slinkymalinky Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Only being a new initiate into the world of serious snapper fishing I learned something about mid-north coast snapper that I wanted to check out with the local Sydney fishos. There is something that the Snapper eat up north that means their poo can be full of nasty shards of spiky stuff (silica from coral I guess) that is almost invisible and sticks in your skin like slivers of glass if you touch it when cleaning fish. I was told about it when one of the reds I caught pooed all over the boat. When I went to wash it off I was given a serious warning by my local fishing mate. Later when I cleaned a fish, I got some of the spikes in my hands and they are really seriously painful (like little micro splinters). It took about half an hour, a pair of tweezers, and almost bionic eyesight to get the little buggers out of my skin. Is this something the local snapper have on their menu as well? Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) What local Snapper? We only seem to get 25cm pinkies lately, do they count? penguin Edited May 7, 2008 by penguin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 crazy. never heard of it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softplasticsjunkie Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 mate, id eat that snapper poo if i could get a decent one around sydney.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantos Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Hey late poster on this on - cleaned a snapper last night (from long reef - good size too) and got the same little invisible splinters in my hands - hurts like a bugger! Anyone else have this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 hours ago, grantos said: Hey late poster on this on - cleaned a snapper last night (from long reef - good size too) and got the same little invisible splinters in my hands - hurts like a bugger! Anyone else have this? They are from a creature called bristle worms, the snapper eat them. Just goes to show how tough a fishes mouth is and the difference of how they feel pain to us. Imagine if you had a mouthful instead of a hand full?? 13 years later good reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunastrike11 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Caught a heap of big reds over the years never heard of this but i did google it and have those worms things come out of blue spot flathead once caught could be the same thing not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerialangler Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 hours ago, grantos said: Hey late poster on this on - cleaned a snapper last night (from long reef - good size too) and got the same little invisible splinters in my hands - hurts like a bugger! Anyone else have this? yeh I have had this off Sydney long reef too It was like small pieces of glass splinters in my hands Wasn't a nice experience at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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