Type of Fish
Submitted by Choobsy on Mon, 2012-06-04 16:21
Can anyone please tell me what type of fish this may be, I caught what looks like a mullet from the beach at Golden Bay on Saturday night but it had whiskers on it like a threadfin salmon. It definetly was not a yellow eye mullet as I caught a few of those and they were different. Unfortunately I don't have a photo, any info would be appreciated. Cheers.
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cudbfishn
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I rekon it is a little
I rekon it is a little threadfin. Caught a few at jurien rescently.
beau
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Bloke at work has been
Bloke at work has been catching thredfin salmon also from golden bay and secret harbour
katsy85
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how big was it?
how big was it?
Choobsy
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Threadfin Salmon
It was only about 25cm thought it might of been a threadfin but didn't think they were this far south. Thanks for the response
katsy85
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Might be?, bit far south but
Might be?, bit far south but u would think, stranger things have happened
Faulkner Family
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there have been reports of
there have been reports of them taken down there and one with a pic on here. so highly likely to be a thready.
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Doooma
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DId it have
Did it have like a big clearish rubbery snout?
Dropbear88
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goatfish?
could have been a goatfish..
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beau
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I think they've been catching
I think they've been catching threadies as far south as white hills this year
Choobsy
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Goatfish
Definitely wasn't a goatfish, yeah thats why I asked the question beau, was a little bit suprised pity i didn't have my camera on the beach with me.
beau
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Its an interesting catch.
Its an interesting catch. Like I said earlier, my work mate has been catching them regularly in the same area so I'm 99% sure what you caught was a threadie
Wes F
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Very Possible
to be a threadie. Spoke to a ranger on white hills beach saturday arvo, he said he had seen one caught about 3km south of Preston beach entry.
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hlokk
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If its a threadfin, its
If its a threadfin, its probably a striped threadfin, which seem to be the most common species south of the tropics. Have heard of them coming down from time to time. Check out the pics and see if it looks the same?
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Choobsy
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Yeah looks the same as the
Yeah looks the same as the pics that you sent through.
anypuddle
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could be
my old neighbour caught a threadfin last week out from mindarie while whiting fishing.
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