish back in the water to catch again when bigger
yeast in the beer to start to develop with starches in your ingredients....why the batter is light and puffs up..........leave it longer for more effect
Ice cold soda water works well if you don't want to use beer also you can put some ice cubes in the batter mixture if you don't have time for it to cool in the fridge
Nice video thanks! My recipe is the same but I add some garlic salt and some fine fresh parsley. People freak out cos I'm in no way known as a good chef...or even a Cook!
Cammo 1308 hahah 100percent! 🍻🍻 I’ve had it sashimi many times. Usually sashimi the first one at the table and eat while filleting the rest. My hot tip, dart is even better!
Have you tried smoking them? I brine mine for 18-24 hours beforehand, dry them so a nice pellicle forms, then smoke them in a charcoal smoker usually with hickory wood chunks. It's relatively easy and the taste is incredible! I also make poke with raw tailor (we call them bluefish here in the US, and a certain size are called tailor blues), both shoyu and spicy mayo style.
@@SammyHitzkeFishing awesome! I'll have to check that out. I love catching blues, even wrote an article in a local magazine about them. The poke is delicious, both the shoyu and spicy mayo were great. The gochujang sauce is crucial.
We're heading up to Kauri creek on Friday H. Come and join for some epic sand crab hunting. Flatty bashing and perhaps a cheeky HUNGRY cool weather Jack!
Thanks for the videos Sammy I finally caught my First little 5 cm Whiting today on Live Yabbies !! Thanks for the tips mate on how to catch them !! And Awesome Beer Batter Catch and Cook video Sammy that is the best way to eat Fish !! And also Sammy I have a question what Bait would Flathead and Bream eat Sammy ? Your a Legend Fisherman and CZcamsr Sammy !! Cheers William !!
William Atta nice one mate! Glad to hear you getting a couple!! Flatties and bream will definitely eat yabbies. They love them!! You can also try half pilchards, prawns and whitebait 👍👍 good luck!
Yo sammidy sam, great vid. I do alot of beer battered fish and never have i rolled fish in plain flower first nor have i ever added egg to the batter mixture but ill definitely be doing both from now on. I might even have to try tailor haha. Thanks for the vid
@@SammyHitzkeFishing so i tried the plain flower first and mixed an egg with my batter....def more crunch mate. Still yet to try tailor tho. Thanks for the tip.
Cut the fillet in half then take out the blood line by cutting a chamfer off the centre and off each side. It gets most of the blood line out and makes them taste way less fishy.
Hey Sammy, me and my family love fresh tailor this may sound like a strange recipe but you have to try tailor with Worcestershire sauce and bacon on top cooked under the grill as long as the tailor is fresh 😁👍🏻
Hell Sammy you wouldn't want to stand on that spot after a few beers, I can remember chasing jew on the tweed wall years ago and rock hopping at around 11pm and jumping from rock to rock and the went to hop onto a black rock that turned out to be a hole between the rocks, arghhhhhh….
alleycat ohhh shit! Did you get injured? Some of the holes in walls are damn near deadly if you go into them. It’s one of my fears while chasing Jew as well!
Bro you should try the tailor smoked and then try some sushimi! I reakon they are mint!! A good mate of mine has method involving boiling Milk that he Reakons is better then ice cream!
Just a question Sam, what is the closest fish Tailor tastes like?. Many years ago( almost 50!!), I fished off the rocks near Geraldton and caught Tailor and Kingfish and the husband (who was a chef) of the couple we were staying with cooked them in batter and they were beautiful but I can't remember which was which. I have been throwing Tailor back for years.
Hi sammy great videos , dunno if anyone else has picked this up but can you tell me what was jumping out of the water to the left of your rod in the video at the 2.32...at first i thought it was probably a dolphin but when i watched it over gain it seemed too short in body length..to be a dolphin ..so was it a seal !!??
Thanks mate, appreciate it! hahah I didn't notice it at all while i was editing! but i check back through the footage im 99% sure they are dolphins. The size i think is due to the distance they are away and the wide view on the gopro.
