old fart reckons the reason they swapped the nanngia name to red snapper was only for selling purposes in the fish mongers shop, nobody would buy a nanngia but would buy a red snapper. Excellent eating fish, nice white flesh, but be careful around the eyes and gills, extremely sharp, can get a nasty cut. Old fart has caught them, and for somebody (me) that doesn't like fish, yummy on the tooth.
In old farts bible it states the the Red Snapper and Yellow-eyed red snapper are one species, I quote "Posses six dorsal fin spines which seperate them from the Nannygai, an eastern Australian fish with seven spines, SA to Shark Bay in WA."
Taken from the Marine & Estuarine Fishes of South-Western Australia.
Thipthorp explained it to me when I incorrectly said I caught some nannygai while on holiday down south, he said they were red snapper. He reckons that you are far more likely to catch red snapper than a nannygai in WA waters.
Shoot him a PM and maybe he can be a little more technical in the explanation.
Fresh in a curry, they were bloody tasty. I had my doubts about them as well, but my mate assured me it would be all OK and it was. They fought pretty well in 40m on PE2 as well.
I see you were impressed with my breaksea cods, so in awe you couldn't comment? And that was just a few of the reds we caught. We could have literally caught 11ty hundred of them. We left them biting and we were within 2 miles of shore as well.
chrisp
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i was told..
Red snapper have a red eye and nannygai have yellow..
Auslobster
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One of them...
...and I think it's the nanny, as a much more severely "forked" tail...in fact it's other name is swallowtail.
out wide
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Look simular but
miles apart in eating qualities reds heaps better than nannies. imo
CURT
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ure kidding! I never knew
ure kidding! I never knew they were two different species
roberta
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Same fish
old fart reckons the reason they swapped the nanngia name to red snapper was only for selling purposes in the fish mongers shop, nobody would buy a nanngia but would buy a red snapper. Excellent eating fish, nice white flesh, but be careful around the eyes and gills, extremely sharp, can get a nasty cut. Old fart has caught them, and for somebody (me) that doesn't like fish, yummy on the tooth.
In old farts bible it states the the Red Snapper and Yellow-eyed red snapper are one species, I quote "Posses six dorsal fin spines which seperate them from the Nannygai, an eastern Australian fish with seven spines, SA to Shark Bay in WA."
Taken from the Marine & Estuarine Fishes of South-Western Australia.
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Different Fish!
Red Snapper (we get them here, big sizes too)
Yellow eye red snapper (we get them here, small sizes mainly)
Nannygai (we dont get them here along our coast, small sizes mainly and they're an East Coast fish)
HuggyB
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no, they are different
Thipthorp explained it to me when I incorrectly said I caught some nannygai while on holiday down south, he said they were red snapper. He reckons that you are far more likely to catch red snapper than a nannygai in WA waters.
Shoot him a PM and maybe he can be a little more technical in the explanation.
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
mako magic
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mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy sweep
mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy sweep there Brendon mouth watering here at the thought hehehe
those reds are my fav eating fish
train
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Makes sense now thanks for
Makes sense now
thanks for the response
HuggyB
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hey!
Fresh in a curry, they were bloody tasty. I had my doubts about them as well, but my mate assured me it would be all OK and it was. They fought pretty well in 40m on PE2 as well.
I see you were impressed with my breaksea cods, so in awe you couldn't comment? And that was just a few of the reds we caught. We could have literally caught 11ty hundred of them. We left them biting and we were within 2 miles of shore as well.
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
mako magic
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LOL doesnt everything taste
LOL doesnt everything taste good fresh in a curry hahaha
Oh BTW nice blackbums too lol