Went out yesterday with the family as usual and had a few drifts around the five fathom, a few weeks back managed to grab a dhui and a little mixed bag.

Yesterday was fairly quite for us and managed a couple of fish, one fish which we boated I was sure was a shite fish as in my mind it looked like a painted sweetlip that was in the forum earlier in the week.

The fish looked like it would be good eating, the camera wasnt on board and the mobile was swithched off, I wanted to take a photo so when I came home I could look up the fish and ID it.

I dont like to take something and kill it unless I know what it is and well I think it was a long tail perch, which according to fishwrecked fishapedia isnt to bad on the chew. BUGGER

Like I say it looked like a nice fish and all, I couldn't see a black mark on its ass and well being new to boating and the variety of fish you catch erred on the side of caution.

Also just wondering apart from the little fish ID guide from fisheries is there any other guide to help while your out there to ID fish, or is it just a live and learn thing. Experience over time>

Other than that a nice day on the water..