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Elephant fish in PPB.. unheard of?

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:04 pm
by MsShimano
Well... I heard that it's very rare to catch a elephant fish of Port Phillip bay. I started of at 6am fishing of mount Eliza and got a few nice pinkies.. I then headed up towards the artificial reef where I was chasing some 1kg + snapper. I hooked onto something decent and when I was reeling in was quite surprised to find a nice elephant... it took a big pilly on Terez.. she measured 87cm and weigh in at 2.8kg... bled her right away and got some nice fillets.. any recommendations on how to cook them?
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Re: Elephant fish in PPB.. unheard of?

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:22 pm
by Nude up
In a curry the fish does not break down stays in cubes and hides the taste of the fish by itself. I have caught them at Clifton springs as well as the Barwon river

Re: Elephant fish in PPB.. unheard of?

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:41 pm
by Lightningx
Nice fish. I have caught them off the piers from port Melbourne.

Re: Elephant fish in PPB.. unheard of?

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:55 pm
by rb85
Nice fish great fun on trout rods. Not that uncommon in PPB.

Re: Elephant fish in PPB.. unheard of?

Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:31 am
by adamk
they use to get runs of them off altona pier 10 years ago