Caught this in 37m off Port Fairy. I have no idea if we get many different species of them or it's just a Melbourne Skate but I'm always curious when I catch something new. It fought a bit harder than I thought a skate would, went on several slow but powerful runs that had me thinking it might have been a 7 gill shark.
Skate ID
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Skate ID
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Skate ID
Looks exactly like a few ive pulled in at woolamai
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Re: Skate ID
I am more concerned that you were in 37 meters off Port Fairy in a kayak, very dangerous position you put yourself in there but the choice is yours.
Did you manage to catch anything else? :thumbsup:
Did you manage to catch anything else? :thumbsup:
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Re: Skate ID
Looks like some species of stingray, since I can see what looks like a barb on the tail in the second picture.
Doesn't look like a Whiteley's Skate (which I think is what people call a "Melbourne Skate") - not enough spines and 'knobbles' along the back.
Cheers,
Mike.
Doesn't look like a Whiteley's Skate (which I think is what people call a "Melbourne Skate") - not enough spines and 'knobbles' along the back.
Cheers,
Mike.
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It definitely wasn't a stingray, the 'barb' is just one of the fins seen from above. I thought the Meblourne Skates were a darker colour.
Not dangerous at all if you take precautions. A pike and a ******* gannet were the only other things I caught.fishpod wrote:I am more concerned that you were in 37 meters off Port Fairy in a kayak, very dangerous position you put yourself in there but the choice is yours.
Did you manage to catch anything else? :thumbsup:
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
Major Sponsor: Rim Master Tackle
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
Major Sponsor: Rim Master Tackle