Skate catch and cook prep - plus How to catch fish using waders

Catch and Cook Skate - How to fillet and prep a skate for the dinner table. This is an episode covering both fresh and satlwater. First Graeme films Tommo, the skipper of the Watchet charter boat "Lorna Doone" as he shows how to prepare a Skate for cooking. Graeme then takes it back to the Totally Awesome kitchen for the cookup. Next he takes you into the Tackle Shack where he runs through his best waders tips, including an exclusive peak at his best ever Barbel fishing session a few weeks ago....including hookups to camera..all filmed entirely on his own. Then..well..we don't know what to say, as he goes into overdrive and does a modelling session of the waders and accessories! Should hopefully have you spilling your tea with laughter...
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[@matrimprodouctions2059]

Wonderful, he answered all my questions about how to use waders!

[@johnrickards1908]

"The waders are off!" Had to watch it twice, I was absolutely pissing myself! You'll never make it on the catwalk but those ball juggling skills were something else! Brilliant!!!

[@tonygalloway3704]

I can imagine the dog walkers on that back field watching you doing your catwalk coming home with a wet patch after pissing themselves laughing 😆 brilliant 🎣

[@johnroberts7924]

The Benny Hill of fishing! A master you are Graeme and you keep me watching, learning, and laughing every day. Great value in these times. Thank you very much.

[@davidb.7093]

What a lot of information packed into less than thirty minutes. First of all we have the polite Tommo showing us how to prepare a skate, then Graeme shows us a simple method of cooking it. Following this the hints/tips on purchasing waders, followed by the demonstration that puts Graeme in touch with barbel. Lastly the Graeme Pullen fashion show (sense of humour still in tact and demonstrating football skills that would get him a contract with Chelsea! Amazing video thanks for posting.

[@clydemorris3927]

LAMO ... Gramae I Loved it...the information ... your expo in different one... fishing...you covered. Oh and your modeling. Sold me. Thanks 😊 Gramae... Arkansas Clyde 🇺🇸👌❤️

[@SadieRTrego]

Graham would have to be one of my favorite fisherman I love this channel 👌🤣👍😊

[@Smugginz]

I really enjoy when you add your cooking to the videos. Even when it's a spag bowl on the side of a pond. Love the music.

[@robertcotton9091]

Thanks so much for sharing :) Whenever I get back to the UK Wifey and me love to eat fresh Stingray /Skate. This video has made me hungry! Cheers!

[@jamescoughlan8193]

Lol love the catwalk show, fair play you are always up for a giggle

[@nigelallum4650]

He left the Skate Balls [cheeks] in BEST PART!!!!!!!!

[@troywee4774]

lol, absolutely nuts - the best way to be!! thanks for the tips mate and thanks for the share!

[@taxalterror]

What a mover,thanks for the video, I used to have hunter streamfisher's waders had really good ware out of my first pair.I got them in 1973 they lasted till about 1983 they had some stick, :)

[@matthewbeddow3278]

Cheers, Graeme, great video, thoroughly enjoyable.

[@allanleonnard6891]

Noooo you left my favourite part the cheeks. Taste so good keep up the good work boys

[@TAFishing]

They do say the cheeks are best. I used to hear them referred to as "eyeballs" ,but of course it was the cheek muscles,not the actual eyeballs...Mind you, depends if you were in a true survival situation...eyeballs and all would go into the pot.

[@madfishermanwest200]

The saddle got loads of meat to

[@kevinjohnson2528]

Enjoyed this, look forward to the video of the great barbel hunt! Keepie uppie skills none to shabby either😉

[@vanscran1672]

A brilliant video, one of your best, I'll be buying some waders now.

[@davidhall4914]

Great video as always.

[@on-the-lake]

great show as always

[@mikesaul8711]

Fantastic video, skate VERY UNDERRATED FISH. thanks for uploading the video. Kind regards Mike. Norfolk. 🐟🐟

[@SMASHFISHING]

Cracking video graham , your little cat walk with the waders had me in stitches 🤣 I go through waders every 3 months or less lol need to find a good make of them so I’ll look for your recommendations 👍 keep up the good work !

