queensland Fishing in jindalee

[Missafefe]

On Saturday afternoon my daughter caught this and do not know what it is

[Damien2Rad]

That's a tough one.. my guess would be some

Type of river perch.

[Surfingant]

That's a River Perch, I've caught one at Jindalee as well!

[batman]

Interesting catch ! I was out on Sunday morning for a spin in the boat I can't stand the kinda lee boat ramp on the weekends between the jet ski idiots and the ski boats I am not sure who is worse.

They have no regard for creating a wake that slams other boats into the pontoon

I bet your daughter was stoked!!

K

[Missafefe]

She love it

[Bommie]

Looks like a scaley jew , Nibea squamosa.

[tiotony]

Looks like a scaley jew , Nibea squamosa.

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Yeah it does look like a scaley jew with that underslung mouth.

[Missafefe]

It must be the water has change it's color or the food it is eating because it was really brown on top and yellow on it belly

[wallyfly]

Grant's Guide To Fishes id's it as Little Jewfish or River Perch. Prawns, the best bait and good eating even tho it's a bit strong flavoured. Well done. Tight lines. Ian M :cheer:

[Alexx]

I've caught similar fish at the Fig Tree Pocket Boat Ramp with small crank lures in the early mornings when i used to live near there. They weren't as yellow but that one but the ones i caught were pre-floods. A gentleman at the ramp at the time said it was a river perch also. Its good to see them back in the river!

[elops]

Its Johnius australis. The other "River Perch" you see is Johnius borneensis looks more like a small Jew and has canines DAFF still has the obsolete synonym Johniops vogleri on there website for this. Nibea sqamosa not found this far south grow to 80+cm. 30 odd cm max for J. australis.

[Bommie]

Nah it's a scaley jew, Nibea squamosa, my son caught a few at Proserpine river a few weeks back and it was the same fish, they all came out of the water golden then went silver,,,, scaley jew. No way it's a Johnius australis, the mouth is totally different,

They are found this far south, just because a book or daff says they are not, does not mean the truth. Same as when fish spawn, it is not exactly the dates that are set aside, it is the climate that triggers spawning.

[Binder]

I know it as a putty nosed perch.

Your daughter looks very pleased with the catch! I see she has the pink rod going there as well!

Fishing mobs would sell a lot more gear to blokes like me if they sold more gear in "daughter pink" only a very small range available.

[elops]

Nah it's a scaley jew, Nibea squamosa, my son caught a few at Proserpine river a few weeks back and it was the same fish, they all came out of the water golden then went silver,,,, scaley jew. No way it's a Johnius australis, the mouth is totally different,

They are found this far south, just because a book or daff says they are not, does not mean the truth. Same as when fish spawn, it is not exactly the dates that are set aside, it is the climate that triggers spawning.

Been wrong before Matt :blush: will get a second opinion.

[Bommie]

Locals up further north call them goldfish.

[elops]

Sent the pic to Jeff Johnson at the QLD Museum, he identified it as J. australis.

[Bommie]

That means Brissy river perch are more common in north Queensland then here, that bulbous nose though.