you could put these buggers length wise on a hotdog bun,would probably make a killer fish sandwich! Great video!

In NZ we call Garfish Piper though they are generally smaller. They are taste fantastic and favourites since we caught them off the wharf as kids. Bonito-belly bait and tiny hooks. Best way to cook is scale, gut, wash then put their spike through the base of the tail so they make a circle. Dust in flour then fast fry whole, turning once. When you straighten them out the meat falls off the bone. Delicious!

I used to love catching these in the Mid East. As soon as you get a hook in them they take off standing on their tail.

That looks like a mad feed mate! We have the tastiest Garfish in the world in Australia. The southern Garfish, when butterflied and lightly crumbed and fried or baked, makes the best fish burger or wrap with heaps of salad, tomatoes, a bit of cheese, fresh red or even caramelised onions, spicy chilli mayonnaise and a touch of sweet chilli sauce. Absolutely sublime tucker! 😋🤤🤤🤤🤤😀

In Oz we call those things Long Toms. Gar Fish are a mini version of them with a smaller beak.

In New Zealand our gar fish is called a " piper " and nowhere near as big as those . Similar taste to our flounder (flat fish) .... the scales come off so easy then remove the head and grab a rolling pin (beer bottle or whatever) and start from the tail and roll towards the head , all the bones and guts get pushed out ,clean the gut cavity and cook with skin on to your preferred method .... beautiful delicate white flesh ..... I've always preferred rolling them in salt and white pepper seasoned flour ,fry and a little drizzle of lemon juice just before eating...... Great now I'm hungus for some fish!!! :)

Instead of doing the pinwheel on the skewer oh, maybe you should have gone ahead and done a zigzag. That way all you had to do is enter one end of the tail and then switch back every time you entered it on the skewer. You would get a similar effect on the cooking, but it would make it easier to do. That looks so good!

Nice cook. I was the guy with the Instagram photo 😄 The marinade is a good idea. I made this with chicken before but never thought of doind it with fish. Have to try this when the garfisch arrive here at the Baltic sea. Usually they come at the end of April. But it was a cold winter. Even the large swarms of herring are still not here.

I often take these home for the table (especially when deeply hooked). I always get mocked by other anglers for eating them but if only they knew how good they were!

We have a very similar fish by the same name in Australia. Difference being they only have a protrusion from the lower jaw and therefore a tiny upwards facing mouth. We wouldn't dream of using a size 1 hook on Australian garfish, rather the smallest hooks we can buy. Those gar you caught would be considered the biggest of the big here and we class them as an awesome eating fish.

This fish is not trash, just grilled it in charcoal with little salt that the best. Watch Japan fisherman how to cook this fish.

Also loved the underwater fish footage! So cool!

“On our way to get some Mini Marlins” 😂 classic!

Can't believe you're catching gars already,must be the benefit of having the Gulf Stream close by ? I've eaten them before,will give that a go,if I catch any !! And finally,where's your cycle helmet !!

Get yourself a bottle of keylime wine and marinate that prepared needlefish in it for 30 min. Then brush with light sesame oil and grill then make into fish tacos. You can thank me later. Also goes really good with a watermelon salsa.

Your country is beautiful. Thanks for all your videos.

That bike shifts!!!!

I want to fish those so bad. It looks so fun! Great video Smash!

Cracking video Jay, and those longnose look delicious, will be trying this when I get a few 👍👍

Smash....nothing better than creating a taste and then seeing it come together you got a gift for this mate....

Looks tasty!cant wait for garfish season to come to sweden (should start soon)

Will be enjoying this! 👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I just stumbled across your channel. I think the Garfish we have here in Australia look similar but are a different species. We roll out the backbone, dust them in flour and fry them till crispy and they are sweet and delicious. That said, your recipe looks brilliant. Thanks for the video.

