no idea Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) decided to try for a jew yesterday arvo. got down to a spot a mate put me on to at about 2 tryed burlying up for yakkas with no luck so put out a small bait to see if anything came along whilst trying for squid, pretty soon my small rod went off and i pulled up a 25cm painted lizard fish and thought what the hell ill give it a go and chucked him out live. pulled in another 2 and then as i was reeling in another one the livey gets slammed(i nearly dropped my bream rod in the water) i grabbed my rod and what ever it was spat the bait after stripping 20 or 30 metres of 15lbs line off my bait runner. i pulled up the bait and it had been smashed so i put a fresh one out and went back to catching bait and after a few more i felt something heavier on the line and landed a 30cm flounder. about an hour later and many under sized snapper and lizard fish my big rod went off again this time i didnt waste anytime setting the hook but it didnt slow down and went under the bridge and rubbed me off on a pilon. this is about when i decided to call it a day and headed home. flounder painted lizardfish Edited July 17, 2008 by no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjuarez Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Not a bad little session mate! Unlucky that Mr Jew didn't come out an play! Where abouts were you fishing, hawkesbury? AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillN Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 flounder as bycatch...still gotta be happy with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick59 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 HI AJ i think he may have been fishing in QLD lizard fish are uncommon down here as a baitfish i think peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) I think the lizard fish is called a Grinner. Edited July 17, 2008 by Cephalopod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1murph Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 ive caught a few of those painted grinners down in pittwater targeting kingfish with downriggers.... they eat the yakka but the line doesnt even get snapped out of the clip, I once ended up trolling a 60cm grinner for half the day haha trying to post a pic of him but it wont reduce in size Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think the lizard fish is called a Grinner. I think no idea has some idea when it comes to fish I.D. The Painted Lizardfish has blue and yellow stripes or dashes along the sides of the body and a dark, oblique mark above the operculum. It has a very short snout and an oblique mouth with numerous fine, sharp teeth. There is a short-based first dorsal fin, followed by a small adipose dorsal fin and a deeply forked caudal fin. The species grows to about 30 cm in length. The Painted Lizardfish lives in shallow estuaries down to deep offshore waters in excess of 200 m. It is rarely seen because it often buries itself in the bottom sediment with only its eyes exposed. The species has been recorded from tropical and subtropical waters around the northern coastline of Australia from north-western Western Australia to southern New South Wales. A Painted Lizardfish caught on hook and line by B. Mollard at Quakers Hat Bay, The Spit, Sydney, New South Wales, September 2001. A Painted Lizardfish in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no idea Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 na i was fishing middle harbour, yer ive never used lizardfish for bait before but that all i could get so i used them and they did get taken. its the second flounder ive caught as a by catch lately, i bet if i start trying to target them i will never see another one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangkie Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 the dirty Grinner sorry but i hate those things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 ........I think no idea has some idea when it comes to fish I.D. That's ok Mariner31, the grinners in Queensland are so aggressive that they've got no idea they're being used for bait. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riley93 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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