Thornback Rays

[Thrasher]

GSP is a member on here.
Sharpened his knife a few videos ago, made a helluva difference.

 

[Thrasher]

Found it, the tail section is the banjo.

 

[Phis]

Found it, the tail section is the banjo.

Aye I saw a film and they were quite interested in tail sections and they messed about with banjos

 

[Graeme1984]

Lot of effort for not much reward, the only one I ever kept (which I tried to return and cut my hands on it in the process, for some reason the fish didn’t make it) then cut my hands to bits again trying to prepare it. Tasted ok I recall. Now they all go back!

 

[Bass&Chips]

Winging and skinning a thornback is easy.
Cut the head and tail off following the wing to leave a butterfly shape, the bit joining the wings should be about 1½ to 2" thick.
Cut the leading edge of the wings , about ½" in (not always needed but makes life easier for amateur Skinner's)
Cut through the skin (only) either side at the root of the wing (4 cuts)
Cut skin (only) from wing root to tip (again, makes life easier)
Now, the important bit. Use a pair of skinning pliers to pull the skin from the flesh. Start from the root of the wing pulling towards the tip.
This should be 8 pulls if you have done your cuts right!
At this point you should have 2 wings attached by a central point.
All that is needed is to portion up as required and vac pack and freeze

Hopefully I've made it sound simple because it is.

Spot on SC. They are the marmite of the fish family. Several of my mates prefer them over anything else. Look online for catfish skinners or just use pincers with the edge rounded down for the actual skinning bit of the process.

 

[Still whittling]

Found it, the tail section is the banjo.

Quality sharp knife and proper pliers,note how he cuts up through the skin to avoid blunting the knife, technique is everything

 

[Timmy H]

Personally I love eating thornbacks, it might be a few minutes work to prepare but there are plenty of them. It's a great fish for kids and old people to eat, no bones to worry about.

 

[flappy]

My dad used to love them.. I haven’t tried them yet..

 

[Thrasher]

I need to get out down the rocks again, not been out in ages.

 

[Phis]

I need to get out down the rocks again, not been out in ages.

Same here