[@TAFishing]

Glad you liked the "Catwalk Classic"..I figured if I did something totally off the wall it might not get copied !!...Can't think who would do that sort of thing ,but you never know....Stay safe over there and forage that shoreline....The Mukluk old waders I used to have would probably be too rigid for your shore work.. l...I'm waiting to see the Goby fryup !!....Kebab style...several on a stick.

[@SMASHFISHING]

TA Fishing haha could only guess lol iv tried sand gobys before an there rather nice ! But have to be crispy 👌 when all the corona crap goes your have to pop over an come out with us sometime 👍 would be my honor haha

[@danmalone7819]

Great vid. Loving the wading section.

[@TAFishing]

Best Barbel fishing I have had...and the waders held out !!..Result.

[@lewispewsey6843]

Brilliant video graeme

[@bewareofthedogs2959]

Brilliant loved the modeling 🤣

[@philmay2988]

Mid-week video, lovely jubbly 👍🤙

[@steve00712]

Right managed to sort the notify me bell. All good. So great video again as always

[@hughrocko6791]

Yep iv had it. I remember beeing on tour with the band and the gig we were at were doing fish in a basket and it was skate. It was very nice. Oh i love you show man. Keep fishing

[@TAFishing]

was out in a boat yesterday..Conger,Black Bream,Doggies,Jumbo Macks and I almost got my shark line blasted by a monumental 600lb Bluefin Tuna...East Devon,150 yards off the beach...Don't need to go to Cornwall ,they are almost in Babbacombe Car Park !!

[@javelin223]

TA Fishing babbacombe is always good fun. Been diving several times off the pier/defence thing. See a few bream very close in as well.

[@davehillier4827]

Great advice there Greame. Henry Gilbert has recently done some video's on getting out of your depth in waders/wellies . And he now won't go fishing without a buoyancy aid now LIFE SAVING INFO

[@GonePottyGardening]

lovely fish, great channel too 👍🙂

[@mrwarlock5070]

Proper eating, nice bit of fish, tatties, carrots and half a pound of buttery goodness :)

[@qeawonstevens6253]

In South Africa we've been wading for years lol. Wading in the sea to get to that sand bank or hole.

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Nice video Graham 👍. I grew up in Grimsby England. Did trawling and gill-nettig , we called them jinny wings. I live in B.C CANADA 🇨🇦 now, a mile & half from the mighty Frazer River 😉. You definitely have to have a pair of chest wadders, & a walking stafe. My wadders have felt on them, had to modify them with klets. Especially if I'm fishing Stave river.

[@steveg8322]

With all due respect, YUM! the skate that is.

[@paulhyde1580]

Keep them coming. Organise a father and son overnighter with cook ups!👍

[@aidenevison889]

Never new you could keep thornback rays, thought they where catch and release only. That's what my dad always thought me. But great video like always!👍❤️

[@traceyeley65]

Yum yum yum, deep fried or cooked in burnt butter. Sorry can't spell the posh french word burnt butter....Still yummy. I wish that you TA Fishing and TA Outdoors could try to meet up with Bluegabe and Deermeat for dinner. The US side are Brothers and the UK side is Father and son. Both families love in nature....P,s I have asked before for Deermeat and Bluegabe to try and organise to come to the UK, England wales, Scotland and Ireland...... All are fantastic fishing grounds. with the best welcome and hospitality, All with different welcomes, traditions and recipes.

[@mrlup888]

Still producing excellent quality videos. Long may you continue

[@TAFishing]

I call it cracking and racking...I'm cracking the films out and racking them up in the XT hardrives...No way am I going to get caught out with not being able to supply you guys with brand new films. I'm well into 2021 already !!!

