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Gen1989
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Fish id

Post by Gen1989 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:30 pm

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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Re: Fish id

Post by bilby » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:38 pm

Banded Morwong? I've seen them mooching around the rocks at Newport near the warmies sometimes.

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Post by Gen1989 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:57 pm

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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Re: Fish id

Post by Boonanza » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:06 pm

It was probably a big Wrasse from your description
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Post by j_pap » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:22 pm

Butterfish?

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Post by Gen1989 » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:32 pm

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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Post by j_pap » Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:10 pm

Gen1989 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
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