queensland What is this??

[Dazzamcgee]

Hi all,just got back from a quick throw at xxx spot didn't catch any bass(theres a storm brewing so they have shut down)but I did catch one of these.I think is sum type of perch but not to sure can anybody I.D this one for me please. [img size=265]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/234.jpg

[Aaron H]

Spangled perch mate

[Dazzamcgee]

thought it might have been.:woohoo:

heres another pic take a look at the size of the lure it took.... [img size=265]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/123.jpg

[Terry H]

Is that the first you've caught mate? usually you catch heaps.

Post edited by: TerryH, at: 2007/01/12 19:36

[Dazzamcgee]

yep thats the first one.

how big do they grow?

[Terry H]

I heard they can grow to foot? But most of the ones we caught at Baroon were pretty small - 10-15cm tops. Keep in mind, we never actually measured any, so I could be wrong.

[Aaron H]

Yeah they overpopulate pretty quickly and become stunted anything over 20cm is regarded as big. Supposed to be good eating though, but I have never caught one big enough to even think of eating

[Brian D]

Here's a Baroon Special and we hadn't even got theboat in the water yet.[img size=428]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/spangled.jpg

Post edited by: Brian D, at: 2007/01/12 20:49

[ando_04]

Brian D wrote:

Here's a Baroon Special and we hadn't even got theboat in the water yet.[img size=428]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/spangled.jpg<br><br>Post edited by: Brian D, at: 2007/01/12 20:49

troy got one at nabs dam 30cs

[werewolf]

thats impressive ando I was under the impression that they maxed out at 25cm. I think I read that in Grant's. Did you get a pic?

Spanglies give a good account for their size. I got one in the low 20's once on 5 pound. Good fun:)

[Feral]

Spangled's are good eating, but they are like whiting, not worth the effort. You have to fillet 2 dozen to get a feed.

[James W]

i just read up a bit on the old spangled perch....it says that they breed from november thru to late summer and that, thou not proven, they can survive in the mud of a dried up body of water for a long period of time.....and i heard somwhere (most prob a old mans tale) that their eggs can be passed thru water birds and thats why you can see them pop up in any dam anywhere without being introduced...dont know if its tru but sounds pretty cool....they are in my mums dam and no one put em there?

[blue_mako]

dazzamcgee wrote:

Hi all,just got back from a quick throw at xxx spot didn't catch any bass(theres a storm brewing so they have shut down) [img size=265]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/234.jpg

Mate if there was a storm brewing you should have stayed there. Bass hardly eat during the day unless its's over cast or before a storm/shower. Where did you get that Spangled Perch? North Pine?

werewolf wrote:

thats impressive ando I was under the impression that they maxed out at 25cm. I think I read that in Grant's. Did you get a pic?

Nar, we didn't bother with a picture. Just cut it's throat and threw it back. We all called it for a Bass! But yes, we were all surprised to see one so 'dam' big. At Nabeel's Dam they are just pests so they mostly goto the birds for an easy feed.

Troy

[Angus]

James: Several species of marine life can pass through birds in egg form and survive quite happily. I understand thats why even in remote dams without a close waterbody can all of a sudden have population of crayfish, eels, spangled perch etc.

Dazza: They are feisty little critters those spangled perch. Here was my first one for the day Baroon last trip and the lure that caught it. [img size=400]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Perch1.JPG

[Angus]

And the results of a triple hook up.

Bass, Spangled and Spangled.

Look at the Spangled Perch Ash has (middle).

Its seriosuly about as big as the lure.

[img size=400]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Perch2.JPG

[Dazzamcgee]

Blue_mako it was caught at me xxx spot not north pine.

well now I know more about the hummble spangled perch.

Ash that would make a good aquarium pet.

Thanks guy's....