They look like great sport, I haven't fished for them in years I may have to give it a go again. I didn't even know about the Smash Random channel, you should look at getting it added as a featured channel to this one so more people can find it. Great stuff btw and more Smash bits to watch

Looking forward to Garfish season

Jay as you say, great sport on light tackle + you end up with some Conger bait, and good to eat. Guernsey pin-wheel Garfish, looked amazing. Great on BBQ as Kebabs with some fruit, Apple, Strawberries or Grapes. 👍👍👍

Really enjoyed the vid Jay as always and the cook ups. What a beautiful place where you live. Cheers mate

Great show bra,we love those mini Marlins ova here in 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲they are delicious 🤤..❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲

Cool to see how the long nose swim underwater. That sent trail went a long ways. Try not to eat all of your conger bait😂. Catch you on the next one 👍🇨🇦

Brilliant cook on the fish! Good job.

Outstanding jay,that looked like a blast,it’s always great wen your catching what ya went out for.and dude they looked delicious 😊☮️

Love the consistency of quality videos!! Keep it up!

Great video smash keep your great work up Harry

What a great night of catching! Looks fun!😄😄🐟

Another good video Smash, to improve your hook up rate try off setting the hook point a few degree's from the shank 😉

Awesome definitely be trying this on the Barbi this summer 🤙

Brilliant Smash WOOO cant wait to get out!

Love fishing for long nose. Love it when they jump out. Great fighters on very light gear.

Great video mate love fishing for the mini marlin 🎣🎣

Wow that looks amazing. Really gonna have to try that recipe sometime.

Great video! Greetings from Athens Greece, garfish season here!

Looking forward to watching this one !!

T time catch clean n cook....love it...cheers jay 👍❤️

That looks so good must try

Hey mate, excellent video catching and cooking long northern garfish. I wish we had your long northern garfish in australia. Send some our way oneday. Great cracking fun.

looks good as always when you cook and great catch Smash!

Thanks again for another great video always good stuff 👍👍👍

great video u guys got any tackle box stickers need to tart my seat box up keep up the good work

Great idea i will try it on summer :)

🎣🐟 🔥 smoked gar with brine baste...

Seriously that looks so much fun catching those 🎣👍🏼

Brilliant catch and cook video. Tight lines

Bet these would be awesome smoked on a bbq...Top work Smash!!!

The easiest way to fish , cheap chum bread and fish oil and a good bit of fun catching Garfish not ever been interested in eating Garfish but interested in how the cook up goes

Good fun fishing on light lines too!

OMG some tartar sauce and a beer batter needless to say some in my bottle too yum crunchy! What a taste they must have! Enjoy!

Nice video, Love the underwater footage and it looked like a great cook up. I reckon you could live on your coastal foraging and fishing without spending money buying food. (you would miss the steak though). Thanks for posting.

Here in Florida we like to distinguish between the freshwater garfish and the saltwater garfish in the video. We just call them needlefish. I never thought to call them garfish too, but that is what they are. The freshwater gar seems to be able to get much larger than the saltwater variant which is the reverse for almost all other fish species.

They looked well nice mate , I'll give that a go

Ye cannae beat a bit o' beakie!!! Top job bud and great idea rolling them up like that to make a kind of kebab!

That's a lovely recipe ! in french we called this fish "aiguillette", it's got green bones isn't it ! i cooked them with a garlic mayonnaise !

Great long nose session jay👍 they reminded me of danish cakes rolled up like that on a skewer

Hahaha hey I was fishing these mini Marlin on the north Cornwall coast a few years back, they were a pain as we were trying to catch some MACKEREL lol 😆 but yeah great tasting fish!

Over here in Denmark we use small treble hooks! However it Will be a couple of weeks before they arrive yet in our waters 🎣🎣🎣

You are making me hungry mate , I haven't eaten gar for years.

Enjoyed watching Jay , as always , looked like you enjoyed eating them .

What a fantastic idea to prepare long nose for the bbq! Definitely trying that this summer! Showed the wife and got the nod of approval too! We are on the Dorset coast and I have caught quite a few of these float fishing from the kayak. Not sure how early they turn up here though? Anyone know?! Keep up the great content smash! Woo!

