Sand eel or Launce

[shutz]

Just watched HFW's fishfight.... and saw him cooking up sandell (launce) and wondered if any one has tried it, how did you cook it (i presume you cook them whole like livebait) and whats it like?
We get a good few runs of them up here in the summer so could be worth catching.
Cheers
Shutz.

 

[Robbi]

saw that myself and wondered the same thing

 

[ex-member Raikey]

didnt he try them on camera and said they were terrible?

or am i thinking about a different episode?....was he using them for bait to begin with?

 

[shutz]

Didn't see that bit if he did, but im sure he was cooking them up at the supermarket.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Sandeel is supposed to be awful no matter how you cook it.... Bit if anyone wants to correct me

al.

 

[shutz]

Just done a quick search and it threw up a few recipes...apparently theres one french dish called Lancons en Friture a speciality of normandy and britany, i think its got to be worth a go in the summer.

 

[Deck]

Having tried them, they are not to my taste!

 

[spiritwalker]

ive ate them they are not very nice and it turned into a bit of a mess in my trangia they got too hot, stuck and burst into mush shame really as you can catch alot of them. Better to use them as bait they are great for bass, rays, turbot, whiting, pollock and doggies.

 

[Deck]

ive ate them they are not very nice and it turned into a bit of a mess in my trangia they got too hot, stuck and burst into mush shame really as you can catch alot of them. Better to use them as bait they are great for bass, rays, turbot, whiting, pollock and doggies.

Agreed. They make cracking bait for bass....which taste goooooooood!

 

[pete79]

I tried them once. Very oily and I didn't like them.

 

[shutz]

they're not sounding too good then by all accounts...........