Fish id

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eddyt
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Fish id

Post by eddyt » Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:36 pm

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Caught 2 of these little guys today. PPB in around 10m. Anyone know what it is? Both released.

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Re: Fish id

Post by Irishfisherman » Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:37 pm

Jackass morwong mate.

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Re: Fish id

Post by eddyt » Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:01 pm

Jackass morwong it is! First one I've ever seen in over 10 years fishing PPB.

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Re: Fish id

Post by Irishfisherman » Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:21 pm

eddyt wrote:
Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:01 pm
Jackass morwong it is! First one I've ever seen in over 10 years fishing PPB.
Yeah I think they are sort of rare in the bay, at least not a common catch. I caught one a while ago when snapper fishing and was puzzled as to what it was. I’m sure they would taste good, but a bit small. Always nice to catch a new species though.

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