[Little Bay surface fish]

Saw some off National Park last Monday, thinking maybe Striped of Mack Tuna.

[Quick flick]

Excellent Red fish there and a cracker of a Stripey.

We were out last Monday and saw some fish busting up and were going up the coast at great speed, some that explains it.

Yeah and what a buggar about Photobucket.

[Australian Geographic]

Thats great news Jon.

Congratulations to both of them and the boat captain.

[Fish ID. (Red Rock Cod)]

You did the right thing throwing him back because you weren't sure, but next time ..... nice white flesh and excellent eating.

[Fish ID (Girled Scaleyfin)]

Girdled Scalyfin "Parma unifasciata"

Unlucky and greedy little buggar getting caught on that hook.

[Please help identify this red fish (Spotted Bigeye)]

Spotted Bigeye. Priacanthus macracanthus.

A few have come up on here before.

Have a look in this section Joel.

[NT Trip - Finniss River]

The ones you caught are Blue Salmon (Most common name) but also called Blue Threadfin. Eleutheronema tetradactylum.

They go like the clappers, but don't grow as big as "King" Salmon. I have heard of some getting up to the metre mark, but the biggest I've seen are in the high 70's cm.

Eating wise, I recon they aren't as good as King Salmon, but still pretty good. Quite soft flesh.

[Is this an estuary cod?]

Also you may find a Black spotted (Malabar) Rock cod is a different fish.

[Is this an estuary cod?]

Juvenile Black Rockcod. Epinephelus daemelli

Good work returning it to the water. 

[Id plz. (Sombre Sweetlip)]

I'm with Rick. Sombre Sweetlip. Plectorhinchus unicolour

To dark for a Painted Sweetlip and has the red mouth.

[Janis Perch, Zander and Pike season 2017]

Thanks for posting Jani, those Pike are a good looking fish.

[Fish ID. (Red Rock Cod)]

Red Rock Cod but can go under different common names (Eastern Red Scorpionfish) mind you I never head any one calling them anything than a Red Rock Cod. As Dirvin21 said don't get spiked by one they bloody hurt, but very good eating if you get one big enough.

"Scorpaena jacksoniensis"

[Checking fish species]

Well that certainly looks the goods, excellent effort.

[Checking fish species]

Sargent Baker and a Male one at that.

Never eaten one but I'm led to believe, boney and not the first choise of many.

[Toothy writer. (Barracouta)]

Barracouta Thyrsites atum.

Usually meaning colder water. Also poor eating quality I'm led to believe.

[Aborted mission.]

Buggar Neil at least you weren't to far down the track.

[Gummy shark]

Didn't think School Sharks had spots like Gummys.

Juvenile Gummys of what Ive seen have spots, happy to be corrected.

Had a reasonable School Shark swimming around me as I was snorkelling off Shark Island (Cronulla) last year, it had no discernible spots. Caught a nice Gummy off National Park 2 weeks ago.

[Anyone want to join me?]

Thats this week end mate, sorry but not enough notice for me ....... otherwise, mmmmmm.

[Ocean Perch]

That one is a Helicolenus percoids I recon to. (Common one)

[Port Stephens (got my revenge)]

Nice fish mate.

[Bug/parasite (Doctor/Isopoda)]

Not sure whats happened above but there is a Fishraider post on this but having trouble posting link.

Tomorrow.

OK I see now.

Just click on the 2007 Link and it take you back to post with a lot of info on the "Doctor"

[Fish help please (Eastern Wirrah)]

Confirmed "Eastern Wirrah Acanthistius ocellatus."

[Can I get an id on this fish?(Eastern Frogfish)]

Confirmed "Eastern Frogfish. Batrachomoeus dubious."

[Can I get an id on this fish?(Eastern Frogfish)]

Eastern Frogfish Batrachomoeus dubious would be my guess to.

Thats the third from Brisbane waters, must be heaps up there. 

 

[Blowsy. (Yellowfin Pike)]

9 minutes ago, Flickn Mad said:

Mmmm can smell the bugger from here!