Long Point Thursday 31/01/08. Baby NorWest Blowfish?

Went down to Long Point on Thursday arvo to try for some tailor, we had been catching heaps of choppers there recently, and a few guys from Fishwrecked have been reporting some varied (some good, some average) tailor runs as well.

While the sun was still high in the sky we were bottom fishing with pieces of squid and getting butteries, herring, trumpeter and the like. Just before we were about to switch to baitcasting mulies, I reeled in this ugly little thing, which is obviously a blowfish, I'm guessing a baby Nor West blowie...

Tailor did come on the bite, and it was chopper after chopper of about 25cm. Ended up with 1 keeper of 38.5cm. Where are all the big uns?


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Toadfish

Sun, 2008-02-03 11:23

Looks like what we caught at long point as well, seems to be heaps of them about. looks like a ToadFish.

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Prickly toadfish

Sun, 2008-02-03 21:42

Contusus brevicaudus.

There are not really any blowies down south that can be mistaken for baby nw blowies - up north there is 6 or so species similar looking to the norwester - only smaller.

The prickly is a harmless little guy that rarely latches on to a bait - i dont have much sympathy for the common blowie but these guys are kinda cute and harmless and have this queer looking pot belly.

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Yeah that's the same fish

Sun, 2008-02-03 12:36

Yeah that's the same fish Karl. Yours looks way bigger! Heading down there later this arvo for another crack.

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bigger fish

Sun, 2008-02-03 14:42

the bigger tailor  are on the south side of the point. thats where we have been doing well

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wheres long point?

Sun, 2008-02-03 20:43

wheres long point?

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long point

Mon, 2008-02-04 18:58

long point is down here in port kennedy just south of rockingham.