barrykrocker Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) Yikes!!! That monster wouldn't just bite your tackle off...It would bite through your anchor chain as well. Definitely a contender for fish of the month. Any idea of length/weight? Congrats. Pete. Edited September 23, 2006 by MallacootaPete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) That's a Scribbled Leatherjacket - Aluterus scriptus - they grow to over a metre and are the largest species of leatherjacket. Also called a Fantail Leatherjacket or Filefish. Is that you in the pic, barrykrocker? The best internet pic that I could find for the Scribbled Leatherjacket is this: Here's a bit of info from the Australian Museum about Scribbled Leatherjackets: "The Scribbled Leatherjacket has an elongate, compressed body. The long snout has a concave profile, both above and below. The mouth is small and upturned. The caudal fin is large and rounded. The body is yellow, brown or grey, with blue lines, and blue and black spots. The Scribbled Leatherjacket is the longest Australian leatherjacket species. It grows to a total length of 1m (information on total length vs standard length). Adults live on coastal reefs in waters 20m or more in depth. Juveniles, such as that in the images, are pelagic. They often swim in a vertical, head-down position with drifting vegetation, which they presumably mimic. It eats a range of foods including algae, seagrasses, certain soft corals and anemones. The Scribbled Leatherjacket is found in tropical marine waters worldwide. In Australia it is recorded from the south-western coast of Western Australia, around the north of the country and south to southern New South Wales." Flattieman. Edited September 23, 2006 by Flattieman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrykrocker Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 cheers flattieman. no, I have no connection to the photo other then i found it on flickr.com in some guy's fishing shots. Hold on, I'll post the link, lots of interesting fish in it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/90393057@N00/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 cheers flattieman. no, I have no connection to the photo other then i found it on flickr.com in some guy's fishing shots. Hold on, I'll post the link, lots of interesting fish in it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/90393057@N00/ Thanks mate. Although it is a big fish, he's holding it pretty close to the camera - look how big his fingers are in comparison to his face! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 (edited) Beat me Flattieman also found the bugger under Scrawled Filefish. The link I found also mentioned reports of ciguatera poisoning . http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Country/Count...pecies=scriptus I think that fellow posts on a Indonesion Fishing web site. B.F. Edited September 23, 2006 by Blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yikes!!! That monster wouldn't just bite your tackle off...It would bite through your anchor chain as well. Definitely a contender for fish of the month. Any idea of length/weight? Congrats. Pete. Not eligible for FOTM comp for several reasons,most obvious is the capture date 10-12-2005,but everyone already worked that out by now. Its not a bad lookin fish though. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 The link I found also mentioned reports of ciguatera poisoning . Interesting... ciguatera from leatherjacket... can't say I'm too surprised - there's weirder things around... like robotic fish. Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Interesting... ciguatera from leatherjacket I've seen Jackets diving up the Barrier Reef nibbling away on Coral ............ so definitely not on the Menu those ,have to resort to Coral Trout etc . B.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 that is one big leatherjacket. Skinning it would be a task and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 What an amazing fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Not eligible for FOTM comp for several reasons,most obvious is the capture date 10-12-2005,but everyone already worked that out by now. Its not a bad lookin fish though. penguin Yeah, sorry, I didn't even look at the date on the photo. The size of that boltcutter just blew me away. Nice fish. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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