Not a fish?

[poohbear]

Some guy on the jetty caught this weird caterpillar/worm look-a-like..

Sea caterpillar?

[BassTracker]

wow plastics will catch anything!

[poohbear]

wow plastics will catch anything!

sorry my bad wording , he got it using some squid..

[Jords]

Looks kinda like a leggy 2" gulp shrimp?

[poohbear]

Looks kinda like a leggy 2" gulp shrimp?

i moves by itself....hairy loooking...

probably about 12cm long ?

[madmullet]

brissle worm...

DONT TOUCH

[eg_vtec]

wow thats one strange catch. haha

[tikki169]

Man those things are nasty. I've caught them out at Harry's especially of your bait hits the bottom for more than a minute.

[Guest]

brissle worm...

DONT TOUCH

Never seen something like this before, is it poisons kurt ?

Cheers

Darren

[Shimanobwoie]

brissle worm...

DONT TOUCH

Is the brissle worm similiar to a fire worm?

They are amazing in the water they look like a leaf but as soon as it comes out of the water it curls into a ball and supposably if you touch its hairs its just like touching fire. I wasnt keen to test that theory

[madmullet]

brissle worm...

DONT TOUCH

Never seen something like this before, is it poisons kurt ?

Cheers

Darren

not poisonous, but those little hair irratate the hell out of you when you touch them, its not just acouple of hairs that get left in you its a head. i know this from experance from a kid fishing manly harbour.

they basically work on the same prisiple as the hairy catapilla with the hairs

[John]

Bristle Worm

Chloeia flava

This is a large, thick, spindle-shaped worm growing to about 200 mm long. It is easily recognised by its bright red gills, purple spots, and large, conspicuous bundles of yellow, translucent bristles on each segment. If the worm is handled these bristles break off in the skin and can cause severe irritation. They are found in the subtidal zone on a variety of substrates, but typically where fine sands and muds overlie coarser sands or gravel. A predator and scavenger, it burrows through surface layers in search of food. A large, muscular pharynx can be everted, but it lacks jaws. It is often seen in trawls and also occasionally caught on prawn and fish baits.

Common across the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific Oceans.

Leopard Flatworm (Myoramyxa pardalota), Wild Guide to Moreton Bay

/>http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Sea+Life/Worms/Segmented+Worms+Annelida/Bristle+Worm

[uglyfish]

Call em hairy marys up home, not the nicest thing to touch..The irritation is worse than fibreglass, bit like rolling around in stinging nettles.

[viper83]

I came across these things and of course i got a handful of those hairs a they are bad!!!

[Hfisho77]

did u cook him up? i heard they go nicely in currys :woohoo: