Leatherjacket ?

[ellicat]

ID if you can....

Had a stiff serrated horn.

[dassa]

Hey brian mate I think thats what they call a fan tail some people love to eat them but not for me they have a nice white flesh but if there over cooked they are like boot leather

cheers dassa

[crazywalrus]

where did you catch this one Brian?

[shortie]

i caught it a coochy

[crazywalrus]

The Bay is surely a incredible place. The diversity of fish species that are being caught is amazing. I did not know you could catch Leatherjacket this far north. Nice catch

[elops]

A bit easier than the ? Grubfish ellicat, Monocanthus chinensis Fan-bellied Leatherjacket

[ellicat]

Cheers for the ID.

It was an interesting and pretty fish in a dull kind of way. The tail was like the inside of a eugary shell.

[Do$tylz]

Yeah you get them at William Gunn Jetty if you cast net between the cafe and the walkway. Had one in my fish tank for a while... could hand feed it

[chonna]

i caught one off the Woody Point jetty using servo prawns about 6 months ago!!

[Travis]

No wonder your can is always on the blink..... eating stuff like that :laugh:

[ellicat]

Travis wrote:

No wonder your can is always on the blink..... eating stuff like that :laugh:

You'll keep.

By the way that issue was fixed seconds after I hung up the phone from you that day.

[fishingfon]

where is Coochy i looked on google and can not find it

Thanks corey

[fishingnut]

coochiemudlo island, southern bay

[snapsnap]

here was I thinking you meant coochin creek! :silly:

[hooked_on_trout]

In the day I used to go spear fishing for these fellas around the kelp beds of Watsons bay and eastern shores of Sydney.

The spear was a broomstick with a single prong, the "fan tailed leather jackets", (don't know where fan belly comes from probably ignorant scientists) swims very sluggish and is easily pronged with a hand held spear.

Very good table fish.

cheers

[bunks]

I was told as a kid they were poisonous and have gone through life thinking that but there's a couple of posts here saying they are good to eat. Are they actually poisonous? Or have I been had?

[Bri The Pom]

I caught one of these in the seaway today, but mine was more grey and blue flecks,pretty fish scary horn.

[roobs]

they definitely aren't poisonous- actually they're very nice to eat but rarely get to a size worth taking. the exception is the chinaman leatherjacket which is often annoying when deep sea fishing- they've got a beak like a golden toadfish and can pretty much monster anything other than thick guage wire. you may be thinking of the triggerfish- they are similar looking but found in warmer water and there are as many types of them as there are... well... leatherjacket! :laugh:

[S4T4N]

Great eating, and easy to prepare too, just put a nick in the skin behind the trigger and bend the head backwards, it peels the skin off and guts it in one, They sometimes sell these in fish shops as cream fish

you are probably hearing about the trigger fish of the coral reef, they can be very bad for Ciguatera toxin

[bunks]

they definitely aren't poisonous- actually they're very nice to eat but rarely get to a size worth taking. the exception is the chinaman leatherjacket which is often annoying when deep sea fishing- they've got a beak like a golden toadfish and can pretty much monster anything other than thick guage wire. you may be thinking of the triggerfish- they are similar looking but found in warmer water and there are as many types of them as there are... well... leatherjacket! :laugh:

Yeah right. I'll have to give it a try. Cheers

[viper83]

I have caught a few of them under the bridge at Bribie Island. They got pretty big up there.