[@johnbarry5744]

Hi I’ve just ordered a IMAX thermo suit to shore fish threw out winter . Can’t wait to use it. I live in stormy Cornwall i love the winter 👍

[@TAFishing]

Good luck with it..I'm sticking to the Hot water bottle (Well not actually "sticking" to it)...I hate the cold,as do my fingers and joints generally.

[@simonwiseFRANCHISE]

Great video GP or should I say ‘Twiggy’ with those modelling skills !

[@bgmedia4199]

I love fishing for barbal and carp they fight like crazy and tuch the line with your finger you could'nt get a better way to feel that take great video as always

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

how do you get rid of skate ammonia taste and thanks for the tip reg the fluorocarbon to braid question you answered for me

[@ivormectin.3046]

I still love skate...

[@eloisereid3437]

very nice video, i like 🏆🏆🏆

[@2.0lawless79]

Nice fish

[@Henohenohe213]

Will we get a perch video on friday??? Always a great start to the weekend

[@fishhubbd]

Nice

[@eatingadventures9614]

Yum

[@arkajyotiadhikary8504]

The modeling was epic

[@TAFishing]

I call it a "Catwalk Classic"

[@geraldswain3259]

A lot of people just don't realise how good skate is to eat , thank god .

[@3vo338]

Same with dogfish tbh...

[@roymanewell4958]

hey graham how do you know what its like putting tights on!!!!

[@TAFishing]

It was standard practice about 40/50 years ago in the winter, anglers would use them for thermal retention properties, after all there were no bivvies etc around then, if you were out in the winter on a beach for Cod,or all-nighting on freshwater you needed all the help you could get.

[@roymanewell4958]

@@TAFishing yes!i always found it difficult paying for them....lol

[@thomasmccormick399]

Hi Grahame, what is the biggest salmon you have caught in the UK.

[@kevinbuckler1085]

Can't believe you can get away without cooking Mrs P's tea ! Eat your heart out Naomi Campbell !!!

[@perrynio]

Your skate dish certainly beats your Chilli Crisps Whitebait in a previous culinary catastrophe.

[@TAFishing]

Catastophe ??? I'll have you know I came one from last in the Scouts Cooking Badge for welding my Damper (bread and water thingy) to the steel cooking plate....those Chilli Whitebait passed through faster than the 830 to Waterloo.....An aptly named station...

[@mitchel3757]

Hello TA Fishing, I was just wondering on some advice when freshwater fishing. So I have recently started going but all I seem to be able to catch is roach, I can see some beautiful carp but I feel like I’m fishing too close to reach them. I have a match rod currently only but you seem to have no issues getting carp on yours. Could you please give me advice on how to set my rig up to target those carp please. Also when using dog biscuits how are you able to put them on your hook as mine are either too hard or too soft. Thank you for you time 👍🏻😁

[@chrisbath3961]

I'm not TA but with the biscuits, the easiest option is the plastic/ rubber ones either hooked or hair rigged... If you'd prefer genuine ones you can cut a shallow groove in them straight from the bag with a small hacksaw blade and superglue to the hook shank... If you'd actually like to hook them the best way I found to get them to a decent consistency was in a good sized sealable freezer bag with a small amount (50ml) I guess, of almost boiling water, give them a good shake and leave overnight👍

[@mitchel3757]

Chris Bath awesome I’ll definitely give that a go then mate. What size hook would you recommend when float fishing for carp? And how would you set your rig up? I use a 15g carp controller float but I also have other wagglers. I just can’t seem to get bites, I fished for 7 hours and didn’t even get a nibble. Maybe I’m fishing too high?

[@chrisbath3961]

@@mitchel3757 if your float fishing I'd give the 'lift method' a try👍 there's quite a few vids on it! Hook wise perhaps an 8 unless your using big baits mate, if your struggling to get them feeding you can't beat trout pellets as feed if there's a lot of carp about👍

[@mitchel3757]

Chris Bath awesome I’ll give it a go this Sunday, fingers crossed we can get a nice carp haha. Or at least a bite.

