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Re: What are these two fish - from Lakes Entrance offshore

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:55 pm
by BIG GAV
Tackleberry wrote:
BIG GAV wrote:I'm led to believe the tip fish is called a sergeant baker.. Caught heaps last few years around Eden drifting bait over the reefs. They fight pretty well for little tackers
you have been led wrong google it :thumbsup:
So which is it the barber perch? We got told by a local it was a sergeant baker perhaps it's just another name ie: callop yellowbelly..

Either way there cool looking fish

Re: What are these two fish - from Lakes Entrance offshore

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:17 pm
by Tackleberry
as you can see nothing like it
sgt.preview.jpg
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Re: What are these two fish - from Lakes Entrance offshore

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:03 pm
by scott__henning
BIG GAV wrote:
Tackleberry wrote:
BIG GAV wrote:I'm led to believe the tip fish is called a sergeant baker.. Caught heaps last few years around Eden drifting bait over the reefs. They fight pretty well for little tackers
you have been led wrong google it :thumbsup:
So which is it the barber perch? We got told by a local it was a sergeant baker perhaps it's just another name ie: callop yellowbelly..

Either way there cool looking fish
I've always referred to the top fish as a 'butchers ****'.

That's what my grandfather always called em, don't know why, but it's always stuck haha.

Pain in the ass they are though, no good to eat

Re: What are these two fish - from Lakes Entrance offshore

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:17 pm
by BIG GAV
Tackleberry wrote:as you can see nothing like it
sgt.preview.jpg
So that's a sgt baker? Learn something everyday! Thanks for the clarification I'll b sure to correct the boys next time we hook one

Re: What are these two fish - from Lakes Entrance offshore

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:39 pm
by Tackleberry
and if you put one in the kill tank EVERYTHING will stink just like the SB we call then a son of a bitc** you get the Picture

but you can eat them just keep them separate .