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

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

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.

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

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!

Also loved the underwater fish footage! So cool!

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!

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

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! 😋🤤🤤🤤🤤😀

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.

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!

Your country is beautiful. Thanks for all your videos.

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!!! :)

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.

Looking forward to Garfish season

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.

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

That bike shifts!!!!

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

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

🎣🐟 🔥 smoked gar with brine baste...

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 !!

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

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

Will be enjoying this! 👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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 🤤..❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲

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

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

Brilliant cook on the fish! Good job.

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.

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 🎣🎣

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

Brilliant Smash WOOO cant wait to get out!

Looking forward to watching this one !!

Great video smash keep your great work up Harry

Awesome definitely be trying this on the Barbi this summer 🤙

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

Yessss new video!

Seriously that looks so much fun catching those 🎣👍🏼

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

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

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

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

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.

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. 👍👍👍

That looks so good must try

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

Good fun fishing on light lines too!

like the under water camera work can we have some more

Great idea i will try it on summer :)

Yay new video!!!

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

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

Brilliant catch and cook video. Tight lines

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 👍🇨🇦

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

love it Smash get em in mate

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 !

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Those gar are huge!

Yummmmm 😋😋😋

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

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

Great video mate even watched the cooking lol 😂

We only get mini marlins in the middle of the summer

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!

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!

Yum yum yum 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 and who don't like free bait

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

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

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

They are good size garfish mate !

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

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

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

Nunca lo eh comido,pero se ve delicioso!!!!

Looks delicious 😋

put your dry spices in the bag first then the wet. mixes better :)

makeing my mouth water .

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

Yuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm brotherman 🙏🏼🤯💙✌

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

I am a Thai person like watching your fishing video clip. Want you to make many types of fishing clips

Cooky Mclooky i didnt know garfield was a fish i thought he was a cat

That looks mint

i fish for these on the fly rod in sweden , they taste really good if you smoke them . if you catch them at the right time you can get 70+ a day easy only fishing in the morning and late afternoon

Top guys when I can get to catch up on these videos.