Fish I.D

Caught this little fella about 6 months ago behind Carnac. Any ideas please?

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Looks like a sand bass?

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:07

Looks like a sand bass?

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 I remember a thread a while

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:09

 I remember a thread a while back, under I think " a night in Lancelin" something like that, looks similar, from memory they called it a sandbass

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 C'mon tot. We all know you

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:11

 C'mon tot. We all know you fished that out of the tank at your local Chinese restaurant lol.

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haha very funny!

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:19

just been going through the search on sand bass and some say they don't taste bad.
was about a foot long and made a decent account for itself but lived to fight another day.

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"but lived to fight another

Thu, 2013-10-24 07:57

"but lived to fight another day"

 

Good on ya mate. Unsure, so it goes back.

 

To many 'what was it? It tasted like shit.'

 

 

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 Yep +1 kudos on the release.

Thu, 2013-10-24 09:10

 Yep +1 kudos on the release. See way too many pics of fish with their throat cut asking for an id. 

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yup

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:12

 sand bass 100% 
also known as sharkbay barramundi

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yes i can see why

Wed, 2013-10-23 22:20

pondered that for a second...
cheers guys for the id

whats a good size one?

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not too sure mate

Thu, 2013-10-24 09:32

 use to see hundreds of them diving last year around shark bay, also caught a couple. if you said one around 1ft long that would be one of the larger specimens

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 looks like a barra at first

Thu, 2013-10-24 10:55

 looks like a barra at first glance doesnt it....how far north do these go?

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Sand Bass

Fri, 2013-10-25 05:24

i see heaps of them here in Exmouth out diving ,not sure how much further they go

 

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Even further

Sun, 2013-10-27 18:49

 We get heaps of em around Point Sampson. Con the newbs that thier freshwater barra