caught of derby jetty this morning - ID?
Submitted by bradperth on Fri, 2013-08-16 10:49
hows it going peeps. fishing this morning off derby jetty. got 2 of these, put them back though. both around 2 kg mark and 40 cm ish long. they have an underslung mouth like a blue salmon and body almost like a little mulloway. golden grunter? cant find it fish book. golder in colour than picture shows. eating quality? nice fat fillets on it by looks and legal size. much appreciated.
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carnarvonite
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Black jew
Its a black jew
dd83wa
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Not a black jew, can't
Not a black jew, can't remember the name of them, though i've seen them before.
bradperth
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you reckon?
i thought the same at first too. but head seems wrong and smaller ones like that normally have some black spots on them.
Ozzy
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Black Jews at Exxy
Here are a some of Black Jews I caught at Exmouth and 1 caught by a mate of mine.
Cheers Ozzy
marble
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Bearded jewfish, Johnius
Bearded jewfish, Johnius amblycephalus I reckon
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trymyluck
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There was a species like this
There was a species like this in Broome creeks that I heard about never saw or caught. They are similar to Black Jew or Mulloway but not . Someone will tell us what they are Im sure.
bradperth
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i been to local tackle shop
i been to local tackle shop and he tells me it a golden grunter. though i cant find anything about that whatsoever.
bradperth
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best i heard so far is a
best i heard so far is a river jew johnius borneensis. only thing is they only grow to about 20 cm or so, so could have a potential world record on my hands hey! haha
Terry
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Javelin
Looks like some sort of Javelin fish species ?
squidder
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Agree
with Marble, Bearded Jewfish