Is this a barracuda?

[poodoo]

a couta, have to look out for the worms if you eating these fish.......

[smile0784]

need to fillet it down and salt it and then it good like a stripy fillet.

[Fish-cador]

a couta, have to look out for the worms if you eating these fish.......

worms should be the least of your worry as they will be cooked. :roflmao: Watch out for the needle like bones......millions of them! :whoh:

[vinhii]

hahaha sweet i thought so lol much appreciated guys thanks hehe

[Bartnmax]

Caught this not long ago llol cant sleep so posting it now ..

So is this a barracuda??

it was smooth silver in appearance, but no markings of a barracuda ,.. just want someone elses opinion lol

Sorta.

This is a Southern Barracouta, not a 'Barracuda' which is normally caught in northern waters.
The SB usually grows to around 1+ meter & whilst they can be aggressive, they generally aren't a patch on the nothern 'cuda' which have been known to kill people.
The nthrn 'cuda' can grown in excess of 2+ meters & upwards of 80kg.
Ours are generally under the metre & around 2-5kg. Offshore you'll get larger examples around the 1metre+ mark & up to around 10kg+ or so, but that's about it for ours.

Both are generally hated by game anglers as they are prolific takers of lures, both metals & skirts.
It's an absolute bastard trolling for tuna with 1/2 a dozen $30-$60 (or more) skirts out the back & hitting a school of em & loosing $$$ of skirts.
However, if ya target em with wire traces & metal slices they can give ya a hellova lot of fun.
Pretty otrdinary eaters though.
The smaller ones aren't too bad but the larger examples can be full of worms.
Make good bait though.

[vinhii]

cheers bart hehe

yeh got the spelling wrong it was late lol .. yeh i got the big big barra in my DP lol .. i jus wasnt too sure if it was a couta so had to ask haha

[fishingvic]

great fun to catch on light gear!

the smaller couta (say under 60cm) aren't too bad to eat if they are filleted and cooked within a few hours...

caught a few in NSW this week and a bit of egg and breadcrumbs and the fillets were surprisingly good...

[poodoo]

a couta, have to look out for the worms if you eating these fish.......

worms should be the least of your worry as they will be cooked. :roflmao: Watch out for the needle like bones......millions of them! :whoh:

I did not mind the bones when eating it as long as it tasted ok. :Dribble:

[Fish-cador]

couta? yuck!

[vinhii]

to be honest... ive never really eaten couta or cuda at all.. some say the cuda is uneatable and others say its good bait ( the one in my Display picture ) but the smaller ones are grouse to eat .. guess ive never really tried? lol