Ted James hey mate, I’m using a shimano Stella 6000, and a 12ft penn prevail rod. The hard body is a zerek barra x pro in the largest size 👍 Unfortunately I won’t be filming with Shauno for a little while as he is up the cape and I’m heading out to the reef. But once we are both back we’ll do some more fishing 🍻🍻
@@SammyHitzkeFishing Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it! Awesome work with the videos, keep it up! Damn, you 2 make some good fishing videos together!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing haha legend, inspired me to get out of bed this morning, ended up with 20! might so some beer batter also! come fish south west rocks!!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing I heard guesty talking about that, not to spoil but didnt u guys catch a huge black cod or somthing? there was a couple of tailor around the 50 mark i didnt measure but they were solid.
JT 10 hey mate, the yellow handle is a Swibo, and the white handle is a dexter Russell. I’m pretty pedantic about my knives, I like to keep them sharp, blunt knives are dangerous. I’ll try do a up a sharpening tutorial one day for you 👍
We call those blue fish and they taste like shit. Some people say of u eat them right away like only 1-2 hours old they aren’t that bad but imo they are the worst tasting fish in the whole of the north east.
That was such a true statement! nothing wrong with tailor as a table fish. Love ya work!
Envy you man. You can literally just choose what fish you want to catch on any given day hahaha. Great video
A lot of time on the water goes into it though! you guys only see the good trips!
Master chef mate 🙌
Black Sniper hahah reckon I should apply next year and hit the judges with some fresh tailor fillets 👌👌😂
Hi Sammy great vid again. The reason for resting the batter is because when whisking the flour you stretch the gluten making it chewy so by resting it the gluten relaxes and you get a crispier Batter.
I love grilling Tailor with lemon juice and brown sugar sprinkled on the fillet or you can’t get better smoked fillets
Darren Lloyd oh awesome mate, thanks for the info! And I definitely agree with you there. Smoked tailor is exceptional!
Yum that looks so goooood
Great vid Sammy! I am glad you tested the beer first. Made sure that batter was on point 🍻
Barefoot Angler it was 100 percent for quality control... well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it 😂😂
Another great video mate, been looking forward to a tailor session. Gotta keep on top of the quality control though can never be too careful 🍺
hahah thanks mate, next time I think it would be wise to test a few more just to be sure!
that was pretty hectic on the swell front. Cold batter absorbs less oil so the batter ends up more crispy after cooking,
Mathew Campbell yeahhh there was some serious sets cranking through!
Well there you go! Cheers for the info 🍻🍻
Nothing better than fresh beer battered fish Yes including tailor 👍👍👍
Cam From the Doo it’s bloody good tucker 👌👌🤤🤤
Great video, love the cooking! 🙌🙌
Lauri Brown cheers🍻🍻
Tailor are a Top fish to eat yum good video mate awsome fish
Giddy Sammy, I've been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy your work, I agree with you tailor is great to eat and so is mullet, all fish are good too eat, enjoy the different flavours, some people are just fussy or spoilt. Great work thank you.
Nice video, Sammy, some crazy waves..
Thanks mate, yeah there was some serious swell around that day
Tasty Sunday treat..... u makin me hungry Mr Hitzke.....
shalveen lal haha you might need to go fishing and give it a try! 🍻🍻
Love fresh Taylor, That's how I do beer batter only I season the plain flour part. Just salt , Pepper and a little turmeric or keens curry powder. About an 1/8 teaspoon would do for the amount you made. It knocks off the fishy taste that "Bait" fish has without tasting like curry. This was taught to me by an old mate Greek fish and chipper. Just subbed, Enjoyed the vid. Thanks
thanks for the tip mate! might have to give it a crack next time!
Love the tailor fishing off the rocks so much so I usually go home with a bad back from casting 😂
Mossy Fishing hahah that’s commitment! Although I had to start wearing a casting guard for my finger because the braid was starting to wear a hold in it!
I’ve tried battering it . Idk the flavour is different for my liking . Now a fish cake it would prob be wonderfull . But it’s a throw back species for me till I buy a food processor to try the fish cakes . Saying that I do tend to throw most fish back in the water to catch again when bigger
yeast in the beer to start to develop with starches in your ingredients....why the batter is light and puffs up..........leave it longer for more effect
Ice cold soda water works well if you don't want to use beer also you can put some ice cubes in the batter mixture if you don't have time for it to cool in the fridge
Darron Galway awesome! Thanks for the tips 👍👍
Man you destroy this beautifull kitchen in few seconds😂😂
BUT ...miam 👍👌
Nothing better than fresh tailor!
