hillarys crabs and unknown fish anyone tell me what it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by 319 seasprite on Tue, 2012-11-27 16:43
Went out for a arvo sesh at hillarys, chasing some crabs 4 a feed.managed a couple of stonkers 14.6cm head width.Thought id drop a line and first drop it got smashed zzzzzzzzz by a (UNKNOWN FISH)??????? it fought crazy on my little ugly stick 2.55kg rod it went air bourne a few times if anyone knows of this fish could you kindly tell me anything about it would be much apreciated this fish was released to fight another day...
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fishcrazy
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fish id
Its a gurnard species the wings are cool ; colours vary
sea-kem
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Yeah I'd agree with
Yeah I'd agree with fishcrazy. We caught a fair few of them in NZ good eating too.
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Ben Derecki
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Butterfly Gurnard are often
Butterfly Gurnard are often confused with Sharp Beaked Gurnard and Red Gurnard (see entries below). The identifying differences are the colours and shape of the pectoral fins and the two distinctive spines on the snout of the Sharp Beaked Gurnard. The three lower rays of the pectoral fins are thickened and free from the rest of the fin, and used for walking over the bottom probing for food.
Butterfly Gurnard have a large bony head and a bony rostrum on the snout with a very small median notch with tiny spines. They are sandy with reddish bands and blotches and often turn red on capture. The greenish pectoral fins are round with bright blue spots and margins, and a roundish black blotch with a bright blue margin and scattered blue spots inside.
Butterfly Gurnard have been measured at 41cms in length.
They are considered good eating and need to be skinned but are most often too small to be worth the effort. They are valued for aquariums.
Butterfly Gurnard are found from Rottnest Island Western Australia, south around to northern Victoria, offshore in sand and silt habitats, usually in depths of 20 - 100 metres.
319 seasprite
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awsome
great stuff guys cheers for the info
FISHING PERTH IS A JUNGLE JUST NEED TO FIND THEM
sea-kem
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Did ya measure it? Get your
Did ya measure it? Get your mug on the record holders board.
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tim-o
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There's no crabs in Hillarys,
There's no crabs in Hillarys, shhhhhhh! Im yet to drop any pots in there yet but i always chat to the blokes that do on kayaks and catchem all year. Thats a spun out catch for in there aye, gurnard
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donteatfish
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My workmate actually caught
My workmate actually caught one a couple of months back inside the harbour south side. It wasn't a bad size either. You should have seen the bend in his kmart-special it was hilarious. I'd never seen one before.
I heard they are poisonous, is it true? I always think something that colour can't be good for ya.
ricey
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I have caught that very same type of gurnard there
Released it by Aqwa on inside of marina. Beautiful fish.
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uncle
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have seen these while swimming
wondered what they were, the only crabs I've seen near the kiddies beach are dead ones
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
carnarvonite
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Crabs
Best time to catch crabs in the marina is when the swell is really cranking outside, it stirs the bottom up and gets them out and about feeding.
Used to drop son off in the dinghy in Two Rocks marina when it was howling nor wester and big swell and he'd get his bag limit of big blueys in no time, went on for years until someone decided to take a look at what he'd caught and what the conditions were like , then word got out.
tim-o
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Shhhhhh! Was thinkn that
Shhhhhh! Was thinkn that after this blow there might be a few around, guna drop the pots around the marina tomoz c how I go
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kfish
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drop them behind spinnakers
drop them behind spinnakers ;)
carnarvonite
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Toooo late
You have to do it while its happening, not after it blows over.
tim-o
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They're in there allright
They're in there allright
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carnarvonite
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Snow crabs
Must be snow crabs on a white back ground because I can't see them either.
uncle
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no picture
for me tim
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
tim-o
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My bad......
My bad......
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kfish
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Was that behind spinnakers?
Was that behind spinnakers?
tim-o
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Nup, on the edge of the main
Nup, on the edge of the main channel at the boat ramp end, dropped them from the tub, still lots of littles and prego fems just like the river
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