Couple of fish IDs
Submitted by Belly88 on Wed, 2012-05-02 13:31
Couple of fish caught on our last trip to Ningaloo. Would love to know what they all are..
Cheers Belly
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bmac
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1st and 3rd pic are Rankin
1st and 3rd pic are Rankin Cod not sure on the middle one though.
Glenn Moore
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Banded Grouper
bmac is correct on the Rankin Cods Epinephelus multinotatus
The middle one is a Banded Grouper Epinephelus amblycephalus - beautiful looking fish!
Glenn Moore
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sea-kem
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Hope you kept the Rankins.
Hope you kept the Rankins. They are awesome eating.
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dkonig82
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They are a couple of great
They are a couple of great Rankins there.
What did you get them on?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Belly88
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Thanks
Thanks for the speedy reponses guys. We thought they were Rankins and as a result we definately kept and ate them...they tasted awsome.. The reason i posted them was because a mate of mine told me they werent Rankins.(so he was wrong)
The middle one on the other hand i had no idea what it was and he went back on the release weight...... Are Banded Grouper nice to eat?
dkonig82: We caught them on fresh squid fairly standard 50lb bottom bounceing rigs/gear. This trip (4 weeks) we got out offshore in the boat about 5 times due to bad weather so didnt play around with jigs and plastics much at all..
Cheers Belly