Fish ID

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Fish ID

Post by kaotay » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:19 pm

fishing the Eden wharf today, pulled this little guy up on sandworm. Any idea what it is?
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Re: Fish ID

Post by Boonanza » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:24 pm

It looks like a type of Sweep :!:
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Re: Fish ID

Post by Nude up » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:32 pm

Or some sort of dart

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Re: Fish ID

Post by foggybottom » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:27 am

nope, it's an eastern pomfred:
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I only know because I caught a few in a session in Newcastle earlier in the year and got an icthyologist friend of mine to help identify it.
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Re: Fish ID

Post by kaotay » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:00 pm

Thanks! That's the one.

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Re: Fish ID

Post by meppstas » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:36 pm

that's definitely some thing a bit different isn't it.. :fish5:
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