Caught off Busselton, Barracuda or Snook?
Submitted by dava on Mon, 2009-03-30 21:27
Hey all,
This was caught by my girlfriends dad last weekend off a boat in Geographe Bay, Busselton.
I reckon it's a barracuda, he reckons it's a snook.
Can anyone settle this argument?
Cheers,
Daniel
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Good catch
Good catch, old barra must of been down Busso on holidays! I thought they hung out in warm waters
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yea id say barracuda
yea id say barracuda
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Its a sharp toothed Barra
Flat seas!!!
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big smelly barracuda Life is
big smelly barracuda
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Did it have Green bones?
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barracouta for me too Isnt
barracouta for me too
Isnt there a southern species and northern species?? Remember hearing about them being caught off esperance jetty
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Yep, Ive caught them south of Melbourne before on a charter.
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Regularly catch both
Regularly catch both (unfortunately - though snook smoke up well). definately a Barracouta.
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Rex Hunt reckons they taste great
I think they make good bait.
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definately goin on snook
struth, better get a beer then
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cuda
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cuda, but hay wot do i know
werk is 4 ppl how dont know how 2 fish n play golf :)
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yeah had a closer look and deceided to go with cuda
struth, better get a beer then
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They seriously stink like
They seriously stink like hell when landed, most foul smell i have ever burned my nose with
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Warmer water...
...equals no salmon....
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dont see how thats a snook
dont see how thats a snook cuda
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http://www.fish.gov.au/
http://www.fish.gov.au/fishnames/fishnames.php?pid=3222
Obsolete Names: Pike; seapike; short finned barracuda; short finned sea pike; shortfin pike; shortfinned pike; short-finned pike
i caught these guys up to 1.3m in rockingham around the reefs. fight hard on 4pound and fight dirty, was using 40pound leader and still got bit of here and ther
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Its a;
Baracuda, a tropical fish thats come down with the Leewin current and yes not good for the salmon atm!
Snook & Sea Pike dont have dark cross bands on the upper half of their body and are a smaller species!
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pike
pike
fishings involved im already there
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hahah i like the plastic
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definately not a snook or pike, easy give away is the teeth, snook and pike have thinner very sharp teeth.
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Baracuda!
Forensic stuff...ha ha Yes the distinctive teeth are a give away for sure!
Baracuda!
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Thanks fellas
Looks like the consensus is that i'm right :)
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pike
deff pike , caught a lot of these in the bay around skippy rock, eagle bay, they twist the crap outta ya line,and yup they hurt, i had one latch onto a toe..ouch before it was clubbed. we got some pretty big ones a while back, not bad eating also,
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