"USO" fish from the tweed, what are they?

[pinkey]

Hey i caught theese down at the tweed, well callum caught the last cod but i got the rest, Any ideas on what they are would be greatly apreciated.

First one, caught this pretty little fella on a sp, under boyds bay bridge while trying to get one of the many big bream i could see any ideas?

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05709_AFO.jpg

[pinkey]

This is one of the most weird and pretty fish i have caught, just like an eastury cod, but BLUE!

[pinkey]

[img size=494]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05715_AFO.jpg

[pinkey]

[img size=480]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05716_AFO.jpg

[pinkey]

last one of mr blue eastury cod, are they rare?

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05717_AFO.jpg

[pinkey]

This little trevally?

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05721_AFO.jpg

[pinkey]

and last, this pretty cod callum caught, is it a normal eastury cod, or a hunycomb or somthing?

[img size=493]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05731_AFO.jpg

[pcsolutionman]

The trevally is a long nose trevally, thats a weird looking COD , the blue one

Lee

[Brian D]

Very pretty variety, don't know specificaly what's what but nice to look at.

[Feral]

Is the last cod a potato cod? if it is they are endangered, so pretty rare catch!

[Bommie]

pinkey wrote:

and last, this pretty cod callum caught, is it a normal eastury cod, or a hunycomb or somthing?

[img size=493]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05731_AFO.jpg

yeh that looks like it would be a honeycomb rock cod(spotted groper)

[werewolf]

pinkey wrote:

Hey i caught theese down at the tweed, well callum caught the last cod but i got the rest, Any ideas on what they are would be greatly apreciated.

First one, caught this pretty little fella on a sp, under boyds bay bridge while trying to get one of the many big bream i could see any ideas?

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05709_AFO.jpg

that little guy looks like a similar shape to the scat I get in the river, but a very different pattern. I'd have to check against pics of scat that I have caught. It's probably something completely different! That blue "cod" looks awesome. I've never seen anything like it. Is there a nuclear power plant down that way by any chance?:ohmy:

[Angus]

That blue cod is awesome!

The stripy fish is common. Dont know the exact name but in the noosa we just call them zebra fish. Notorious bait stealers.

I reckon thats a pretty cool session with two totally random species of cod.

Thanks for the photo's.

Id love if someone could identify that blue as i have never seen anything similar...

Angus

[reef_raider]

well there is such thing as a blue spotted cod so maybe its that?

[mackmauler]

Feral wrote:

Is the last cod a potato cod? if it is they are endangered, so pretty rare catch!

its a wire netting cod, they are a pest fish.

[Dan23]

Yeah it looks like what we used to call rock cod when I fished up around CQ. Used to catch them all the time. You could actually dangle a bait straight down next to a cluster of reef and watch them come out and take your bait. The blue one I've never seen before. A Blue Grouper??:laugh:

[ellicat]

mackmauler wrote:

Feral wrote:

Is the last cod a potato cod? if it is they are endangered, so pretty rare catch!

its a wire netting cod, they are a pest fish.

Also known as a Honeycomb rock cod

The other sucker might be a Black Saddled Rock Cod which are rare/endangered.

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[mackmauler]

def not one of those elli, ive caught numerous ones fishing deep offshore and had them identified, the samller ones have large pail stripes, they are not in any danger at all despite what some may say, ive caught 2 over 50kg in the last 3 years [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/app1010100.jpg

[reef_raider]

maybe have a look at blue spotted rock cod on the dpi website, closest i could find to it

[ellicat]

mackmauler wrote:

def not one of those elli, ive caught numerous ones fishing deep offshore and had them identified, the samller ones have large pail stripes, they are not in any danger at all despite what some may say, ive caught 2 over 50kg in the last 3 years

I don't think they were endangered until you got the second one LOL:P

Looking forward to the definitive answer on what pinkey's caught.

[rumrunner]

thats some very nice fish ya caught there mate!

very well done:) thanks for the pics

Ian.

[pinkey]

Thanks guys for helping , its like a lucky dip down their in that nice spot, so you know what everything expet the blue one is?

[reef_raider]

pinkey wrote:

Thanks guys for helping , its like a lucky dip down their in that nice spot, so you know what everything expet the blue one is?

check out blue spotted rock cod, closest i found mate

[pinkey]

yeah i checked that out, dont think thats it, rob just informed me that its a purple cod, so there ya go.

[Bommie]

honeycomb cod and wire netting cod are the same fish aren't they?

[jeff f]

the blue one is probably juvenile colouring of some species

[jeff f]

pinkey wrote:

last one of mr blue eastury cod, are they rare?

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC05717_AFO.jpg

i just showed this fish to some kiwi mates and they say it looks like the "blue cod they catch in NZ

but then i googled it and it's nothing like it, bloody kiwis

[pinkey]

bloody kiwi's, suprised they didnt say it was a sheep

[Do$tylz]

^^hahaha. Blue spotted sheep??

but yeah that blue cod is AWESOME. That woulda been straight into the tank for me.

[kriso]

its just a normal cod that had a blue rinse jeez

[ellicat]

LOL jeff f.

Grants wasn't much help either on this one.

I think for now we'll just call them pinkey's cods

[mackmauler]

the fish is in grants

[pinkey]

im up for, "pinkey cod" even tho its blue not pink o.o, ahaha na mackmaulers pretty sure he knows what it is, do you have any pics of a simler one rob?

[mackmauler]

yeh the adult forms which do look somewhat less colourful, look up purple cod in grants.

[ellicat]

Looked at the purple one this morning but dismissed it as being the one.

[shortie]

i reckon its a juvinile blue maori cod.

[mackmauler]

yeh same fish shortie

[pinkey]

yep just had a look and thats the one. Wonder if ill ever catch another in an eastury.