queensland Hinze Eastern Arm 18/3/18

[rayke1938]

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[rayke1938]

Not our best day.
It is 2 months since we have been to the eastern arm and last time we had problems with out shrimp pots been tampered with but still got enough shrimp to have a fish.
Today was worse with 6 pots been stolen and the other six been raided with bait containers missing and pots left open.
We ended up with 2 small barred grunter in one of the traps which Mark converted into a couple of just legal bass.
Spent a couple of fruitless hours trolling where we lost a few lures including one of my favorite wooden hot lips.
we rebaited the pots but thinking seriously of giving the eastern arm a big miss in future;

[Drop Bear]

Thats a bugger. So frustrating that they stole your pots! Its bad enough to share farm.

Well done on catching 2 fish anyhow

Are Barred Grunter a noxious fish?

[kmcrosby78]

Shame to hear of the stealing/tampering Ray - sad when it comes to that.

[natang]

Are bared grunter the same as up north??? They look like Bream but with brown stripes across the top of their back... Used to get them saltwater though...

 

[Luc53]

Yeah, same fish as up north.

Would like to know how they ended up in Hinze, accident or deliberate!!

 

[rayke1938]

The barred grunter are not endemic to SEQ but are not declared noxious.

There is actually a bag limit on them.

They have been introduced to  number of SEQ dams due to poor hatchery practices in the past.

We normally kill the small ones in the traps and the eagles enjoy the larger line caught ones. In the western arm there are a couple of eagles that stalk you waiting for a feed.

Cheers

Ray

[natang]

So are they naturally a freshwater or saltwater fish? I used to catch them in Mourilyan Harbour around the mangroves where I used to catch Mangrove Jack and also small Trevally. Some good size to some of them too.

[rayke1938]

• Classification
• ACTINOPTERYGII
• PERCIFORMES
• TERAPONTIDAE
• Amniataba
• percoides

• Summary
• More Info
• References
• Classification

Barred Grunter, Amniataba percoides (Günther 1864)

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Other Names: Banded Grunter, Black-banded Grunter, Black-striped Grunter, Tiger Fish

A Barred Grunter, Amniataba percoides, in a freshwater pool in the Fitzroy River catchment, Kimberley, Western Australia. Source: Michael Roast. License: All rights reserved

Summary:

A silvery to bronze grunter with five dark vertical bars, darker scattered spots in between bars, and a black margin on the lower caudal-fin lobe.

Although native to northern Australia and the Lake Eyre Basin, the Barred Grunter has been introduced into southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales - areas outside their natural range. These populations are well-established and may adversely affect the aquatic environment and other native fishes found in the area. The Barred Grunter is a declared noxious species in New South Wales.

Cheers

Ray

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[natang]

Cheers Ray,

They are different to what the locals in Innisfail called Barred or Stripped Grunter. This is what I was imagining....

 

 

[Drop Bear]

10 hours ago, natang said:

Cheers Ray,

They are different to what the locals in Innisfail called Barred or Stripped Grunter. This is what I was imagining....

 

 

spikey little buggers those ones