queensland Mystery fish at newstead park?

[adri4n]

I had a couple of hours to kill this arvo and decided to head down to newstead park, only had 3 hookups the whole time but I haven't been fishing for a while and it just felt great to be outdoors. I couldn't identify the 2 fish I caught. The first one was quite big at about 30+cm easy (didn't measure as I was going to return it anyways) and I also caught another of the same species at about 25+cm. Both went quite hard and the fight was quite thrilling with a couple of jumps here and there. Just wondering if anyone can help identify the fish. I also caught a nice looking bream which is going to be for dinner tonight.

Tonight's dinner

They fought well on 8lb mono, quite exciting, couple of jumps. I was worried about the first one as he took a while to swim away and almost went belly up but finally took off ok.

[ellicat]

Tailor. Legal's 35 I think

[Angus]

Yeap tailor mate. Well done. Thats the second lot i have heard of caught from newstead just this week!

They go hard for their size.

Angus

[chubbstar]

Great bait for Jew fish mate, Live or knock the back bone out of it and snell it up.

Good sesh,well done

Jayson

[Cowfish13]

Nicely done:)

Currently, the legal limit for Tailor is 30cm, but I think that they might be increasing it soon:dry:

[adri4n]

So thats a tailor eh, might have been more excited about the catch this afternoon if I'd known what they were. heheh. the legal limit is 30cm and I think only the larger of the 2 would have been legal. they go quite hard for their size, put up quite a good fight. cheers guys, I knew posting up a pic here would get me an answer faster than me searching for it online or through a fish encyclopedia..

[Cowfish13]

If you are going to take them for a feed, bleed them immediately. They taste very good when bled and kept on ice & eaten fresh, but they freeze poorly.

[webbfunk]

what did you catch them on?....lures / bait

[AngGoLee]

definately tailor.. caught a couple of those at breaky creek

[jeff f]

make shure you keep your fingers away from the teeth they arte like razors and they can bite you 20 times in a split second.

they dont call them "choppers" for nothing

[adri4n]

I caught all the fish on bait.. white pilchards...

[username_taken]

Yup tailor alright. Awesome smoked, but yeah you gotta bleed them right away.

I caught a 5cm one @ Schultz today on a Strike King Bitzy Minnow.

[nigehey]

Nice one - yeah they fight well on light gear! What a great spot Newie is!

[jeff f]

alot of the old fishermen i spoke too as a kid all said that the first bend in the river upstream from the mouth is allways the best place to start fishing

thats what newstaed park is

[Bait Bringa]

yer mate thats a nice tailor, good catch im yet to catch 1.

[brisbane_boy]

good report mate..

I caught a taylor the other day at boggy creek in my cast net. measured a full 7cm ,

[jeff f]

tailor heads make great big schnapper baits too

[Jeryl]

nice bream and tailor mate :cheer: tailor are great fun to catch on light gear but becareful they might bust u off if you go too light :laugh:

[adri4n]

I caught another small tailor today at newstead park, only about 20cm, but was he angry. I caught what must have been my pb flattie today, but because i didn't have a landing net and was only using 6lb line I couldn't bring him up (i was on the walkway) brought him up to the surface and I swear he was close to 70cm. I didn't mind that he got away, just would have liked to know how big he was. I just bought some 8lb fluoro leader and I must say I think the stuff really does work, much more bream hookups.

[nigehey]

Yah, I have the same problem with leaders off the walkway. I've been tossing up whether to get a long handled landing net - but even that's not going to cut it at low tide. I'm now using 10lb off the walkway when not targeting bream - haven't had a break yet (although I cut off a section of the leader after landing a flattie). Thick stuff though! Thanks for the report and I look forward to seeing you down there!

[adri4n]

Just thought i'd continue the thread. I didn't know what this fish was when I caught it so it was released back to fight again another day, I think its a moses perch? If so, what are the limits on the fish? are they classified under sea perches? if so they would be 25cm? anyway i thought it was a lovely looking fish so I'd share the pictures. cheers

[fishyman]

yeah mate moses perch

[Angus]

Moses Perch 100%

[Dan23]

It's a Fingermark :laugh: :woohoo: :silly:

[WayneD]

Yep Moses perch, also known as thumbprint, fingerprint and golden snapper when they get bigger up north. Just to confuse ya!!

[fishyman]

actually golden snapper are different im pretty sure, there was a big discussion in earlier thread about it

[kevinchen19870316]

i got over 10 of these today jigging lime color gulp shrimp at the park today. i think the limit's 25 but i've never kept one

[pinkey]

I love catching moses perch! tussle hard for there size on light gear, and make you feel like your catching a mini jack soo agressive, ive dropped my lure to test the action in a small rockpool at the tweed, to see one of these fellas about 15cm come up and smash it right at my feet

[Dimo]

Moses Perch I call it and its very nice to eat.On the Species identification page in the DPI they named it Black Spot snapper. Heres the Page If ya wanna Look http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/xchg/dpi/hs.xsl/28_8983_ENA_HTML.htm

[uglyfish]

25cms is the size limitfor mosses...and no there not called golden snapper up north when there bigger,some people call the true fingermark golden snapper...ppl in the nt and wa regions call em golden snapper...

[Cowfish13]

As most people have said, that is a Moses Perch, different to the Fingermark/Gold Snapper encountered further north.

Legal limit is 25cm and they are excellent eating:)

[flatty_catcher]

jeff f wrote:

make shure you keep your fingers away from the teeth they arte like razors and they can bite you 20 times in a split second.

they dont call them "choppers" for nothing

yeah too right I got bit by one and it was only about 15cm long but it drew a lot of blood with those sharp teeth and I wouldnt let go..ha ha

[jeff f]

not wrong flatty when a big one gets you its like sticking your finger in a model airoplane propeller