Luke Ceccato bloody oath 👌
Good video Sammy, made me bloody hungry
Corey Roff haha is too late to go fishing and catch a couple of fresh ingredients?!
Never too late mate
That looked delicious ...
we usually just do tailor,plain flour, pinch of salt and pepper and a teaspoon of curry powder .
Cheers mate! Yeah nice, night have to give it a crack! 🍻🍻
loved it Sammy, fresh tailor is tops , try Panko crumbs cooked the same way
Rolly B even better, mix some parmesan cheese in with the Panko crumbs! It’s delicious 🍻🍻🍻
Nice video thanks! My recipe is the same but I add some garlic salt and some fine fresh parsley.
People freak out cos I'm in no way known as a good chef...or even a Cook!
Nice one mate! Sounds good 👌👌
I absolutely love fresh tailor and agree with you, anyone who doesn’t is clearly vegan 🤭. Have a go at it sashimi style too 🛥🐟🍺🍺🍺
Cammo 1308 hahah 100percent! 🍻🍻
I’ve had it sashimi many times. Usually sashimi the first one at the table and eat while filleting the rest. My hot tip, dart is even better!
Sick vid Sammy hope to try that recipie soon
Cheyne Darcy’s Fishing get amongst it! It’s bloody good tucker 👌🍻🍻
Nice vid once again, love spinning and eati g a feed of tailor cheers man
ben learmonth got to be one of my favourite things to do I reckon! 🍻🍻
Sammy Hitzke Fishing what lures u using
ben learmonth zerek barra x mate 👌
Yep great if you cook it fresh, the old egg and crumb is good too
murray prosser bloody oath! Especially Pablo crumbs for that golden brown crunch!
Stupid question, the left overs. Do you just chuck em in the fridge and microwave them for later?
Sammy you know ya cooking tastes better when ya made a mess im gonna eat now cheers
Brett Williams haha well I can definitely vouch for that! 🍻🍻
Great video mate
Joel M thanks mate! 🍻🍻
Have you tried smoking them? I brine mine for 18-24 hours beforehand, dry them so a nice pellicle forms, then smoke them in a charcoal smoker usually with hickory wood chunks. It's relatively easy and the taste is incredible! I also make poke with raw tailor (we call them bluefish here in the US, and a certain size are called tailor blues), both shoyu and spicy mayo style.
Hey mate, yeah I smoke them all the time. I did a video on it earlier in the year. the Poke sounds like it would be worth a try as well!!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing awesome! I'll have to check that out. I love catching blues, even wrote an article in a local magazine about them. The poke is delicious, both the shoyu and spicy mayo were great. The gochujang sauce is crucial.
Noting wong with a bit of shad
Love catchin and eating tailor and I find if you bleed them straight away that they tast even better
Isaac Griffiths yeah mate 100percent. I bleed all my fish not just tailor 👍👍
Your videos are great.
Cheers mate, Really appreciate that!
We're heading up to Kauri creek on Friday H. Come and join for some epic sand crab hunting. Flatty bashing and perhaps a cheeky HUNGRY cool weather Jack!
Michael Wilson thanks for the offer mate! I’ll be out at Swains reef as of Thursday though sorry! Hope you get a few 🍻🍻
Thanks for the videos Sammy I finally caught my First little 5 cm Whiting today on Live Yabbies !! Thanks for the tips mate on how to catch them !! And Awesome Beer Batter Catch and Cook video Sammy that is the best way to eat Fish !! And also Sammy I have a question what Bait would Flathead and Bream eat Sammy ? Your a Legend Fisherman and CZcamsr Sammy !! Cheers William !!
William Atta nice one mate! Glad to hear you getting a couple!! Flatties and bream will definitely eat yabbies. They love them!! You can also try half pilchards, prawns and whitebait 👍👍 good luck!
Sammy Hitzke Fishing Thanks Mate I will give that a try for Bream and Flathead !!
Yes sammy
Bolter 💪💪
Yo sammidy sam, great vid. I do alot of beer battered fish and never have i rolled fish in plain flower first nor have i ever added egg to the batter mixture but ill definitely be doing both from now on. I might even have to try tailor haha. Thanks for the vid
Get around it mate! let me know how it goes!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing so i tried the plain flower first and mixed an egg with my batter....def more crunch mate. Still yet to try tailor tho. Thanks for the tip.
