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hey guys caught this fish down at halls head beach yesterday there were heaps of them around probs caught 7 dont know what they are so i put em back

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Sea Trumpeter

Thu, 2011-09-08 10:16

good to put them back - no good on the tooth, although I am told they are marginally better than the striped trumpeter

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bait

Thu, 2011-09-08 11:15

apparently good mulloway bait, the skin is like leather and hard to get off your hooks when the flesh has been picked off.

spikey things

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people who are low on iron should eat these

Thu, 2011-09-08 11:17

although im told they taste like crap!

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Stormy perch

Thu, 2011-09-08 14:08

Sea trumpeter also better known as stormy perch. Usually caught in dirty stirred up water after a blow. Taste like iodine

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spiky bastards

Thu, 2011-09-08 18:48

they are very spiky to handle thats for sure!!

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thanks guys wouldnt of wanted

Thu, 2011-09-08 20:40

thanks guys wouldnt of wanted to eat it they smelt like shit and they sure are spiky got pricked by it as soon as i grabbed it the fins came up and got me