A couple ID's needed please
Submitted by mateusz on Wed, 2013-08-07 21:26
hey,
all these fish were caught at lancelin jetty.
The first one i have no idea... closest thing i can find in the ID guide is a barra.....
second one i think is a blue sprat?
and thirdly, while i was looking through the ID guide i came accross "sand trevally" which looks like what i always thought was small "skippy" . was just wondering if i have had it wrong all along.
thanks in advance
matt
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kirky79
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1st- Sand Bass2nd- Looks like
1st- Sand Bass
2nd- Looks like a hardy heady- not sure
3rd- Tailor, Skippy,Skippy, Herring
Got a couple good work!
Chris fish
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sand bass, hardyhead and
sand bass, hardyhead and skippy
always looking for a new challenge!!
mateusz
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cheers
yeah hardy head sounds familar actually, researched it last time i caught them but couldnt remember.
cheers
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carnarvonite
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Answers
The top two are, first a sand bass and the second one is a hardyhead
kirky79
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Good bait.
Good bait.
Jayden20
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sand bassHardy head or a
sand bass
Hardy head or a pilch
And just a skippy
Super peg
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Good chew the sand bass?
Good chew the sand bass?
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
Tradewind
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Used the catch the sand bass
Used the catch the sand bass up at Shark Bay
Parents called them Moon cod which i've never heard them referred to since
They were decent enough to eat if you can get them +30cm for a sizable fillet
MattMiller
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Eh
Not sure what it is but i'll nek it anyway
scottnofish
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typical matt miller response
your a tool
Andy_b
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anypuddle
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hey matty
I dont see the sand bass knecked?
Anywhere anytime
petervb
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good one matt, shoot first
good one matt, shoot first ask questions later?
crasny1
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Why do we constantly have
Why do we constantly have this negativity on here?. I agree it isnt necked and we dont know what happened with it.
Cmon and lets try and encourage post/photos. PM a question to the poster if you are concerned.
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MattMiller
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Jumping to conclusions?
I was referring to the pic of the Skippy not the Sand Bass.
Personally I think nearly all of these ID posts can be avoided by a quick browse through fishwreckapedia.
Rob H
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doesnt really matter what
doesnt really matter what fish
Other people like to see pics put up
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The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
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MattMiller
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Don't get me wrong
I love reports, pics and questions as much as the next person. Keep em coming.
For me it's more the repeat ID posts about the same species that gets tiring. Perhaps we should have a 'tricky' or common ID questions thread?
Granted he probably has a point with the 'skippy' and I'm happy to retract my 'nek it anyway' comment. My bad.
End of the day I'd hate to see someone get in deep with fisheries due to an ID issue and hope most fishos try to get it right.
Don't know what it is, take a pic and throw it back
Bluetonic
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No Matt, this is a constant
No Matt, this is a constant thing you do! 1st you jump on someone then when other members say you are wrong to do it, you come back with a 'My Bad' 'Jumping to conclusions' etc etc!... and then try your best to retract it by some other reason.
Just because you think you know everything and anything about fishing doesn't mean you need to jump down on someones post everytime you don't like it!
Do what most of us do, just don't reply if you don't like it!
I know of young novice fishers who read this site but won't join this site for fear of asking a question and getting precisely a reaction you commonly give! How will these fishers ever learn and ask questions if they are to be ridiculed every time they want to know something?
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FISH-ON
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1. sand bass2. hardy head3.
1. sand bass
2. hardy head
3. skippy or silver trevally
Be patient and calm - for no one can catch fish in anger
Philly
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There's a tailor in the 3rd
There's a tailor in the 3rd also
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Fish guts
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there is an echo in
there is an echo in here...here...here...here....here :)
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mateusz
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cheers for the replies
The sand bass was released
beached as bro!
sea-kem
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Sand Trevally, probably an
Sand Trevally, probably an Eastern states terminology. Saying that I've caught most of mine from the sand so makes sense.
Love the West!
squidder
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The sand bass
is closely related to the barra, obvious by it's looks and we caught quite a few down near Tamala Stn, one we estimated near on 7 to 8lbs. We released all of them as we had plenty of other fish.
By the way, all were caught on lures.
carnarvonite
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Sand bass
Best way to pick a sand bass is by the red eyes.
Get heaps of them up here, never kept one so cannot comment on eating qualities
sea-kem
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Hi Bruce i was reffering to
Hi Bruce i was reffering to his research on Skippy, you know how those Eastern staters have to name everything different ;)
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squidder
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Do not
get me started Andy and to those eastern staters
, got n e Dhuys over there on the eastern seaboard 
sea-kem
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Ha ha they don't deserve em!
Ha ha they don't deserve em!
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Daniel Y
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Actually the sand trevally
Actually the sand trevally (Pseudocaranx wrighti) is a differnt species to the silver or skipjack trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus). They look quite similar, but P. wrighti has a considerably smaller max size and different jaw shape.
crasny1
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Sand bass
Eating wise suxs. Was given some by a mate to eat and just about spewed. Also got fooled when I caught the first one. Told it was a Barra and got all excited. Obviously was undersized so returned but as it was my first ever "Barra" I was stoked, until the fisho's there started pissing themselves laughing. Never make that mistake again. Fortunately it was years ago, and have barra crossed off the list since.
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mateusz
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mate
I looked at the id guide, sorry I missed it.
As for the Skippy, they were fucken size and I kept them . According to the guide they look like sand trevally.
I'll go back to reading and not posting.
Thanks for your input
beached as bro!
Rob H
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keep posting mate, dont be
keep posting mate, dont be scared off so easy.
This aint the only place in life where you'll run into that sort of "advice" and its easier to deal with here!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
squidder
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Fully agree
ghost1
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Keep posting
great to see pics of others catches.
The hardy head make good bait for tailor, if they are schooling, you usually find bigger predators chasing them
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*Edit* Haha, Matt, I thought
*Edit* Haha, Matt, I thought the same. Theres always those post mortem fish ids on here, but after rereading, it appears he knew they were skippy, but wondered if they may be sand trevs. Derp
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mateusz
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daniel y
That actually answers my question, thanks. I'm sure the majority of the people who read this post didn't know that, including the smart arses..
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Super peg
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I learnt a lot of stuff from
I learnt a lot of stuff from this post mate! Fuck the haters! Good work, good feed, just hope ya didn't stay all night for it :D
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while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
mateusz
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the feed was better
It was a good couple late nighters on the jetty with a couple good mates. Lots of herring, pike and lots of other undesirables. And quite a few big runs. my first sand bass and my mate got his first catch on lure, smiles all round!!!
cheers
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Super peg
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Nice one mate, sounds like
Nice one mate, sounds like good times had
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.