Pretty awesome feed I heard that removing the bloodline makes them taste even better unsure if it's true, awesome job mate
Aaron Young I haven’t tried it mate but I may do! Sounds like a lot of extra work though!
Cheers 🍻🍻
That's true but it is actually muscle not bloodline and is what gives the fish the strong flavour
Cut the fillet in half then take out the blood line by cutting a chamfer off the centre and off each side. It gets most of the blood line out and makes them taste way less fishy.
Good stuff lad 👍
Wesley .B cheers mate! 🍻🍻
Skip the egg in the batter and you'll and lighter, crispier and more delicate batter
Bro I'm with you, I love cooking up a big green back, beautiful,
Pete Vann 🙌🙌🙌 bloody good tucker!
Hey Sammy, me and my family love fresh tailor this may sound like a strange recipe but you have to try tailor with Worcestershire sauce and bacon on top cooked under the grill as long as the tailor is fresh 😁👍🏻
Bryce Sharkey sounds interesting mate! I’ll give everything a try once! Anything with bacon has got to be good though doesn’t it?
Absolutely 😁
That's the famous recipe for 'oysters kilpatrick' - little pieces of bacon and the sauce. Never seen it used with fish. Interesting.
It sure is
Choice vid Sammy 👍
Collie Yak thanks mate 🍻🍻
Hell Sammy you wouldn't want to stand on that spot after a few beers, I can remember chasing jew on the tweed wall years ago and rock hopping at around 11pm and jumping from rock to rock and the went to hop onto a black rock that turned out to be a hole between the rocks, arghhhhhh….
alleycat ohhh shit! Did you get injured? Some of the holes in walls are damn near deadly if you go into them. It’s one of my fears while chasing Jew as well!
Great vid bud
Cracka video mate
Lil Birt cheers Mate 🍻🍻🍻
Yyeeewww looks ssoooo goood🤤
Is that Brooksy heckling from the peanut gallery? haha Those prevails are a decent rod hey.
Ahmed A haha yeah mate that’s him chirping away. Yeah mate I love mine. Very versatile!
🍻 Agreeance on thá quåLïty contröL😉👌🏻Methodically dapper 🎣✅
gotta stay hydrated!
Sammy Hitzke Fishing ~> Aÿe, cause a Bloke’s nØt a Camel 🐪✔️🤟🏼🍺 😉
Bro you should try the tailor smoked and then try some sushimi! I reakon they are mint!! A good mate of mine has method involving boiling Milk that he Reakons is better then ice cream!
I smoke heaps of tailor up, its bloody unreal. the boiling milk one sounds a bit interesting though!!
Never eaten taylor but I’m going to stop throwing them back after watching this 👍😀
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Hey sammy, love the videos but i was just wondering would you use the same batter for calamari. (If you were to make it yourself)
Isaac roo hey mate, glad you like them! I reckon you definitely could use it on calamari! I haven’t tried it but no reason why it wouldn’t work
@@SammyHitzkeFishing okay cheers mate keep up the good work
Im having beer battered flatty tonight 😋
Frensicc yummmm! 🤤🤤
Taylor any day of the week 😅
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Just a question Sam, what is the closest fish Tailor tastes like?. Many years ago( almost 50!!), I fished off the rocks near Geraldton and caught Tailor and Kingfish and the husband (who was a chef) of the couple we were staying with cooked them in batter and they were beautiful but I can't remember which was which. I have been throwing Tailor back for years.
Great video Sammy, where is that breakwall?
Les fraser hey mate, that was down at Ballina 👍
@@SammyHitzkeFishing ohh, it looks exactly like forster/tuncurry, especially with the cement blocks
Sammy hitzke fishing trya can of solo find it makes a better batter then beer myself
I put a teaspoon or so of custard powder in my beer batter
What does this do to the batter ? Does it make it better in your opinion
@@dongwang2095 doesn’t change it much just a slightly different taste
That looks sooo good where abouts were you fishing
n k down at Ballina mate 👍
Awsome mate im headin down yo fingal this weekend
Hi sammy great videos , dunno if anyone else has picked this up but can you tell me what was jumping out of the water to the left of your rod in the video at the 2.32...at first i thought it was probably a dolphin but when i watched it over gain it seemed too short in body length..to be a dolphin ..so was it a seal !!??
