Novicefisherman Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hey guys, thought u guys could help me out, never caught a fish like this before was caught off barrenjoey heads off the rocks is this a small kingfish?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Geoff Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Certinally looks like a Kingfish. Just for reference , the legal size for Kings is 65cm Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fishguts Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 trevally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zrealist Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 looks like a travelly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abiasin Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 looks like a trevor to me also, quite dark colouring on it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Novicefisherman Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 trevally or kingfish???? im still confused. i'l be spewing if its a trevally cause he went back into the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 roosterman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) mate dont feel sad about letting him go.... for me definite juvenile king....... check out that dorsal fin shape and the slight yellow stripe down body and shape of the head...... was that you fishing the headland with another fisho sunday morning just after sunrise... if so that was me trolling along the front.... was a very quiet morning...was some small school sounding out front but not playing fair... i didnt turn a reel all morning so you did better than me.... cheers... steve..... Edited December 24, 2007 by roosterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Novicefisherman Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 sure was me and my mate fishing the headlands, i saw ur boat trolling around. next time il wave......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mottyman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) Hi Guys, Strange one, I think its a baby sampson Fish. It has the shape of a trevor but no rakers near the tail that a trevor has. Looks like a cross between a king and a trevor. I'll be keen to see what other people think and if we get a definate ID. Just had another look... check out the mouth, certainly not a trevor, no big rubber lips and completely the wrong shaped mouth and head. I reckon its a baby Sampson Fish Cheers, Edited December 24, 2007 by mottyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jigholio Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) i call juvenile amberjack, based on shape & faded hunting stripe over the eye. another tough seriola. Good to see them here! Nice catch Edited December 24, 2007 by Jigholio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Novicefisherman Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 fish measured at 46cm's caught on a pillie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mottyman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 i call juvenile amberjack, based on shape & faded hunting stripe over the eye. another tough seriola. Good to see them here! Nice catch Very good mate... that'll do me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 roosterman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) i call juvenile amberjack, based on shape & faded hunting stripe over the eye. another tough seriola. Good to see them here! Nice catch i stand corrected, so thats an amberjack eh... is this an uncommon thing to catch them as far south as here.. they look alot meaner than a king especially with that dark stripe across the eyes do they fight as good as kings or better.... Edited December 24, 2007 by roosterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andrew399 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 yep definate amberjack. it is becoming increasingly common to pick them up around our ways, but generally not very big. they dont go as hard as kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Penguin Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Amber for sure for mine. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Laredo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 straight up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Capt Hook Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i call juvenile amberjack, based on shape & faded hunting stripe over the eye. another tough seriola. Good to see them here! Nice catch Although his fish in the picture doesn't have the same top fin as does this diagram...I think it isn't a juvenile amberjack...juvenile kingfish maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mondo Rock Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It's either an amberjack or sampson fish. Both are uncommon catches around these parts but not rare by any means. It's definitely not a trevor and the wrong shape for a king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fishguts Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i also stand corrected not a trev! i reckon it's one of them you know what they said ..cheers!..stevo!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PM79 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Although his fish in the picture doesn't have the same top fin as does this diagram...I think it isn't a juvenile amberjack...juvenile kingfish maybe... It's definitely a Juv Amberjack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kiwineil Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 OK so as a novice fisherman to sydney all this does is highlight how hard it is to ID fish in sydney what do we all reckon the fisheries guys would say when a panel of forum experts is arguing kingie, trevor, juvenile amberjack with encyclopedias to hand .. whats a poor bloke standing on the rocks to do .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fishin.kiddo Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 OK so as a novice fisherman to sydney all this does is highlight how hard it is to ID fish in sydney what do we all reckon the fisheries guys would say when a panel of forum experts is arguing kingie, trevor, juvenile amberjack with encyclopedias to hand .. whats a poor bloke standing on the rocks to do .... Very good question. . . i would throw it back if i wasnt 100% sure of what it was. Answers anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Moro Mou Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Agree with fishin Kiddo. If in doubt throw it out . . . . to sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Trapper Tom Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Agree with with bream Top dorsal fin is different. Therefore reckon amberjack is out of it. Leaves sampson fish as the best otion Hey Slinky your pretty good at this stuff Whats your verdict Cheers Trapper Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fishin.kiddo Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Bout time to bring this to an end i reckon. My opinion is a sampson fish. FINAL VERDICT ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gambit Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Hard to see some of the features due to the angle on the photograph perhaps, but I would have called it as a common garden variety blurter - the silver trevally. Juveniles often have the yellow striping. The illustration above for trevally is for a giant trevally I think. Head is more rounded. Cheers, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thought u guys could help me out, never caught a fish like this before
was caught off barrenjoey heads off the rocks is this a small kingfish??
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