3 mile fish ID
Went for a bash of hillarys on monday to kill some time. fishing in 7 meters of water burley bucket over first drop 40 cm wrasse. Swaollowed the hook so cut the line and threw him over. He was flapping on the surface for all of 5 seconds when WHAM.........smashed by a massive sambo. The sambo hung around under the boat so we dropped eveything at him - he showed interest but i think his gut was full.
Moved in to shallow water after that (3 m) to catch some herring and skippy for dinner. Got smoked by something when pulling in a small herring. Had our floats chased but what ever it was it wouldnt hook up. Eventually my mate got him in but we werent 100% sure what it was. Can somoene ID it for me. At first thought was thinking tailor but once we had it in the boat i was thinking it looked more like a salmon.
petervb
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looks like a tailor to me
looks like a tailor to me
Dreamweaver
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Yup
agreed.
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Sammy the Salmon
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Tailor for sure, looks
Tailor for sure, looks nothing like a Aussie Salmon haha
jasonlheath
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Defo tailor
soupster51
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Tailor
A very solid metro tailor at that.
I'd question keeping a fish that you didn't know anything about though. Take a photo, release it and if it was good eating you'll know next time.
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Outlaw II
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I do understand exactly what
I do understand exactly what you are saying. I did believe it was a tailor until i filleted it out and the flesh had that greyish tinge to it. Measure in at 67 cm....might have to frequent that spot more often as there were a few around
chris raff
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Nice tailor
you did state it was either a salmon or a tailor neither a banned fish or uneattable...what I do is bleed them in a bucket of water then transfer to a slurry in icebox ...well done
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Outlaw II
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Cheers chris. Yeah he was
Cheers chris.
Yeah he was bled straight away and dangled over the side and heaps of blood pumped out maybe i should have bled him like this a bit longer. It was frustrating to watch this fish chase our flaots when winding flat out. Spweing i didint have any poppers on the boat.
Outlaw II
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Flesh had a greyish tinge to
Flesh had a greyish tinge to it and it didnt fight too hard also didnt bleed well at all. Dont think it knew it was hooked. Took a tiny piece of prawn so musta been hungry. Might hit that spot again
Leemo
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Most tailor have a greyish
Most tailor have a greyish tinge to the flesh.
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Outlaw II
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cheers leemo will keep that
cheers leemo will keep that in the memory bank
tim-o
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Nice greenback! Few around
Nice greenback! Few around the reefs atm, good to hear the sambos are still in close, they love live bait
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