What was it?
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What was it?
Well I'm pretty angry I didn't take a photo but I'll try explain it so hopefully someone can work out what it is.
Redish in colour and quite muscly. Big eyes and mouth.
Thats about all I can remember.
Was caught in 8m of water of at Portharlington.
Redish in colour and quite muscly. Big eyes and mouth.
Thats about all I can remember.
Was caught in 8m of water of at Portharlington.
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Re: What was it?
Maybe a red/orange roughy (sea perch) , or a tiny snapper , hard to say without pics ??????
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Re: What was it?
Hmmmm, i can't think for the life of me atm anything out of ppb that looks like a flathead and red with big eyes and mouth, got me stumped on that one ??????chopzor wrote:No not like that.
It had the body shape of a flathead, flat on the bottom.
Maybe something that fell out of the bildge of a big chineese tanker/cargo ship :super: ..lol
I'm sure someone on here will work out what it was , cheers.
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Re: What was it?
Ah yes probably , now you mention it , that is about the only other red fish with big eyes and mouth with a flat belly like a flathead in ppb I can think of too , 'now you mention it !'. They also have large side dorsal fins , they look like wings. I hope that's it , because it has had my brain racking since the question was asked , curious to know what it was too, cheers , Rick.fishophil wrote:Gurnard???
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Re: What was it?
That's the one, thanks fellas.
They good eating? We didnt know what it was so we threw it back.
They good eating? We didnt know what it was so we threw it back.
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Re: What was it?
WD fishophil :thumbsup: .You eased my mind, you have a better memory than me !.fishophil wrote:Gurnard???
Been a long long time since i ate one , but i remeber them being good eating. Cheers , Rick
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Re: What was it?
They are similar to flathead to eat.Flesh is a bit chunkier. Very large numbers of them in central Bass Straight all depths to 200mtrs. I caught a small one in the gippsland Lakes last week.
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Re: What was it?
I'm glad it was a gurnard, I was a bit stumped too if it wasn't one of them! :lol:
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to fish we go!