Fish id
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Fish id
Hi guys.Was out for a fish today.The bottom was reef.I looked over the side of the boat and saw a 60-70 cm light blue/grey coloured fish with black vertical stripes along its body.Does anybody know what type of fish it may have been.I was thinking maybe a type of cod but i thought they were off shore and not in the bay.sorry i didnt take a photo.
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Banded Morwong? I've seen them mooching around the rocks at Newport near the warmies sometimes.
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No thats not it.he was bluey grey in color.different body shape to a morwong.closest thing i can find in my vic fishing book is a black cod but i really thought theyre in much deeper water and off shore.i was around long reef werribee way.
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It was probably a big Wrasse from your description
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Yeah ive come to the conclusion that it must have been a butterfish also know as black cod.on the net the pics show em without the stripes but in our vic fish guide it has the stripes just like i saw.i threw abit of bait over n tried to catch him but he spooked and im glad because your not aloud to catch em.lolhas anybody else seen them inside of the bay?thanks for your answers guys too
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Yes, they’re everywhereGen1989 wrote:Yeah ive come to the conclusion that it must have been a butterfish also know as black cod.on the net the pics show em without the stripes but in our vic fish guide it has the stripes just like i saw.i threw abit of bait over n tried to catch him but he spooked and im glad because your not aloud to catch em.lolhas anybody else seen them inside of the bay?thanks for your answers guys too