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99 Spearo Recipes Videos
Raw, cured & pickled
Grilled, barbequed & fried
- Seared and Basted Lemon Parsley Butter Rockfish
- Tandoori Fish Wings
- Butterflied Beauty
- Sotong Bakar (Barbequed Squid)
- Chilli Mud Crab
Baked & roasted
Pasta & risotto
Mixed bag
Bonus Recipes Videos
How-To Videos
- How To Fillet and Butterfly a Fish
- How To Clean Squid – Part 1
- Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part I: Finning and Scaling
- Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part II: Filleting
- Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part III: Ribs
- Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part IV: The Wings
- How To Process Sea Urchins
- How To Clean a Leatherjacket Fish
- How To Prepare Squid Sashimi
- How To Clean Blue Swimmer Crabs
- How To Steam Blue Swimmer Crabs
- How To Clean and Prepare Mud a Crab
- How To De-Spine a Lionfish
- How To Cook Abalone and Paua
- How To Process Fish Like a Chef
- How To Fillet Fish Like a Deckhand
- How To Knife Sharpening
- How To Dry Age Fish – Easy | Home Fridge – Part I
- How to Dry Age Fish | Home Fridge – Part II
- 101 Smoking Fish with Shrek
- Rib Cut Filleting

99 Spearo Recipes Book Videos
From the 99 Spearo Recipes book to your screen: Spearo Chefs are here to show how to follow their recipes.
Rock Scallop Watermelon Aguachiles
Raw, cured & pickled | Page 47
In this video, How I Make Ceviche, Spencer covers some steps and tips to take your Aguachiles to the next level.
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Spencer Allen | @el_spencerino
Ruby Red Vermillion Rockfish Ceviche
Raw, cured & pickled | Page 48
At the 6:03 minutes of Catch and Cook: Foraging Coastal Southern California for Sea Urchin, Scallops, and Reef Fish, take advantage of Spencer’s tips on presentations and adding some extra flarvours.
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Spencer Allen | @el_spencerino
Shrekviche
Raw, cured & pickled | Page 52
Shreks submission leant heavily on this awesome vid (Deliciously Simple Kingfish Ceviche). Easy, fast, tasty.
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Raw, cured & pickled | Page 52
DIY Canned Tuna
Raw, cured & pickled | Page 58
Follow Harry’s steps to turn Yellowfin tuna into canned tuna. Have some spare time? Watch the full video (DREAM FISH On My Boat YELLOWFIN TUNA Catch Clean Cook DIY Canned Tuna) for some crazy yet awesome fishing scenes.
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Harry Young | @offshore__adventures
SEARED AND BASTED LEMON PARSLEY BUTTER ROCKFISH
Grilled, barbequed & fried | Page 62
In this video, Spencer Allen shows the steps of preparing the meals and a couple of extras that will take your dish to another level. Watch the full video (Catch and Cook: Foraging Coastal Southern California for Sea Urchin, Scallops, and Reef Fish) for more tips & tricks.
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Spencer Allen | @el_spencerino
Tandoori Fish Wings
Grilled, barbequed & fried | Page 65
Awesome dinner and amazing view! Watch it in full: Tandoori Fish Wings – What to do with the bits we usually throw away! (Overnight in Paradise – Pt 1)
“I wish to acknowledge the custodians of this land, the Turbbal and Ngugi people and their Elders past and present. I acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.”
– Harry Foster
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Harry Foster | @hazfos
Butterflied Beauty
Grilled, barbequed & fried | Page 75
Have you decided for this recipe? Get ready by watching a demonstration here of how to fillet a fish and also how to butterfly it.
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Renee Taylor | @reneestaylor
Sotong Bakar (Barbequed squid)
Grilled, barbequed & fried | Page 103
Prepare your squid like a pro – How to Clean Squid – Part 1
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Chilli Mud Crab
Grilled, barbequed & fried | Page 108
How to clean and prepare the mud crab.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Easiest Pizza Recipe Ever
Baked & roasted | Page 140
It was Captain Dan’s 70th Birthday and he celebrated it making us some pizza! To ease your Spearo Chef life, here are the times for Pizza tutorial.
29:00 – Capt Dan’s Pizza Tutorial
52:00 – Pizza Tutorial
1:15:00 – Capt. Dan’s Pizza Corner
Full episoe: Captain Dan’s Fishy Pizza | Fishy Hour Talk Show (19 May 21)
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Dan Walsh | @upfrontcomms
ROASTED KINGFISH BELLY WITH EGGPLANT KATSUNDI
Baked & roasted | Page 140
A trip through India was the main inspiration for this meals creation for the My Market Kitchen episode: Spicy Eggplant Kasundi with My Market Kitchen and The Spice People (3 July 2018)
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Anthony Thodey | @anthonythodey
uni Linguine
Pasta & risotto | Page 225
Deryck shows us here his way of preparing sea urchins, used in this dish.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Spider Crab Linguine
Pasta & risotto | Page 230
Master YouTuber and absolute legend Dan Mann with a cool Pasta take with crabs
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Daniel Mann | @daniel___mann
Chick-Fil-A Copycat Burgers
Mixed bag | Page 241
Hohnke making trash fish taste good while borrowing from Ryan Myers – recipe in the book!
Full episode: Family Golden Perch Fishing – Making Chick-Fil-a Fish Burgers – EP18
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Ben Hohnke | @hohnkeoutdoors
Bonus Recipes Videos
BREAKSEA COD TEMPRA
**BONUS RECIPE**
Spearo Chef Deryck the Gyotaku creating legend from W.A teaches us his take on Tempra (not Tempura!)
