Toadfish and you

 How funny is it that sailfish eat toadfish? Yep you read that right. Can anyone comment?

I read that when sailfish round up balls of toadfish they won't touch a lure- all they want to eat Is toadfish!


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Maybe its like a dog eatin

Mon, 2012-11-19 21:33

Maybe its like a dog eatin grass so it can chuck up whats in its guts 

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get some sail fish in the

Mon, 2012-11-19 21:53

get some sail fish in the swan river then! asap!

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Can you give us a link to

Mon, 2012-11-19 22:36

Can you give us a link to this article? I never knew there were big balls of blowies hanging around out deep, or that sailfish eat them.

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 Booth, g & mcglashan, a.

Tue, 2012-11-20 06:25

 Booth, g & mcglashan, a. 2011 the complete guide to game fishing harper Collins publishers

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I read they get a high from

Tue, 2012-11-20 06:26

I read they get a high from eating them, true story.

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Aha, could be onto something,

Tue, 2012-11-20 09:33

Aha, could be onto something, those toad stools down south get u of ya face and iv heard of toad poison doin the same.....hmmm toad fish sashimi, a few beers and super mario cart night!

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I heard somewhere that marlin

Tue, 2012-11-20 06:30

I heard somewhere that marlin and sails eat toads and get stoned, or maybe TO get stoned. Like those monkeys and what not that eat the rotten apples and get drunk.

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 my grandad told me many

Tue, 2012-11-20 13:48

 my grandad told me many years ago that tuna eat blowies. always thought it sounded a bit bs...... maybe not though.

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Good grief. Marlin getting

Tue, 2012-11-20 14:03

Good grief. Marlin getting pissed and stoned? Now I really have heard it all.

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 Apparently (according to

Tue, 2012-11-20 14:06

 Apparently (according to some google results [from other forums mostly]), seagulls, snapper, dhuies and mulloway also eat them. And, apparently, they are only toxic when the gonads are enlarged. I didn't think they occured in large numbers offshore tho, i.e where marlin and sails are? Wonder if anything has a go at them friggin nor-west blowies!?

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classic

Tue, 2012-11-20 20:29

classic

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 I saw a picture on here

Tue, 2012-11-20 21:13

 I saw a picture on here where the stomach contents of a Tuna had a few blowfish, this might be going back two years though 

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Caught a largeish coral trout

Wed, 2012-11-21 06:18

Caught a largeish coral trout a couple of years ago and when it was put on the deck it spat a descent sized blowie (pretty well digested) out of it's gob.

 

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 My friends dog ate one and

Wed, 2012-11-21 07:00

 My friends dog ate one and damn nearly died I can't believe fish can eat them and be fine

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I got on to a solid tailor

Wed, 2012-11-21 14:16

I got on to a solid tailor school eariler this year and kept 2 for the Gran.

when cleaning i found the remnants of 3 blowies in them. have a picture somewhere, ill try and dig it up.