Fish ID please.

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Fish ID please.

Post by skronkman » Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:40 pm

Caught just now in 5m off sorrento, smashed a large soft plastic and is ugly as sin!
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Post by one2three » Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:51 pm

Can't help with the name but it sure is ugly.

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Post by drew 2 » Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:00 pm

Stargazer.

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Post by Brett » Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:02 pm

As above

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Post by one2three » Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:12 pm

skronkman wrote:Caught just now in 5m off sorrento, smashed a large soft plastic and is ugly as sin!
Star gazer eats fish alive :o_0:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DqglF2ACQ0

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Post by rb85 » Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:59 pm

We caught one of these when I was a kid. Emailed FishNet turned out to be a stargazer apparently they are normally in deep offshore.

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Post by Kadmium » Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:12 pm

That is one hideous nope. Wouldn't even want to touch it. Jeezus.
Species Comp 16/17

Salt: KGW 36cm - Squid 35cm - Salmon 22cm - Flathead 34cm - EP 35cm - Total Salt 162cm

Fresh: Carp 55cm - Total Fresh 55cm

TOTAL : 217cm

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Post by davek » Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:18 pm

I don't know what it is but it could be a mother in law fish ;-) cheers davo
It's an exhilarating feeling catching a fish
But it's an even better feeling releasing them

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Post by Basti » Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:22 pm

stargazer. supposedly taste ok

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Post by Kenle » Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:04 pm

Underwater roadkill

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