North Mole Tiddler
Submitted by Faceplanter on Wed, 2012-07-04 16:08
Anyone know what this is? Caught it last Saturday at North Mole fishing with my eldest boy whose 10. Allready checked out fishwreckapedia and a few other online resources. Thinking a wrasse of some species.
Not very big; about 15 cm's.
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Bee Stapes
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Wrasse
Looks like a rosy wrasse mate
Ben Derecki
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Western King Wrasse
Western King Wrasse
Vinesh87
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+1 for Western King Wrasse
+1 for Western King Wrasse
Bee Stapes
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oops
thought wrong haha
Faceplanter
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Rosy Wrasse
Thanks Bee Stapes
Think you're on the money. Looks like a pretty close match going by a few photos on the net.
Faceplanter
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Then Again
Then again...
Bit more research suggests it looks a lot like a female Western King Wrasse. I think we have a positive ID.
Thanks guys.
Sammy the Salmon
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Most definitely a female
Most definitely a female Western King Wrasse.
http://www.nmdc.com.au/fishy-fun-learning/marine-life-in-focus/western-king-wrasse/
Catch them all the time kayaking off hillarys
blitzed
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Dhuey bait
Dhuey bait
Batty
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+1
+1 for Dhuie Bait
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
sea-kem
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Dhuie candy
Dhuie candy
Love the West!
Faceplanter
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XLNT
XLNT.
All i need now is a boat to catch said Dhuey...
Fathom
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Good eating
Taste better than Dhufish, just hard to fillet being so slimey
Faulkner Family
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gotta say the western and
gotta say the western and yes they do make great dhuie bait but there is nothing wrong with eating the nice white flesh either.they are in the same family as the bauldies and tuskies just a lot easier to catch and smaller. they taste great smoked as well
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Faceplanter
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Eating?
Didn't realise they were good eating. Just need some a little bigger. Not lucky enough to have tasted baldie or other tuskfish yet. One step at a time... Lol