Coochin creek caught. What is it?

[thriller]

I think its some kinda jew maybe?

[thriller]

I cant seem to get the photo to upload!

sorry..

The fish looked like a bream crossed with a jew i suppose.

caught on an unweighted soft plastic about 2 hours ago

[nadders]

probably a grunter

[uglyfish]

nadders wrote:

probably a grunter

Yeah with what you told us id say a grunter as well

[thriller]

Cheers guys, I looked up Grunter (javelin fish) on Google and there it was!

I gave it away to a couple of young blokes, looks like they will get a nice feed.

Put on a good fight on my 6lb gear for a little fish..

[tugger]

grunter bream or javelin fish nice eating fish 40cm legal size

mark

[thriller]

cheers mark,

lucky for those young blokes.

They were certain it was a Bream! lmao

It turned out to be a Silver Javelin (Pomadasys argenteus) 30cm east coast

/>http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_9649_ENA_HTML.htm

[tugger]

pretty sure the size went up to 40cm as of the 1st of march this year and if you look at the date on the page you posted it is from last year hope this helps

[thriller]

The little guy went say 34cm, I was impressed buy its power for sure,

I first thought it was a Bream until it started to grunt like mad. The young blokes had been fishing all day for 12 under sized Bream they said. I was there for 1/2 an hour lol.

The limit for Silver (small spotted grunter) NEW is legit.

/>http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/documents/Fisheries_RecreationalFishing/Size-and-take-tidal.pdf

Had me worried at first.

cheers mate. caught on a Squidgy (Killer Tomato) Offset Wide Gap Hook

I didn't think I would have much luck cos I was pitch black at that time last night.

[tacklebox]

good onya for sharing your fish with the young blokes.

there's a lesson here though on releasing fish if you're unsure what it is.

it could've been illegal size, protected or even worse poisonous.

[thriller]

True..

they were certain it was a Bream.

I had already offered it up before the alarm bells started to chime.

[Gad]

tugger wrote:

pretty sure the size went up to 40cm as of the 1st of march this year and if you look at the date on the page you posted it is from last year hope this helps

2009:..small spotted grunter(silver Javelin-fish) 30cm.

spotted grunter (barred javelin-fish) 40 cm

years ago both these fish, north of about Maryborough. were called trumpeter.

As they were then, and still are now, reasonable sized fillets are good with a salad and chips

cheers Gad