Where he lives seafood stocks seem so abundant its amazing. I live in Vancouver the heart of the largest salmon River in the world and fishing here sucks unless you have a nice boat.

You should open your own seafood restaurant Jay. Obviously not now, lol. I like the simplicity of ingredients you use to make something tasty. Great video as always x

If you mix some dishsoap with a bit of ginger and salt I find it takes out any smell. Your hands may smell like ginger for a couple hours if you use too much but it's better than smelling like fish oil for most of the week.

Well a good dat for catching, don’t they look sleek when moving in the water, and the cooking to eating bet it tasted lovely you always know how good it tasted with the noses you make lol, enjoyed the video till the next one tight lines

The 'silence'!!! Love how you cooked them. Poor Sam...hes missing out!

Good cooking skills m8 👍 but plz use a blue Chopping board for prepping fish🎣 🦐🐟 to avoid cross contamination.. thank you sir👌😁

Check you out my brother you getting real fancy now with the fish . Making shish kabob fish you turned into a real Gordon Ramsay hahaha. That looks delicious I'll eat that with you any day of the week. You know very well that's not enough fish I know you eat a lot more than that my brother especially with something looking so good and delicious. God bless you and your family and God bless all of you who are struggling and homeless because of covid-19

Yessss new video!

like the under water camera work can we have some more

Great video mate even watched the cooking lol 😂

Just wondering, what is the brand & model of rod you are using here? Looks a nice action

Hello Smash, I am always excited to watch your program.

Man that looks awesome and delicious, now I´m hungry ^^

Great cooking methods. I have an 'Camping teryaki , gas canister grill, so i barbecue indoors, and make my own teriyaki marinades. Your discovering another world to cooking fish. And you have the worlds best fish on your doorstep. Keep going, 10 years from now, you will be in a league of your own. The Japanese chefs are amazing. 'HiroYuki Terada' is my favorite allrounder. Be a dream to bring him to Guernsey for a catch n cook?? Hiroyuki makes Ramsey look inept. Coming to think of it, ? So do I. Smash Fishin Baby! xXXBjuudifullXXx

enjoyed it very much but how many AMAZINGS did we get in the kitchen? only pulling your leg, keep em coming.

Four or five of those Garfish rolls in a frankfurter (hot dog) bun with Tartar sauce could be a great fish fry sandwich?

Some are put off by the green bones, pretty cool fish though and fun to catch

Those gar are huge!

Ever tried small lures for them? Here in Israel we get loads of needlefish at the end of the summer and they go crazy after small 2g wtd lures.

love it Smash get em in mate

byoo-eh-ful bloke theih govnah. Cheerio mate.

Nice video mate and that fish looks well nice to eat lol

Yay new video!!!

YOU AINT BEATIN THE SMASHSTER FOR AMAZIN VIDEIS AN CHILLED OUT TIMES

You should check coming to the US and fishing for gar fish ours is a freshwater species that gets very big

I’ve never eaten gar, but will try it if I get a decent one this year. Tight lines Jay

That does look very good, I like Garfish fried but I steamed it once, that didn't work as it came out too dry. Fried good and I'll try bbq in the summer.

They are good size garfish mate !

Nice one Smash they looked delicious, in the same class as ormer burger's.

Seen them follow my lures before definitely need to get out after them 🤌🐟🔥🔥🔥

Wow, in Bulgaria and Greece we would only dream of such big Garfish (Needlefish)! That being said, it seems you wasted a lot of the fish meat just for those tiny fillets(I hope you did not throw all the rest of the fish). They only have onc central bone and and the rest is pure meat with no bones. What we do here - either fry them whole with some flower and marinate, or put them on the grill and then just take out the central bone.

I read they could be caught with just a piece of red twine. Because they have tiny teeth, it gets stuck there. They are used as bait for trolling for dentex. May be true only in adriatic :)

garr fish in wales when i used to seafish were never seen in march, then again nothing was seen in march around anglesey