Solo Canoe Camp || CATCH AND COOK || BUSH TUCKER 

That bit when the fish jumps out of the water, magic

An old timer taught me how to catch estuary mullet at lake Conjola years ago. Make a "pudding" out of flour & water, add some fish oil as you will pick up the odd bream. Wait for dead slack tide. Berley with bread, number 8 long shank hook, six pound line on a hand reel, just enough pudding to cover the end of your hook. You will see the fish rising to take the bread, flick your line out & hang on

The comments under each of Scotty's videos are wholesome. No one is shouting or spewing in each other's faces. Thank you everyone

My tip to keeping fish fresh is to fillet it and use a resealable bag. This is a good time to add any spices you may want. Take all the air out and seal it. Next is dig a hole about a foot and a half as close to the waters edge as possible without having water in the bottom. Then place the bag in and burry it. Place rock or stick on top to find it in the dark, just in case. This is only good if your not on the move.

my dad used to take me fishing and he used to catch loads of big mullet he used to use light line with a small boby cork flaot down to 3 split shots with a small long shank hook and some bread it works a charm

If you can’t keep the fish alive in the water with a keeper net or tether, if you hiking away from water then the hessian bag advice and gutting, the other viewers have mentioned, would be your only option. Great vid again mate

20:48 - You`re welcome

Always a pleasure to watch. Love the respect for the fish...quick dispatch and just one, not taking more than needed 👍👍

If you keep them out of the sun, they'll last until dinner in Summer and 24 hours in Winter in the Southern half of Australia. Remember a couple of things: 1. most meat is deliberately 'hung' for a period to tenderise it. While fish doesn't usually benefit from this tenderising period, it's not likely to go off in a day; & 2. That classic fishy smell is caused by fish oils going rancid. Fish markets stink and the fish is often days old, yet it's generally fine to eat. As long as your fish doesn't smell too fishy after washing, it'll be fine.

20:46 Well, that made me lol... The elusive "Cameofish"

As someone who has always loved the outdoors and camping which started with my dad as a small child and learning skills in scouts and marine scouts you really are inspiring me to get out again. I’ve started my own channel which was going to be a dedicated cooking channel but I have now decided to expand to include camping and exploring. With a touch of my Bush craft and leather work I’ll be increasing at in the future thanks Scotty. My motto is “ life embrace it don’t waste it”.

Spearing the bigger mullets are the way to go! I saw these guys do it at the St. George’s basin down the south coast! But make sure it’s allowed where you’re camping :)

Keep the fish in a hessian bag and keep the bag/fish wet by dunking in it in the water every 20 minutes or so. Keeps the fish fresh for several hours.

You can eat it as long as the eyes haven't gone merkey. I've seen people hang it in a tree in the shade for an entire day and night and by morning the eyes were still fine. Gutting the fish it the best way to ensure the fish keeps "fresh". The stomach is the first part to start decaying.

1 minute into the video and I'm already amazed about the quality of your pictures, frames, angles, and use of gorgeous light. You are making great content! Greez from snowy Austria

Hi Scotty a tip for catching them large mullet is wait until a few hours after dark go in your kayak quietly paddle around with a bright headlamp they sit at the surface at night and its very easy to blind them with the light and scoop them up with a hand net quietly

Love the canoe fish n cook! I had a walleye keep for over 8 hrs out of the fridge last summer, plus about 20 hrs in the fridge, without losing any quality. I don't know the maximum. If you're keeping a fish for a bit longer, here's what I do: 1st, gut and bleed it immediately, getting every trace of blood out (so important). Try to wash the slime coat off. Don't fillet it yet though, keep the skin and flesh intact. 2nd, put it in a bag with water, close it up and put it under your seat in the shade (a dry bag is ideal, a white one at that would be perfect, but a shopping bag will do). 3rd, drain and refresh that water in the bag as often as possible to keep it cool. Since then I've also made an ultralight cooler bag out of reused bubble wrap and duct tape, and now I'd do everything the same as above plus keep it inside my cooler bag. Cheers, keep up the good work!

Beautiful Scotty...absolutely stunning! You capture these precious gems of Australia like no other. We'll done mate and God bless. Regards from Mitch in Armenia

Was listening/watching you when the fish jumped, stopped back up and watch it again! Great shot and you didn't skip a beat . Another awesome video and trip. Thank you for sharing!

