Ummm I think you might find thats a Yellowfin Jacket.
6 Spines have the big mark on their side . Plus a couple more spines at the tail.
I'll put a photo up when I get home tonight.
They are certainly great photos there Ray, I never get tired of photos showing the enviroment we fish in.
I'm sure I can see a face in that first photo in the wave.
or have I had to many
I remember when I was a young bloke we were over on Ocean Beach and saw this great Sea fog roll into Pittwater, blotting out Lion Island then moving up the Hawkesbury. We jumped into our cars and drove over to Patonga. What a eerie site it was.
This was a day time occurrence and the photo of the fog you took looked the same.
Great photo.
Make sure you bleed them. Tie a rope around their tail, give them a slit up behind their gill plate. Make sure your doing this over the side otherwise it could get a bit messy. Chill them down and as Slinky explained don't overcook.
MMMMMMMM, delicious.
There is one called "Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia" by Rudie H Kuiter
Excellent info in it.
Books like these make great Birthday/ Christmas(just missed that one) Fathers day presents or with the money that the Government is going to give us buy it for yourself..... or buy it for the Wife/partner/girlfriend and use it when she's not looking at it
Hope this helps.
Couple of others have uncounted this fish
http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=26854
http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=21345
B.F.
Much respect goes out to you "The Sweeny" so many people do nothing and then complain when its taken away.
Education is the answer................ both in fish stocks and politics.
They are all Volunteers, not being paid and spending their own free time on trying to help the Rec fisherman as the Gov't will only listen to statics (when it suits them).
So be pleasant as they are on our side.
Don't think they can dob someone in if they have undersize fish ..... I'll try to find out a bit more if no one post today.
Copafisher caught a Spinefoot and the colour is a bit different to the one in this post , same species different colour variation.
http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=37318
closer ??????????
First and third I would guess a Female Crimson Banded Wrasse
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/ngymnog.htm
Second a Gunthers Wrasse
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact.../pguentheri.htm (not a good photo of it at amoline)
Bloody Wrasse vary so much from Male/ Female/ Juveniles.
Your getting some unusual fish lately Hawksburydave, great work.
The eggy thing I think you might find thats a Swimming Sea Anemone.
Never knew they could swim fast enough for a SP though.
Not that uncommon underwater ............ very unusual on the end of a line though.