Eel Tail At The Entrance

[Chriso_87]

Hey everyone, we are on holidays at the moment at the entrance an and while we were fishing this moning we came across 4 eel tailed catfish, I have never acught these fish before and am just wondering if they are edible? Also whats the best way to cook them??

Cheers!

[jewgaffer]

Hi Chris 87 Looked up the bag limit on eel tail catfish for you. Unfortunately it seems that there is a bag limit of only two per day. That gives you one for the blow torch to get your hook back and gives you a chance to drop the second one in the brick kiln at Boral.

Cheers

jewgaffer

[Anti-Carp]

Hi Chris 87 Looked up the bag limit on eel tail catfish for you. Unfortunately it seems that there is a bag limit of only two per day. That gives you one for the blow torch to get your hook back and gives you a chance to drop the second one in the brick kiln at Boral.

Cheers

jewgaffer

Think there's mistaken identify here. The eel tailed catfish (Tandanus Tandanus) is a freshwater species and you do not get em in the salt water. They have a bag limit of 2.

More likely or not the fish that's been caught is the saltwater species that plagues the Hawkesbury. I've seen some big sea kittens taken at the Entrance, I'm not sure about eating them as we usually release em they don't have a size or bag limit.

Edited January 15, 2009 by Anti-Carp