queensland does anyone know what this fish is?

[blockah]

does any one know what this ugly fish is? ive got 4 in the last week from bribie down to brisbane river.

[Angus]

Hahaha.

Grinner mate.

Pretty much considered the cane toads of the bay.

[Jords]

grinner :evil:

[aussie123]

That fish is grinner

[blockah]

thanks mate, grumpy little sh*ts to i might add. :evil:

[Shimanobwoie]

Apparently the last time they were out off moreton there was alot of marlin around i hope that is true. We managed 4 at 1mtr plus long they were massive.

funny story years ago up at rooneys near the tip of fraser island on the western side we kept catching grinner and being soft at the time we were squshing there heads off and throwing them in the drink next minute a huge spaniard came up to the boat within gaff reach just eating all the heads and stuck around for awhile untill we hooked it and got smoked by it.

[roverfj1200]

Pretty good live bait at times..

Grinner

Cheers

[Jords]

Pretty good live bait at times..

Grinner

Cheers

Yeah I have heard that they go well as bait, but not many people use them?

[wesfish]

bloody grinners, i all ways throw one on as a livie when i get em, all ways gets taken too!!

[RUSSIAN]

Caught heaps those grinners, have never used them as bait just let em go but would would take them if you are using em' as a livie??? sanpper, shark ect??

[Guest]

Ugly looking fish do people eat them or are they no good ?

[Jords]

Caught heaps those grinners, have never used them as bait just let em go but would would take them if you are using em' as a livie??? sanpper, shark ect??

I heard macs, not too sure though never used them

[yoyo]

how do you rig them wes? dorsal, lip or tail ?

[Jords]

how do you rig them wes? dorsal, lip or tail ?

Due to the length I would say 2 hooks, on in lip on tail??

[wayneswh]

we catch a few off 1770 cut them up and use them for Red bait

[tacklebox]

Ugly looking fish do people eat them or are they no good ?

my boss did! :sick: he didn't really comment on the taste but said it was full of bones and he wouldn't bother again.

[Orca]

Caught heaps those grinners, have never used them as bait just let em go but would would take them if you are using em' as a livie??? sanpper, shark ect??

They are an excellent live bait for Mackeral according to the Pro's who we deal with. For 4 years until recently, we really didnt have a great Mackeral season on the Gold Coast and this translated in a huge increase in the number of grinners around the Gold Coast reefs.

We had a similar experience to Shimanobwoie at Rooneys 2 years ago - caught Grinner after Grinner until suddenly the Macs turned up and then we had some fun.

[BrisBassMan]

I got one in the passage once. I didn't hook it though...... I hooked a small whiting and the Grinner decided to eat the Whiting and had half of it in its gob when it came to the surface. It didn't let go either as I lifted it into the boat!!!

[Fishhunter69]

its a Grinner i have hooked one before

[bay_basher]

dam plastic eating litte fish.....haha

[kreel]

Hang on I'll just check with very other person that's posted an answer... is it a Grinner?... yep.

I had the same reaction when I first caught one at Bribie Mr Roach. We took a photo and asked back at the dock - everyone knew it and while Grinner was the consistent answer there were lots of other names, too rough for my sensitive nature to repeat.