Mini bill
Submitted by wetliner on Sat, 2013-05-25 07:15
Here's a little billfish that I netted one trip. A bloke was doing research at the time and wanted as many he could get .its about 25 cm long. Awesome little things
tim-o
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Naww, tagged and released
Naww, tagged and released aye, cool
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wetliner
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Got skin more fragile than a
Got skin more fragile than a mulie, soon as some thing touches em (a net ) their pretty much done. Seen em in schools up to 15 fish this size.
Seaquest
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Cool photo mate, do you know
Cool photo mate, do you know what it was? Looks like a mini sail but at that age who knows.
wetliner
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Nah I don't mate, the whole
Nah I don't mate, the whole idea was to determine wether it was a sailfish,blue black or striped marlin, broadbill, short bill spear fish, as they didn't know which was which. Julian Pepperel was the bloke, I got him one this time and 3 another time. Didn't hear back at all.
wetliner
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And I don't want to get to
And I don't want to get to far ahead of myself here, but for those couple of people that will figure out that these are infact billfish that have been landed on a commercial boat ,which of course is a no no , the fisheries were told, and were more than happy to have someone interested . And there was mention that it would be impossible to know the species , and it could be a broadbill. (Which we can land one of )
Rob H
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definitely not a broadbill,
definitely not a broadbill, they have a shark type dorsal and no sail of any kind.
Easiest way to recognise one is that the bill is flat like a sword not roundish, designed for flaying side to side to stun squid etc
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wetliner
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Yeah that sounds about
Yeah that sounds about right, however the fella leading the research still didNt know what they could have been at that size
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That would be shit hot in an
That would be shit hot in an aquarium.
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Super peg
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+1, yes yes it would
+1, yes yes it would
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tangles
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interbred
looks like a gardie shagged a saily!!
dodgy
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I just flicked it back to
I just flicked it back to Julien. He is usually pretty good at coming back with id's.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
dodgy
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His response....It's a sail
His response....
It's a sail because of the rounded dorsal and yellow pectorals.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?