SW Deep Drop Species List
Hi everyone,
With the increase in so called deep-drop records, I'm interested in pulling together a list of deepwater species that you are regularly catching in the SOUTHWEST ONLY, so south of Jurien. Also range of depths that you know you have caught them. Any comments on how common they are? Any of these you are not catching? Comments?
Updated 7/8/15 (excluding shallow water species that also occur in deep):
Common
Red Snapper (Bight redfish), 10-370
Eightbar Cod (Greyband), 105-470m
Bass Groper, 100-900m
Hapuku, 100-470m
Blue-eye Trevalla, 250-700m
Uncommon
Seven-Gill Shark, 400-450m
Orange Roughy, 800-900m
Knifejaw, 30-400m
Barracouta, depth?
Black Snoek, 0-400m
Gemfish, 100-800m
Rare
Darwin's Roughy, 300m
Unknown
'Greeneyes' = Piked Spurdog (most likely species, but several other species possible), 10-580m
'Nannygai' = many species - which ones???
= Imperador, 180-1000m
= Alfonsino, 180-1000m
= Yelloweyed Nannygai, 90-550m
= Swallowtail, 10-160m
'Rubyfish' (several species possible), 100-500m [note, not Ruby Snapper]
Queries
Bigeye Ocean Perch, 230-1100m - how common??
Radiant Cod, 250- 300 - in SW?
Blue Warehou 350 – where in WA?
Cheers,
Glenn
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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Belly Fish
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Some updates from what I've caught
Greyband 230 - 270m
Yellow-eyed Red Snapper - as shallow as 70m
Black Snoek - Only caught one but was in 435m
Jaggo
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Caught knife jaw as shallow
Caught knife jaw as shallow as 30m
Bryce Day
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What about Orange Roughy ???
What about Orange Roughy ??? Or are they to super deep?
Glenn Moore
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Caught one?
I'm interested if you've caught one on line in WA
Glenn Moore
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Bryce Day
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Pm sent
Pm sent
Bodie
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Do you have a pic, it may be
Do you have a pic, it may be what we caught out in the trench not that long ago (didn't know what it was)
Bodie
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whats this one?
whats this one?
Alan James
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Bigeye ocean perch
Belly Fish
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Good eating too
We've caught quite a few in 450m
JohnF
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Radiant cod - 200 -230m
Radiant cod - 200 -230m
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Glenn Moore
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in the SW?
John, have you caught one in the SW?
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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JohnF
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yep, got about 5 now, all
yep, got about 5 now, all from 200-300m.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
southcity104
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Hi Glen
Most common
Grey band 105-350
bass grouper 300-450
harpuka 270-350
red fish 220-370
trevalla both species 250 -550
Uncommon
Blackspotted Fox fish 250-270m (last two trips x 2)
Tile fish 250-280m ( last trip x1)
Darwin's roughy 300m (only once years ago)
Gemfish 400m (occasionally)
long finned bulls eye 250-300m (only once in a very large school)
Thresher sharks 300- 400m
silky whalers 300-400m
7 gill shark. 400-450m
radiant cod 250- 300
Blue warhou 350
Have photos of all
"Its a life style job"
terboz123
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Those blue Warhou..... If it
Those blue Warhou..... If it the same fish that looks similar to travella caught a few in NZ and my god top quality!
a hard days fishing still beats work
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My shallowest green eye was
My shallowest green eye was about 180m
iv speared nannaguy (bright red) fish in 16m and caught them up to 310m but mainly 80-220m depending on where your fishing
Shallowest grey band for me was 107m and deepest was 470m
Shallowest bass I got was on a edge from 280-310m and deepest 580m
Shallowest puka 180 and deepest 470m
Blue eye from 310-700m iv found them deeper but it's a f$&king long way down and up
but it can all change depending on tides and moon fase
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
Bryce Day
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Pink ling??????
Pink ling??????
Glenn Moore
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Great stuff
Thanks everyone - I'll update my list soon
Glenn Moore
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Chris fish
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I have seen a photo of a
I have seen a photo of a ruby snapper off albany in 280m but I guess that's really odd and shallow greybands from 90m also have also heard of blue eye common out to 900m and even reports of them coming from mounts in 1100m but haven't seen proof of that.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Glenn Moore
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List updated
and a few queries from me too. Thanks everyone for being so open with your catches. Thanks too for the PMs with more details - your spots are safe with me :-)
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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Alan James
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In my experience
you would have to put greeneyes at the top of the list of the Common species.
With respect to the Radiant Cod, yes occasional catches west of Rotto in depths stated.
mallesh
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Snake Mackerel
Mate landed a snake mackerel not long ago in 480 meters west of Rotto.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
Bodie
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Big eye ocean perch came
Big eye ocean perch came from 500m deep
ranmar850
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Big eye ocean perch--in new Zealand?
Is this species also found in NZ South island waters? We went out on a charter from Kaikoura a couple of years ago, where the super deep water comes in to within a few k's of land. Area used to be famous for its deep water fishing, but, due to accessibility, has been badly flogged. We tried to anchor in about 150 metres on a pinnacle, tide was contrary to wind, so we had to drift. These things were just carpeting the bottom, pulled them up two at a time. Very sweet white flesh.