ID please
Submitted by Midor on Thu, 2012-11-22 06:26
caught this in the swan on a hardbody lure, actually caught 2 of them.
it looked too silvery to be a bream to me ...
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Yewiefish85
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Silver biddy
Silver biddy
Terry
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boney
Boney Herring ?
squidder
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Silver Biddy
all day
sambo24
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Little far south for a silver
Little far south for a silver biddy..? Plus the nose doesn't look quite right..
catchalittle
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bony herring
bony herring
Nathan
squidder
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Scale
pattern, check that out for starters, and no spot on the side plus Silver is the dominant shade not a dull yellow that bonys carry.
Mitch1
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Definately a silver biddy
Definately a silver biddy
Daniel Y
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It's definitley a Silver
It's definitley a Silver biddy / Roach (Gerres subfasciatus).
As squidder said, bony herring look very different.
In almost 20 years of fishing the Swan i'd never caught one, but had heard of people catching them ocassionaly. Then last year I caught at least 10-15 of them whilst bream fishing. They must be getting more aggressive haha.
Midor
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are they good for bait?
are they good for bait?
Spinnerak
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In my Fishing book they are
In my Fishing book they are classified as a bait species (probably because they dont grow much more than 30cm or so), so I ASSUME that they would be a good bait
Subway cookie is the best burley