Kelong is a Malay word to describe a form of platform made from the nipah wood and is situated offshore. It can be found in waters off Malaysia and Indonesia. Built by fishermen long time ago for fishing purposes and as a place for resting and to also provide cover for the strong monsoon winds. Today, it\'s more for recreational purposes whereby, you get families going out to Kelongs for the weekend to just rest and relax and to fish of course. These are actually huge FADs, cos of the food and scraps that\'s being discarded from time-to-time. During bad weather, it\'s also good for fishos who just needs to fish and can\'t go out deep sea cos of the monsoon season. Kelongs are built but by using rattan to bind the wood and nails to the planks and so on. It\'s anchored about 6 metres into the seabed, and have lengths upwards of about 20 metres.
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Yeah it was a surprise bycatch as I was chasing flathead off the banana banks
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No worries. They're a pretty cool looking fish.
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Cheers for info @ellicat in that case I’m glad I let him swim away 🍻
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No size limit. They are supposed to be terrible on the chew. I don't know for sure but I'm pretty sure their spines are not poisonous.
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I caught and released one of those Yellowfin tripod fish today behind Coochie Island.
Do you have any info on them? Like:
What is size limit?
Are they good eating?
are any of their spines poisonous?
cheers mate.
Mick.🍻
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