reef fish
Submitted by mateusz on Tue, 2011-04-05 16:36
was wonderin what this little fella is? iv been lookin at fusilier, but cant find a exact match.
cheers
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scottland
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looks like a xos butterfish
looks like a xos butterfish
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Leemo
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deffinately a butterfish.
deffinately a butterfish. prime suspects for swallowing the hook. ive caught rays on them aswell, used as deadbaits
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mateusz
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oooh shit i looked through fishwreckapedia....
must of totally missed it! cheers guys. funny u should say that leemo, i caught a nice blackarse on a fillet of the little fella!
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hlokk
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Doesnt look like that pic
Doesnt look like that pic there scott. Stripes all different.
Remember to say where you caught it! Metro, south, north?
mateusz
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north metro
caught it just out of two rocks, i think it was around 8-10m deep!
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snappermiles
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certainly a butterfish
and the snapper love them!!
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MrMulloway
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My mum caught one at the
My mum caught one at the north mole :p
Turbo Tim
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You catch these by the dozens
You catch these by the dozens at long point boat ramps at the moment. They love squid and my wife's 5 year old neice caught 5 in her first ever hour of fishing there last night, they hook themselves. (she then announced to us and total strangers that she caught more fish than all of us!
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Everyone there says they are bad eating and just an annoyance like the abundance of blowies and trumpeter there, are they edible in any way? We just threw them back or used the odd one in the crab nets. Some were 20cm+.
PS. off topic- a few chopper tailor on mulies on dark for about 30 minutes and a guy landed a southern ray, boxy headed looking stingray
joe amato
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similar to eating skippy
butterfish similar to eating skippy,i used to catch them while chasing skippy with my dad in my younger days,and yes been italian origin we ate them with skippy,and we also caught the odd mulloway on them aswell,plus you can catch more skippy,butterfish yellowtail etc
TGMitchell
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OK eating
I've eaten a few of these things - they're alright - if you don't mind messing around with little fish.
They're pretty easy to catch in a few metres of water (two at a time) - no size limit I can find but obviously the smaller ones go back.
Haven't tried them as bait though - might give it a bash.
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ozmos
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thanks
Thanks, now I know what I caught the other afternoon at Mindarie.
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