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mihto



Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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Location: West coast of Norway
PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 10:26 pm    Post subject: Whelks Reply with quote
    

There are whelks in our waters, a well-kept secret apparently.

Question: How are they caught and where can one buy the equipment?

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't you just pick them off rocks at low tide?

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sean
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You catch them in traps. Bit like crab/lobster pots. Don't know where you'd buy them though.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i just pick them up at low tide,be careful to only gather them from clean waters .as they are predators they can concentrate toxins from the critters they eat.

the big ones are a bit tough and improve with a hour boiling ,deshell ,mince and fry as burgers .the little ones are ok after a half hour boil

i spose if they are in deep water some sort of trap would work ,good baits might be mussels or clams

i recon i would eat the mussels or clams and ignore the whelks

jamanda
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They taste like fatty snakes though!

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
They taste like fatty snakes though!


Is that a reason for, or against, eating them?

jamanda
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ask Nick junior.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

He's adder fatty snake?

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a look at google images indicates that most traps are the lobster style baited with crab or fish so easy to make

mihto



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 14 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The whelks I'm thinking of are these Buccinum undatum. They are much bigger than the smaller varieties we find at low tide. I have friends with boats and they will take us far onto the fjord where the water is clean. The critters are highly praised - and priced - as choice food for parties. I'm curious at the taste; I do love escargots. We shall see, I'll read up on how to catch them from the net.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 14 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

those are the ones ,often called dog whelks in the uk ,the flavour is ok but they are a bit tough and chewey.

they do seem to be quite quite fussy about location so one finds a lot where they find good habitat so i spose for trapping it is a matter of finding the right spot .

with the right trap you will probably get crab/lobster as a bonus bycatch

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 14 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
He's adder fatty snake?


Dpack cooked him limpets, and he loved them. One of those childhood memories that'll stay with him forever, I reckon.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 14 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

he will never be hungry at the seaside

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 14 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

He's a teenage boy. He's always hungry, everywhere, even in the middle of an all you can eat buffet.

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