Thanks mate, appreciate it! hahah I didn't notice it at all while i was editing! but i check back through the footage im 99% sure they are dolphins. The size i think is due to the distance they are away and the wide view on the gopro.
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Sammy, do you bleed your Tailor when you catch them?
Justin Elliot I’m not Sammy but everyone who eats tailor does, if you don’t it’s not pretty
Justin Elliot yeah mate definitely bleed them before eating! As a general rule bleed all fish you intend to eat 👍👍
Hey Sam, what kind of rod/reel setup are you using and what type & size hard body is it?
Also can you try and do some more videos with Shauno??
Ted James hey mate, I’m using a shimano Stella 6000, and a 12ft penn prevail rod. The hard body is a zerek barra x pro in the largest size 👍
Unfortunately I won’t be filming with Shauno for a little while as he is up the cape and I’m heading out to the reef. But once we are both back we’ll do some more fishing 🍻🍻
@@SammyHitzkeFishing Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it!
Awesome work with the videos, keep it up!
Damn, you 2 make some good fishing videos together!
Ted James haha yeah mate he’s bloody good to have on the boat 👍👍
Cheers legend!
Sammy Hitzke Fishing sorry to be a pain, what’s the best tide to be chasing tailor off rocks like that?
What Rockwell you at?
ballina
id have mangrove jack or grunter first anyday
Far out I’m jealous
hahah gotta get out and give it a crack mate!
easily could end up with a treble in your hand with that big lure and the way u grab onto those fish haha!!
Yeah your probably right, I’ll learn my lesson on day!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing haha legend, inspired me to get out of bed this morning, ended up with 20! might so some beer batter also! come fish south west rocks!!
Al Rouse unreal mate well done! Any big ones in the mix?? I was at south west rocks 2 weeks ago filming with the Reel Action team!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing I heard guesty talking about that, not to spoil but didnt u guys catch a huge black cod or somthing? there was a couple of tailor around the 50 mark i didnt measure but they were solid.
Gday mate, Gavin here. How many chips would we need to feed 6 blokes?
Matthew Ceccato 😂😂😂 are they fully grown?
@@SammyHitzkeFishing No, they are the baby white potatoes.
Is that brooksy in the background
hey mate sic vid, do you ever come over to west oz
thanks mate, I haven't fished over there in a while but hoping to get back there soon.
Tailor tastes soo much better if you bleed them. Anyone that says they don't like tailor has no taste for fish.
Brent M 100 percent mate. You’re crazy if you don’t bleed them. But thats the same with any fish really. They all need to be bled!
And where do we get the merch mate?!
Les fraser watch this space mate 😉
Afraid of flavour haha 😂
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What’s that knife called mate? It’s so sharp and where can I get one?
x2 not necessarily the knife, but do a vid on how you sharpen it - looks very sharp.
Thor_68 or just tell us how you sharpen it ;)
The yellow knife looks like a swibo skinny knife mate
JT 10 hey mate, the yellow handle is a Swibo, and the white handle is a dexter Russell. I’m pretty pedantic about my knives, I like to keep them sharp, blunt knives are dangerous.
I’ll try do a up a sharpening tutorial one day for you 👍
JT 10 I sharpen it on a bench grinder and a polishing steel 👍
Any fish taste good it just the chef
Cooper Leonard hahah no arguments there!!
Anyone who says tailor is not good eating can not be trusted. On the topic of pancake batter consistency, has anyone tryed pancake batter fish?
mathew hyde hahah I agree! Zero trust!
Mate I never have, I wonder what it would be like!! Fish pancakes!
@@SammyHitzkeFishing I honestly can't see it being bad 😂
mathew hyde try it and report back with the findings!
Only one problem with the recipe.... where was the beer well frying. A man must stay hydrated!
Krausy’s fish hunting hahah I’ll have to change the recipe to 3 beers 👍👌👌
first
Lachlan Campbell bloody quick mate!
Mud gonna be tasty if u cook this way. However, tailor is still an awful taste fish as it does not have enough body fat.
We call those blue fish and they taste like shit. Some people say of u eat them right away like only 1-2 hours old they aren’t that bad but imo they are the worst tasting fish in the whole of the north east.
Where were you fishing at
ballina mate
Where abouts