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Cooking Abalone Snags
**BONUS RECIPE**
Tassie Adventure man makes Abs (Paua/Pearlemon) not taste like the retread tyre from your Dad’s Commodore
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Sergeant Baker Crispy Skin Pan Fry With Dressing
**BONUS RECIPE**
Wet Mammal with his well known series taking under rated table fish and making them delicious.
Full episode: Spearfishing The Undesirables Ep 9 Sergeant Baker
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Sam Clothier | @wetmammal
Bonito and Nectarine Ceviche
**BONUS RECIPE**
Huntfishgrowcook’s delicious Peruvian recipe!
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Bream Crudo with Capers and a Herb Dressing
**BONUS RECIPE**
Quick and delicious Bream!
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Bonito Donburi
**BONUS RECIPE**
Quick and delicious lunch: Bonito Donburi Bowl.
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Bonito in spicy mayo on crispy rice
**BONUS RECIPE**
Check out this recipe: raw and fresh caught bonito with shallots and spicy mayo on crispy sushi rice with radish.
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How-To Videos
Tips & tricks from our Spearo Chefs & other experts to take your cooking to another level.
How to Fillet and Butterfly a Fish
In episode 2 of The Expert Series, experienced Durban fishmonger Caroline Bukhosini – of Seafood-Hyper – demonstrates how to fillet a fish, as well as how to butterfly one. Watch and learn, then try it for yourself.
How to Clean Squid – Part 1
Prepare your squid like a pro.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part I: Finning and Scaling
Minimal waste snapper processing. In this 4 series videos, Deryck shows how he harvests fillets, wings, head and fins for consumption. In this first one, finning and scaling.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part II: Filleting
Minimal waste snapper processing. In this 4 series videos, Deryck shows how he harvests fillets, wings, head and fins for consumption. In this second part, filleting.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part III: Ribs
Minimal waste snapper processing. In this 4 series videos, Deryck shows how he harvests fillets, wings, head and fins for consumption. In this third part: ribs.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Minimal Waste Snapper Processing | Part IV: the Wings
Minimal waste snapper processing. In this 4 series videos, Deryck shows how he harvests fillets, wings, head and fins for consumption. In this final video: the wings.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
How to Process Sea Urchins
There are different ways pf preparing Sea Urchins. In this video, Deryck shows us how it’s done.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
How to Clean a Leatherjacket Fish
Check out Deryck’s tricks to strip off the leathery skin of Leatherjacket fish.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
HOW TO PREPARE SQUID SASHIMI
How to prepare sashimi with freshly caught squid.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
HOW TO CLEAN BLUE SWIMMER CRABS
Have got some Blue Swimmer Crabs? Deryck will show you how to get them ready for cooking.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
Get the already cleaned crabs and check how to steam them.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku
HOW TO CLEAN AND PREPARE A MUD CRAB
A quick video showing the technique we use to clean and prepare a mud crab. Ideally, this way is used for curries but can also just be boiled plain in salt water. It means you don’t have any guts to deal with when eating the crab.
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HOW TO DE-SPINE A LIONFISH
In this video, instructor Bryan Stafford show how to de-spine a Lionfish so that you can make fillets, remove the guts and prepare it for cooking – by using a simple pair of shears.
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HOW TO COOK ABALONE AND PAUA
In this episode, Chris and Billy headed out for some Catch and Cook Abalone Recipe. Click on the video to check out the recipe.
Wanna check the full episode and see the seals swimming along them? Wait no more and click here.
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Tassie Adventure Man | YouTube Channel
HOW TO PROCESS FISH LIKE A CHEF
When you only take the fillet of the fish, you’re missing out on so much additional meat and tasty morsels! Learn to refine your skills by watching executive chef, Colin Moody, process a fish the same way he does it at his restaurant.
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HOW TO FILET FISH LIKE A DECKHAND
In this video, check how to clean and harvest meat from a recently caught Rock Fish.
Remember: slice – don’t saw – and get yourself some amazing fillets from your next catch!
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Fin and Forage | YouTube Channel
HOW TO KNIFE SHARPENING
Taking care of your tools is one of the best ways to stay efficient, effective and safe in the kitchen. Take a moment to learn how to sharpen knives and shears with executive chef, Colin Moody, CEC, PCII.
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Fin and Forage | YouTube Channel
HOW TO DRY AGE FISH – EASY | Home Frigde PT 1
Dry aging fish a a nice way of converting snapper, grouper or tuna into some great sashimi. SBSpears shares here their experience, tips and tricks on doing so using the home fridge.
For reference:
- ideal temperature: 35-45 farenheit
- ideal humidity: 70-80% humidity
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SBSpears | YouTube Channel
HOW TO DRY AGE FISH | Home Frigde PT 2
In this second part video, SBSpears talks about the process and the learning experience, differnt cuts, and describes the smell and taste of it. Check it out!
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SBSpears | YouTube Channel
101 Smoking Fish with Shrek
The basics of hot smoking whole fish!
Smoker used: Jumbuck 3 In 1 Barrel Charcoal Smoker
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Noob Spearo | @noobspearo
Rib Cut Filleting
I’m all about maximizing the yield of fish I’ve killed for the table. The rib cut is my favourite. Full of fat and flavour. After cooking, rib bones just pull out easily and the pin bones can be picked out with a little bit of effort.
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Deryck Tan | @deryck.gyotaku