[@chrisbath3961]

@@mitchel3757 Good luck!👍 Hope you manage a couple, let us know how it goes! I'd far rather be fishing Sunday but I've stitched myself up with an offroad marathon instead 😭😅

[@swimadamswim]

Graeme I was told by a bunch of fisherman on a boat once that the skate needs to sit in water for 24 hours to let the urine etc and Internals drain out. Is this true or can you catch and cook pretty immediately? Not sure tbh as a new sea angler. Thanks.

[@TAFishing]

Yes, they say leaving the meat in a fridge for a day lets the ammonia come out, and freezing does the same. I have heard if you eat them too quickly it can give you a headache or make you sleepy...anyone else know ?

[@swimadamswim]

@@TAFishing I don't want to think about it ! 😟. Cheers Graeme.

[@davidgeorgegolfinthailand8310]

Hi Graham I always thought rays contained ammonia, and thought you had to hang them for a while... Used to love skate fishing in the South West.. Great videos mate

[@TAFishing]

That's right,same for Dogfish .Just keep them in a fridge overnight, though I was told freezing the meat gets rid of it as well.

[@dantecarp]

Black butter with capers an lemon.

[@tawhidkhan3416]

Great Video mate, Just wanted to know is there any Homemade pellet recipie? there's no fishing pellet company in my country and because of the lockdown I cant even buy them Online coz the shipping overseas is quite expensive this days. If anybody could share any recipes it would be a big help and one last thing, the pellet I'm tanking about are not feed pellet those we have plenty I'm talking about Hook bait that's all. Hope you all are doing well in this difficult times.

[@buff7664]

Love your video's, When are you going to take one of your fan's fishing? Do a competition to take a winning fishing ???

[@malcolmmetcalfe4652]

Is it Friday ??? NO ...Extra session of TA get in their 😁

[@bigmoncrief6071]

All my rays go back. Sport fish only imo.

[@3vo338]

same, tho I only eat fish when on holiday

[@ajdexter4195]

As a chef I do say, I have never eaten or seen ray on the menu anywhere, must try it next time I get a good sized one.

[@graffitij1608]

More sea fishing maybe ??? Please

[@TAFishing]

Better not miss tonight's film. Friday 7pm.

[@elizabethgrant4907]

Mushroom sauce with garlic would add the finishing touches

[@glennmcloughlin1233]

Suprised you did cut out the cheekd of the ray. Best piece

[@TAFishing]

So they say..id someone say its a bit like Monkfish/Scampi ??

[@glennmcloughlin1233]

@@TAFishing yes similar to monk

[@spatewater]

RIP Hugh ! Sea trout Guru !!!!!

[@TAFishing]

He was deffo the man for that species....I wouldn't mind a 10 pounder that's for sure...

[@smithatthebackoftheclass5392]

Can you tell some more stories about the object in the tackle shack please Graeme

[@TAFishing]

Might do something like that through the colder months.

[@paterpeter1985]

Sadly common skate is now critically endangered according the IUCN. They used to be common, now only prolific in Scotland and Ireland. All due to overfishing as they are a long lived slow reproducing species. I don’t think there is anything wrong with eating anything, but rays are not suitable for taking in large numbers.

[@TAFishing]

I don't know of anyone who has ever eaten a Common Skate ,I certainly release all mine..Common Skate run to over 200lbs ,while the Thornback Skate makes double figures on average...You might be getting mixed up between the two species.

[@paterpeter1985]

TA Fishing thanks for the answer, I didn’t mix the two species. Commercial Fishing used to target common skate and they are in fact still a very high prized table fish in expensive restaurants. Incredible as it sounds. Again I am not judging anyone for eating rays, but as all of our rays are basically gone in the Netherlands due to overfishing, I just hope you are taking care of this fantastic resource. Basically I am a bit jealous too.

[@ouissandy2806]

There very sustainable in America we hunt rays with bows at night mostly.

