Help with ID'ing fish please!
Submitted by eddking2003 on Sat, 2016-01-09 20:59
Can anyone give me a hand with the ID's of these. I had the one down as a camouflage rockcod, is this right. Also what are the legal sizes for these 2 species and are they good eating at all? Thanks! 
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z00m
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Lower pic is a Tarwhine
Tarwhine have 6 rows of scales above the lateral line where a bream only has 4. Check the fisheries site to bag and size limits.
Sam_Wood
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Tarwine and camo cod
Tarwine and camo cod
"Life is Hard, it is even harder if you are stupid,"
Hutch
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Western Wirrah (no size
Western Wirrah (no size limit) and Tarwhine (25cm min.)
Terry
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I believe this to be
I believe this to be correct.....
KingToby
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Tarwine
I concure with Hutch.
Untill you have the courage to loose sight of land You will never know the terror of been forever lost at sea.
eddking2003
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Thanks
Thanks for the info. Nice to know what I am catching!
beeroclock
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The cutting board will taste better than the wirrah
tried eating one years ago, smelt bad frying and the tiny bit i tasted was horrible!
Hutch
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Not sure how true this is
Not sure how true this is but have heard they are pretty good eating if you fillet and skin them with care. Apparently it's the slime on the skin or something that makes them taste bad when it touches the flesh
eddking2003
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Ha ha! Sounds like I will
Ha ha! Sounds like I will give them a wide berth then mate, glad I dropped the little dude back.
carnarvonite
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Wirrah
Nothing wrong with wirrah as long as you fillet them and get rid of the skin, better than a heck of a lot of other fish that some people thing are the ducks nuts