It is incredible that youtube promotes videos without quality and not wonders like this. Congratulations anyway and thank you for giving us these videos.

Loved the fish jumping. Cheers

Spot on again mate, loving this so far!

Perfect way to end the weekend thank you

Ta for your time and effort producing these, love watching.

Another great video Scotty! Inspirational & educational, love it!

Always a pleasure to watch. Love your content Champ!!

Loved the video. Great first trip of the year

Love that fish leap!!! Great vid.

Coastal pigface is my favourite fruit. It has convenient handles on the end, then you peel the astringent/sandy skin off like a banana then bite it off. Like a kiwi and a grape at the same time and a little bit salty. So so delicious. I love them so much. Grew them in my yard for years.

Awesome stuff as usual Scotty well done mate!!

Love your work Scotty 🤓👍

By far my favorite video

Good one Scotty, thank you

Well done Scott

Very inspiring vid bro. Can see the passion you have for the outdoors. Beautiful.

Another great video, really enjoy your bush tucker tips, too.

Awesome video mate! Love all the facts and knowledge about the plants and trees! Great thing to know about my own backyard

Keeper net mate, paddle around with it hanging over the side. Or attach the net to a float and throw it back in the water. Fish stays alive until you are ready to kill it, can wonder off and explore some more. Or gut and glean it and throw it in a wet hessian bag under the shade of a tree. I know the Americans a big on “stringers”.

Big thank you from the Netherlands, awesome video.

Loved this one mate. Awesome sound track too.

Love your work Scotty keep up the Great work you do 🤓👍

Yewwww....What an awesome spot. Loving the sound of the cicadas too (Summer sounds)!

Great vlog Scotty, really enjoyed learning about the bush tucker, more of this content is great 👍🏻

Love how organised you are

Scotty catches fish AND eats fish .... yay!!!! Great vid once again, thanks heaps

Great video overall. Good weather great adventure! I wish ...

WoooHooo! He's only gone and caught his dinner. Well done buddy. I've been looking forward to your 1st video this year

Beautiful music, beautiful scenery, thankyou for all you do, GOD bless.

Great vid Scotty. Happy 2021 to you to mate.

Great stuff once again mate.

Love your work man! I especially look forward to what you cook at night and for breakfast. Been around a long time but have never seen anything like it. Very inspirational! I'm hooked!

Nice timing scotty especially for a lazy sunday arvo. Cheers mate nice vid as always. Hope all is well..

Love rhe effort and time put into these videos. Great content. Thank you.🇦🇺👍👍🍺

RIPPER of a video Scotty. Finally got a catch and eat, out on the canoe, and hearing the info on local shrubs was great. Thanks mate, keep it up

One of my favourite videos, this one. Would love to see more of the catch and cook and also the bush tucker. Love your work. Ordered that book, already had the smaller one.

Awesome vid! Looks like a cracking spot for an adventure 👍

Thank you for your information about the plants and more very interesting 👍👍

Thank you for the adventure when so many are stuck inside ' have fun and be safe im sure you will ' hugs

Another great spot!

Awesome video mate. Great looking area. You can keep the fish alive all day. Use a string, go in beside the gills and out the mouth, tie off the string to canoe. I’d use the same technique

Wonderful area and great trip! Have you ever thought about using a stringer or fish basket to keep the fish alive. You know that it won't spoil that way! HooRoo!

Happy new year & a year full of adventure. As I watch this it’s now snowing heavy here in Sussex, England. Still in a lockdown as well. Thank you for being me the summer & a little piece of paradise. 😎😃👍🏻

Good delve into bush foods, thanks.

I've just watched him this morning of a bush craft video he made two years ago, and its soothing. Now I'm having a youtube marathon. Awesome. Hoping to visit (at least) Australia soon.

Big late on an answer regarding keeping fish in the air, but here's my two cents. Summer, middle of the day I'd allow 5 hours, winter you could probably get away with dawn until dusk. The most important factor is removing the gut bag and gills immediately after capture. I've had flatties go off in less than 4 hours at night in winter because the gut bag was left in - managed to completely taint the fillets (still ate it though!). There's always a way to keep it a bit cooler though - wet fabric (like your cooler bag), covering in wet grass, reeds or paperbark, burying it in wet sand (and marking with a stick so you don't lose it!), etc. Longest I'll keep fish in the fridge or esky before eating is generally 3 days. Gotta remember a lot of the 'great' seafood we buy from the shops often sits on a hot beach for hours on end, is semi-frozen on ice for days and then sits at the co-op for god knows how long before we buy it - so don't get too hung up on it going off if you're eating it the same day.