[@ignacio9590]

If anyone has a spare frying pan out there please send it to Graham. Thanks. 😊

[@TAFishing]

Is that so I can scratch all the Teflon off ???

[@ignacio9590]

@@TAFishing 😂😂

[@trampster7306]

@@TAFishing We have the same pan and if my Mrs saw the state of yours, the extra large rolling pin would be wielded!

[@benmaynard863]

Good keepie up skills Mr P. New hips please.

[@TAFishing]

Probably be a plastic pair. Its a wonder I didn't throw one out with the football skills.

[@pierevojzola9737]

Hi, what happened to taking out the “skate balls”? You just threw the best part of the fish. It’s like watching anglers go to the effort of catching a big groper and filleting the fish to prepare it for cooking and throwing the head away! As for wading, how else will you catch steelheads and salmon? You do miss out on so much. Harera

[@TAFishing]

The Steelhead and Salmon I have caught have largely been without waders. The idea is to show beginners that waders open up a lot of options you might not otherwise have.

[@stoikes]

25:25 Ministry of Silly Walks! (too old a reference?)

[@stoikes]

@alanrtment porter amended😂

[@ouissandy2806]

Skate in brownbutter capers white wine lemon or skate vindaloo or skate coated in cornstarch fried and topped with a Szechuan sauce or skate karage or skate in a french mustered sauce or....

[@TAFishing]

You certainly know how to cook them..A skate Specialist !! Must invite myself round to dinner.

[@reddeaddaily62]

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@markholbrook3949]

Its gotten allot better over the years but here in New England it was not uncommon for some wayward characters to punch skate wings and sell them as Scallops...

[@danieloneill3398]

There’s some smell of them trainers.

[@stec2138]

Needs more flour graham much nicer with chips also

[@Baba_Yaga_87]

Normally just gut them straight out the net.. pack on ice till we get back to port... When you have hundreds to do every 12 hours it's a pain in the ass

[@Ben-hr2di]

Hi

[@PenDragonsPig]

Near enough sharks fin.

[@mohammadsyafiqwilson6672]

Asam pedas ikan pari

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

I've seen guys wearing waders in the surf. Seems like suicide to me. Speaking of which that hook looked like a number 2 suicide hook or bait keeper. A popular choice here in Oz.

[@TAFishing]

I got them in British Columbia when fishing for the Salmon,I think it was one of the guides that sold me on them.

[@owenrawdin-jones6983]

2nd viewer

[@moistweasel6196]

Hello

[@fishinmalarkey9830]

This is gonna get the snowflakes triggered innit? Cant see why people can't grasp the fact that some of us actually like eating fish...

[@samuelbarrett9403]

Not a problem if you eat a few, however too many idiots that want to kill every fish in the Ocean!!

[@dantecarp]

Spuds !looked bland chap....

[@TAFishing]

But luckily tasted totally fine...looks can be deceiving.

[@horrorman9685]

Killed a fish for the wings only.. what a waste, just like killing sharks for the fins.

[@fishinmalarkey9830]

Its the only edible/useable bit of the fish unless you fancy using the tail as a back scratcher?

[@thewoodscamps2021]

Actually nothing like killing sharks for fins, more like killing a shark taking the meat off it and putting the waste parts (including the fins) back into the bottom of the food chain.

[@paulwright3372]

What a waste of fish just for the wings eveyones means bout killing sharks for the fins this is the same

[@thewoodscamps2021]

Too quick to judge mate, the wings are where all the meat is, its muscle. Shark fins are just fibrous material and the practice is deplorable.

[@paulwright3372]

@@thewoodscamps2021 still the same ain't it I ain't judging no one it's the same as sharks

[@thewoodscamps2021]

Paul Wright No it's not the same. Taking the fins off sharks and chucking the remaining mostly edible parts back is disgraceful. In this case he's harvesting all the edible parts (except the cheeks) and chucking the inedible parts back. The yield of meat to waste is not bad on a thornback, certainly better than say a monkfish.