Buffalo Bay Knysna South Africa

Buffalo Bay Knysna South Africa

27lb Mussel Cracker caught on the Surf this weekend


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Cracker Tagem!

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:15

What sort of fish is that Tagem?

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Buffalo Bay

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:20

It is a White Musselcracker(Brusher)Scientific Name: Sparodon Durbanensis

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how much does that have

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:19

how much does that have simular caractoristics of a bream! i wish bream did grow that big how much fun would that be on 4 lb
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Eating

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:23

What are there eating qualities like? Looks a bit like the Robinson Sea Bream over here, but a very very big version.

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Eating qualities

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:33

They mainly go for Mussels,Red Bait and other invertebrates,they have very strong jaws and big teeth,specimes of up to 60lb have been caught.Very strong Fish

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Big

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:40

60lbs would certainly pull hard! Could almost be an off coloured pink snapper if it had the bump on the head. Nice fish all the same!

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nice fish ....... my pb

Tue, 2009-02-24 19:32

nice fish ....... my pb cracker is 18kg off the transkie coast(South Africa)  Adam - its cousin the black cracker/poenskop grows a bump on its head after it reaches around 20kg - these are very slow growing fish and takes around 6-7yrs to become legal length of 600mm. u can catch both species landbased , but the monster blacks can be caught offsore aswell. these are rhino's of the sea ....... strong fish,that will reef u before u get a chance to think - 1mm leader is deff the go when targeting these fish plus strong hooks - seen 8/0's squashed flat from there powerfull jaws.

always released my crackers,unless in comps where fish needed to be weighed at club house(tried to protect the species as much as possible) - one of the best eating fish in South African waters.