What is it??
Submitted by spanish-hunter on Tue, 2009-11-10 15:58
Hey guys i caught this few days ago i think it may be leather jacket of some sort. You cant see it in the photo but it has like two antenna comin off the top of its head.
till
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Leatherjacket or triggerfish
Leatherjacket or triggerfish I guess?
spanish-hunter
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Thanks
kk Thanks Mate iv never heard of a leather Jacket being caught off a reef before though.
till
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Lot of them on reef, I
Lot of them on reef, I usually see a few when I'm diving for crays.
spanish-hunter
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kk no worries
kk no worries
till
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They're usually pretty
They're usually pretty colours like the horseshoes, that one is but ugly though =0
They're pretty slow, I've caught them both by hand and with the snare and they taste ok if nothing else is going =)
luke george
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yeah looks like a
yeah looks like a leatherjacket to me. They live in the reefs in holes so you will find alot if you fish good reefy bottom i free dive for them in about 15 foot of water in all the reefs and they are beautiful on the tooth
Wreckless
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Ugly looking fish but great
Ugly looking fish but great to eat. Pull the skin off with a pair of pliers........seriously good for the table
fishing fanatic
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its a unicorn leather
its a unicorn leather jacket. always wanted to catch one cause they look cool
mako magic
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one of the more uglier
one of the more uglier leather jackets, some of them are so nice to look at especially the horseshoe leatherjacket
Faulkner Family
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def a leatherie, you can
def a leatherie, you can tell by the fin running down the back to the tail, if you ever seen them swim they use that fin for slower mooving. and they are good on the tooth but for their size you dont get a lot of meat off them
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
mako
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elvisfish isn't it
all skin & bones