Fish ID Please
Submitted by TGMitchell on Tue, 2011-03-08 12:24
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The Black Baron
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Jakeu420
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Yellow tail trumpiter im
Yellow tail trumpiter im pretty sure
chris raff
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Trumpeters
Can't eat em...but carvonite in a recent post stated that they are good as livies..not sure for what species though
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John_M
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you can eat them, just
you can eat them, just whether they are prized eating is a different question ;)
carnarvonite
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Iodine
They are full of iodine and taste like shirt.
As stated before , they make excellent livies for mulloway
Also known as Turd eyes from the eye colourings
Dicey
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Striped Trumpeter, there are
Striped Trumpeter, there are a couple variations people call it but thats what i call it.
crasny1
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Yellow tail trumpeter, or stripey trumpeter
Second behing the blowie as a shit and nuisance fish!!
Neels
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TGMitchell
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Thanks Wasn't sure - they
Thanks
Wasn't sure - they don't like much like the wikipedia pic
Are they any good for mincing up for berley? - If not they'll be plant food
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crasny1
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just watch that your plants dont die!!!!
LOL
No amte they should be cool as berley and also great for under a tomatoe plant. So is blowies byt the way!
Neels
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wazzbat
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Thought I was onto a school
Thought I was onto a school of herring on the weekend until I pulled up a double header of these little turd fish. I reckon they would make good live bait for any bigger fish?
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davebarry (not verified)
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Pelican food...
All they are good for is pelican food at the jetty..
I caught a heap with the young fella in Warnboro sound, and we had a pelican next to the boat - he manged to eat 27 of them before trying to fly off - it was a laugh, cause he could not resist the treat, but could not eat anymore - LOL!
Tried them for bearly, but they are hard to mince - very tough when fresh, but not much juice in them - good fighters for their size - mate of mine recons it makes good pickled fish, as this eliminates the bone problem - not my favorite though..Tried live bait too - cast it about a metre from the front of a lurking shark - not interested!!!
I move if i catch even one of them - waste of time, bait and fuel...
tailor marc
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hahahai seen a heep of
hahahai seen a heep of trumpiter forsale at malaga markets yesterday, Couldnt stop laughing haha
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Buz
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Good as livebait for Mulloway
Used to always use them as livebaits for Mulloway off the Busselton Jetty in winter. And the Mulla's down there loved them. All the ones we have caught off the Busso jetty (if they havent spewed up mid fight) have always had trumpies in them. Plus they are alot more hardy as a livey anchored to the bottom than a Yellowtail or Herring.
TGMitchell
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Then they'll be feed to the
Then they'll be feed to the plants.....
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sarcasm0
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Just an idea for the future
Perhaps find out what they are before taking eight of them, its a bit late to put them back as shit fish if they are dead.
Also a species guide on board might help avoid accidentally taking protected or size restricted fish.
Lastchance
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My thoughts exactly.....
My thoughts exactly.....
sea-kem
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Good point Sarcasmo. A mate
Good point Sarcasmo. A mate of mine uses them a livies for Mulloway. Reckons you can't beat em.
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Leemo
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ive first hand seen the
ive first hand seen the success of them as livies for mulloway. if you cant get live boneys or tailor, there third best imo! not too hard to catch either.
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TGMitchell
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Well - we were pretty sure
Well - we were pretty sure what that they were grunters - was double-checking.
We had the identification chart from WA fisheries and I used my phone to have a look online before taking them.
At least I'm not taking much more endangered Snapper, etc
The Black Baron
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No worries
Good work in at least trying to identify beforehand, but still nasty business with fisheries if you had made a mistake.
Bryan
Silk200611
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In my boat EVERYTHING gose
In my boat EVERYTHING gose back un less its going to be 100% eaten by myself or close mates witch i know will eat itt.. Iv got Asian neigbours and they always say dont throw it back we will eat it.. Yes they probly would but i only bring home a fed of fish once or twice a year for them.. (Ps.. im not racist just describing the good neigbours i have, couldnt ask for better neighbours)
Call me Brad as that's my name..
brenz
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puzzles me
im with sarcasmo ive never understood the point of keeping fish you have no idea what they are?
Silk200611
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id put them back un less
id put them back un less there gona be used for live bait...
caught a heap in the river over the years and they all went back into the wet stuff..
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joe amato
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good old trumpies
have tried to eat them b4,but they are full of bones,sweet but full of bones,but make good mulloway bait if you can get hold of them as a livie and you can use them as crab bait in the swan river or wherever you catch them,i havent caught any for live bait in the swan river for ages
CURT
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interesting that these are
interesting that these are supposed to be good live bait, dont think many people use them often but there so easy to get might have to try them
Jakestfa
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crab bait and livies, about
crab bait and livies, about as useful as they get!
If everyone concentrated on the really important things in life, we would have a shortage of bait
shifeng
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apparently they are a prized
apparently they are a prized eating fish in tasmania. and they have a min legal size of 33cm.
Buz
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Different sort of Trumpeter
Different sort of Trumpeter they get down in Tas. Thge only thing they have in common with these are the colouration. The ones they get are a deepwater species that get quite large. I have heard of them being cught in the 200's off esperance.
wicked game
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never used one as a livie
never used one as a livie might have to give it a crack next time.
they also have very nasty spikes near there gills, been touched up a few times by the sharp little critters
GlennO87
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the most shirt fish ever,
the most shirt fish ever, full of iodine as above, there the next to blowies i rekon! Fish in the swan around jettys and thats all you get. And just wait untill one nails you with the little spike off its gills. Almost as bad as a flathead spike...They fight unreal though
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Shorty
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When i was growing up in
When i was growing up in Busselton they had the tagged trumperter comp one day at the jetty ,,a kid near me caught the $5000 fish and took off down the jetty,it slipped out of his hands and fell thru the cracks,,but yeah its a great mulloway bait, you can still use them as dead baits,,another pest blowies are prime snapper bait dead or alive,,
GlennO87
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Shorty ive herd blowie
Shorty ive herd blowie fillets are prime jewie bait to
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