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[KIONG]

Hey all, Umm.. hooked up some fishes in the jetty with my friend but we have no idea identifying it. Help much appreciated!! =)

1.

Garfish??

2.

[The Mad Hughesy]

1st one is a definatly yellow tail pike. fun fish to catch on a jig

the other im not to sure...

[Beejay]

The other fish is a tailor, chopper tailor...cheers Beejay

[Angus]

Just a word of advice,

Prob not a good idea to keep fish until you know:

a. Legal size and bag limits.

b. Are they edible/poisoness etc.

Angus

[WayneD]

Can I ask a question?

Why did you keep and kill a fish that you had no idea on what it was? You could potentially be breaking the law if you kept an endangered or undersize fish. Tailor have minimum size limits I suggest you look into getting one of those tide time books that shows pictures and tells you what the minimum size is.

Good on you for getting into a few but if you are new to fishing then it is better to be safe then sorry.

[Beejay]

bag limit on Tailor is 20 and size must be above 35 centimeters as of 1st March 2010 as for the pike, I think they would have same limits as mullet which is no size or bag limit...cheers Beejay

[Mr FeLiX]

First one is definatley a pike mate,

Great for bait (live or dead) and apparently not bad eating if cooked right. As far as I know, no size or bag limits apply. Second fish is definatley a chopper tailor, or just tailor.

As Beejay said, bag limits and size limits DO apply, so please be careful when keeping 'unidentified' fish'

A small illustrated fish species handbook kept in your' tacklebox can save you a few hundred dollars in fines

[KIONG]

=X

defintely my mistake on that tailor. yep getting one of the tide time books. feel so bad now.

[Scope]

Everyone makes mistakes mate - Now that you know I'm sure it won't happen again.

Don't let it put you off the forums - plenty of good info and helpful people on here.

Cheers - Jono

[KIONG]

Yep!! catch and release =) im gonna work on brisbane river and still need lots of advices

[WayneD]

Scope wrote:

Everyone makes mistakes mate - Now that you know I'm sure it won't happen again.

Don't let it put you off the forums - plenty of good info and helpful people on here.

Cheers - Jono

x2

Hope to see lots more posts of you and the fish you catch.

[Angus]

Good attitude guys.

Live and learn.

While some things seem obvious to some they may not be to others. Forums like this should be used to educate and thats exactly whats happened here.

Cheers.

Angus