G day scotty nice to see you again its nice to see my native land ware I use to live lovely video as all ways mate take care of yourself stay safe

There’s nothing better than eating a delicious meal in beautiful setting. A pleasure to watch, thank you for this share. Tastes of the wild 🌱✨❤️

Cool new environment!

Been following for a while now Scotty, your vids are gold. Glad you recommended two books near the end of your video. Cheers.

Stitch the tear in the sleeping bag. And then sew on top a patch to support the stitches.

Love your keen knowledge of the flora and fauna and other cultures around you.. Keep taking us to these beautiful places in your country.

Great presentation on "bush tucker". The bulrushes you speak of... They look like Cattails here in the States. Yes the rhizomes are edible. Never had the pollen. Leaves are useful for cordage or weaving baskets and in the fall the cattail fluff from the seed pods makes a great flash tinder for fire making. Can be used as a makeshift insulation too. ;-) and no, the seed pods are not wild corn dogs. LOL :-D

Mate the production and content is awesome 👍

Awesome video mate 😉👍

Another crackin vid Scottie especially the bush tucker part I work on a small farm that is like a supermarket of wild food and the bullrush is a good edible the roots roasted over the coals are a good source of carbohydrates ,

Great job again Scotty, I haven’t seen many Aussie vids on trangia type fuel stoves - would be great to hear your views on optimal times to use and fuel mix and amounts ... etc in a future vid... great work yet again! Cheers

Congratulations on the first catch & cook! That location looks almost good enough that you'd with the water had fallen and stranded you there!

You're a dead set legend Scott!!

Another great video Scotty :-) Happy New Year...Hope 2021 is good for you and all of us :-)

Love the places you take us and what you teach, Scotty. Inspirational. I also love the music you use. Can you add it to your descriptions? Great photography too :)

Hahaha classic timing with that fish. Also, nice first catch and cook video!

Great video man. I grew up spending a lot of time in environments like this and feel so comfortable there. It's like a grocery and a hardware store. Entertaining and educational video, well done.

For sure, yours is the best gin tonic in the world!!! Greetings!

10:45 yep.. just did a gruelling mountain trip in scorching heat so I cannot agree more. Keen to get into this style of camping at some point.

Nice to see someone getting to chill out here. I spend 20-30 minutes in multiple systems down the south coast testing estuarine health for the marine estate management authority and I cannot wait to get there on my own time. t's wild how different they are throughout the season and when they open and close. Once again great video :)

Love to see what you cook for your meals. Because of you I tried muesli with dried fruit..coconut..almonds etc. In warm milk. Yummy

So glad you caught a decent feed of bream! I love cooking them whole with either Italian or Thai aromatics in parcels on the coals. So tasty and I pick every bone clean 😋 My family used to use a large calico type of bag to keep our fish alive and fresh in the water tied to a mangrove tree, until we were ready to go home. Then we humanely dispatched and gutted them, and prepared them at home. Estuaries are the best for fishing and foraging tucker. I'd love to do the same in a freshwater environment too. I hope this helps and thanks for the fantastic vids! 😊

Here we go. 👍👍👍❤❤❤🍺🍺🍺🍺

Yeah! Fresh fish for dinner! Congrats

If the water is cool, and you keep the fish in the water on a stringer you can keep it all day easily. Ron Pullen

Love your vids man...some of the best framed shots of the genre..much love from the not so united states

50k Subscribers is testiment to the quality of the content Mate !

Just started watching your stuff.. love the vibe mate keep it up 🤙

Haha bro. That fish jump 🙌🏼😂

Awesome video mate, thoroughly enjoyed it 👍👍

Scotty, another great video. The fish jumping out the water?! Such a great shot. And glad to see the kiwi fruit made its way back into the tacos. Bring on 2021.

Great jobs dude...👌

Another awesome trip and location, thank you for sharing it Scotty ! ...Once a fish is dispatched (and gutted and rinsed) as long as it is kept -->clean

See Scotty's video and like at the intro....always!

You lead the Perfect life style.. Enjoy ... get in to it.. There are those of us who ENVEY you... soak it all in and enjoy your youth. You will not pass this way again mate..!