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Submitted by jayce on Sun, 2013-04-21 03:11
Caught a few of these out in the boat down in dunsborough. Can any one tell me what they are? We threw them all back.
One of them scraped a spike past the old mans finger and give him a bit of curry and a swollen finger.
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snappermiles
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highly poisonus
its a gurnard not sure of its exact name but they are very poisonous, can put you in hospital, but they are beautiful too eat
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till
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Scorpion cod.
Scorpion cod.
MattMiller
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Good old
Geo Bay Gurnard Perch (page 4 of FISHWRECKAPEDIA), seen hundreds and never let them in the boat anymore. They harbour a dangerous toxin in those spikes and the result of being spiked are very painful.
Always shake them back into the water without letting them onboard.
Leemo
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get so many scorpions on
get so many scorpions on plastics, always shake em free without touching them.
bludgin' since 94'
GlennO87
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Great eating, spike it
Great eating, spike it through the head, then use side cutters to cut all the spines off, then get to work on filleting them :)
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doubleheader_king
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Annoying Gurnards
My uncle was stung by one while getting it of the hook. I was 8 at the time and told him to put in in hot water so he did and as it turns out it releaved the pain. You learn lots when watching fishing shows. max
Glenn Moore
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Gurnard Perch
It's barely worth me commenting, but just to confirm the comments above - this is a Gurnard Perch Neosebastes pandus. It is a type of scorpionfish, of which there are many similar species - this one is very common and easily identified by the large brown spotted pectoral fins. As stated, it has venomous spines.
edit... just realised this has been dredged up from nearly a year ago...
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