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They are poisonous, not many predators (if any at all) will eat them, therefore there are so many of them. I know Japanese people eat them but they prepare it in such a way that they cut out all the poisonous bit so they are safe to eat.

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Look like bloody toads to me. There are thousands of them around at the moment...must have been a bumper hatching season this year as I see them in droves in narra lake lately..Pick your baits to bits too.

I hate those buggers with a passion.

Cheers,

Pete.

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Cheers guys. Baby puffer fish / "toads" they are ...

Thanks boys .. Hooked on to a few of them and the little buggers puffed up ... didn't know what to do but to use a rag to hold on to them just in case they were poisonous.

That is where we saw them Pete - at Narra Lakes.

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From my experience, when you start catching toads, you may as well pack up & go home! :1badmood: I've found that everything else goes 'off' when the toads come 'on'! :mad3:

When I catch one, I unhook it and either stab it thru the head or toss it onto the rocks to die .... no point throwing it back to continue being a pest!! (BTW, it can't poison you unless you eat it, so don't even think of it!!) You can die.

My niece got it right when she was fishing with me one day and said

"I've just caught one of those 'turds' again." :biggrin2:

I said, "Not quite the right name, but it'll do!" :074:

Also saw some giant puffer fish in the Breckenbridge channel when yakking on the weekend! There were about 3 or 4 of them cruising the one area. Had seen them there once before. They weigh about 1kg & if you hook them, are a dead weight (specially when they puff up) but these ones have nasty spikes all over them, too.

Cheers

Roberta

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:074:

Yeah well, we managed to kill a few of them .. so I guess we are doing our part to rid of them .. HAHAH !

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Seem to recall being told by an old sea dog that swears by these as YFT bait. Didnt really think much of that until..... I caught an 18kg YFT that had about 40 of these puffers in its stomach.

Must be some truth to this? Imagine going in to Tonys and asking for a block of puffers to catch some Tuna!

Evets

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This is what they become when they get bigger!! It was so full of water , it was as hard as block of concrete.

Caught in the Harbour 2 weeks ago ( Could this be a record @ 32cm?)

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Ross

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Seem to recall being told by an old sea dog that swears by these as YFT bait. Didnt really think much of that until..... I caught an 18kg YFT that had about 40 of these puffers in its stomach.

Must be some truth to this? Imagine going in to Tonys and asking for a block of puffers to catch some Tuna!

Evets

YFT must have some kind of immune system for the poison.

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I remember catching one a few years back....become as round as a soccer ball after he came out...very ugly fish thats for sure

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Seem to recall being told by an old sea dog that swears by these as YFT bait. Didnt really think much of that until..... I caught an 18kg YFT that had about 40 of these puffers in its stomach.

Must be some truth to this? Imagine going in to Tonys and asking for a block of puffers to catch some Tuna!

Evets

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS WATCHIN SOME GUYS CLEANING A BLACK MARLIN AROUND 80KG AND

INSIDE ITS GUT WERE HEAPS OF TOADFISH AND SMALL LEATHERJACKETS,IF YELLOWFIN AND MARLIN

ARE EATING THEM MAYBE WE SHOULD BRIDLE RIG TOADFISH AND TOW THEM AROUND BROWNS IF THE

SLIMEYS ARE HARD TO GET :1prop:

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A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS WATCHIN SOME GUYS CLEANING A BLACK MARLIN AROUND 80KG AND

INSIDE ITS GUT WERE HEAPS OF TOADFISH AND SMALL LEATHERJACKETS,IF YELLOWFIN AND MARLIN

ARE EATING THEM MAYBE WE SHOULD BRIDLE RIG TOADFISH AND TOW THEM AROUND BROWNS IF THE

SLIMEYS ARE HARD TO GET :1prop:

Hmmmm... Might be worth a try....

But not if they become as hard as concrete like Flightmanagers. Or as big as a soccer ball like Netics.

Evets :biggrin2:

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A 32cm toadie is ok but if you ever get the chance, go for a night dive under the Swansea bridge.

Not only is there a SHLOAD of fish under there, but they are all monsters!!!

We can't underwaterfish there cause it's classed as enclosed waters and it's hard to fish there because of the complexity of the bridge supports. There are support beams all over the place and the big ones tend to wrap you around them and snap you off.

On night dives all the fish keep kinda steady so you can get a good look at them with the torch.

I've seen toadies over 60 cms under there! They start off flat but you poke them with the torch and they puff up!

The thing that had me going nuts was a whiting that was no word of a lie near A METER!!!

I thought it was a gummy shark or something at first but when i got closer it was a bloody whiting! SPUN ME OUT!

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Sounds similar to Ocean Sunfish

Sunfish eat them also and from what I'm told

they get off their face on them like a Raiders

:beersmile::beersmile: session

Friend in QLD use to watch them ball up Toads

and eat till they just laid over trying to swim

and then gave up and just floated

Chris

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The small Toadfish is a Common Toadfish

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http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact.../thamiltoni.htm

The bigger is a 3 Bar Porcupine

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http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact.../dpunctulat.htm

and theres heaps of others encounted in Sydney, cool little colourful dudes as well(Boxfish)

Could you imagine bridling one and it puffs up, be like trolling a Soccer Ball :074:

B.F.

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Toadfish,Pufferfish,they are all protected or so the Vic waterways reckon.Dont kill them as they remove the algae from piers and structure and this lets the bigger fish in to feed on mussles and other fish that hide in the weedy stuff.

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The scientific name for this fish is :

Fish Skina Rugbyo Balla.

aka a fish skin rugby ball :P

lol i hope that makes sense

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Toadfish,Pufferfish,they are all protected or so the Vic waterways reckon.Dont kill them as they remove the algae from piers and structure and this lets the bigger fish in to feed on mussles and other fish that hide in the weedy stuff.

Geez, I have never heard of them being protected..I wish I could send a few truckloads down to Victoria for you as they are in plague proportions up here in Narrabeen lake at the moment. They drive me nuts!!

Interesting concept that...How long has that law been in existance? I guess it makes sense if they do that job and make it easier for other fish to feed.

Cheers,

Pete.

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Geez, I have never heard of them being protected..I wish I could send a few truckloads down to Victoria for you as they are in plague proportions up here in Narrabeen lake at the moment. They drive me nuts!!

Interesting concept that...How long has that law been in existance? I guess it makes sense if they do that job and make it easier for other fish to feed.

Cheers,

Pete.

Quite some years i believe and it is a fairly hefty fine as well.They are in plague proportion down my way in the warmer months but only around the piers and structure.Even though the fines are huge,you still see a heap on the rocks from anglers that don't care.

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Yeah - these are just regular, native toadfish. They're extremely poisonous to eat but perfectly harmless to handle (although they can give a good bite if you're unlucky). I used to catch them by the thousands as a kid growing up at Bawley Point.

I have to say that I find the idea of catching them and killing them to be a little hard to justify. They are not an introduced species, you can't eat them or use them for bait (although maybe you can from the comments above?) nor are they considered to be a pest or associated with any marine problems that I'm aware of.

Killing them just because they annoy you really doesn't seem like a good enough excuse.

That's just my thoughts though and I'm not having a go at anyone - I appreciate that all the regular Raiders are passionate lovers of the ocean and its inhabitants and we all express this in our own ways.

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