Stripey Fish in Estuary. No Internet or Book ID!!

[MoparKevUk]

Caught this the other day on white pilchard. About 5" long. No spiney top fin like a Bream, had rather gnarly spikey looking gills though. Any ideas? I've trawled(!) the internet and found nuffink. An old boy down the way didn't know what it was and the fat book of fish in KMart ("Security to the fishing aisle!") didn't come up trumps, either.

Thanks in advance!

[MoparKevUk]

Can't upload pic, here's another go........... [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/fish-2cccb8804bc599902b49732c190931ad.jpg

[Gad]

I think its a crescent perch

[pcsolutionman]

I Think thats a stripped trumpeter

Lee

[jeff f]

kev the best thing to do with that little fella is stick a big hook through him and chuck him back out onto a drop off leading to deeper water, good chance you'll convert him to a nice flathead

[Nitris]

Im looking at it in one of my books at the moment. and it is a

"BANDED TRUMPETER" also known as a Spikey trumpeter and Northen Grunter..

i bet it had a long spike comming back along it body from its gill?

banded or stipped i guess it is how u look at it.. but my book has no striped trumpeter but id say there are slang for the same fish.

[Eug]

my book confirms what Nitris just said. Also says that it's normally used for bait.

[James W]

Gad wrote:

I think its a crescent perch

im with ya gad....cresent perch and trumpeter are real similar..but im sure that is a cresent perch

[James W]

banded trumpeter has bands running the other way....if yas got the wild guide to moreton bay, check it out:)

[jeff f]

yeah its a crescent perch the trumpeter dont have the pronounced stripes on the tail

still one of the best live baits around for flathead

very tough wont die on the hook

[Nitris]

i wil go and look im my guide to moreton bay.. i have been looking in the australian fisherman's companion.. but in saying that the picture of the banded trumpeter in that book defently has stripes down its tail and only two main strips running down it body though, but i cant c the barb comming down after its gills.. think ur right jimmybob.. off to my other book i go.:blush:

[Nitris]

Arhhhh i cant find my guide to moreton bay book... im going to have to go and vent some anger...

[James W]

page 280 dude.....

[James W]

Nitris wrote:

Arhhhh i cant find my guide to moreton bay book... im going to have to go and vent some anger...

dont ya keep yours next to ya bed?..i do:P

[Nitris]

phew.. it was looking me in the face the whole time.. yeh i stand corrected.. can even c the barb comming backwards outta the gill.. hey Jimmy is there a better way to use this book to find what im looking for ? just that is does not seam to be in alfabetical order or is there some trick to it?

[James W]

its a pain hey?...it doesnt seem to be in any order (the fishes)

[Nitris]

yeh i share ur thoughs on it being anoying but the photo's are so clear.. still also anoying how it talks about 4 species of trumpeter and only shows 2.. it mentions the banded trumpeter. sort of a tease.. still a great book. :side:

[Gad]

yea fellas,these fishing trivia pursuit questions can get you in.I got done a few threads over with kreel`s bl**dy cat fish,just going by the tailand bands.

cheers

[Gad]

ther you go,pommy kev,now you know what fish it was,and you picked up info that you now have a source of live bait.As I said on your other thread theres some knowledgeable people on this site.

[MoparKevUk]

Thank you muchly, chaps!! Nice to find a forum that likes to ramble! It's the only way