SimJ Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 A mate caught this thing last night, he thought it was a big frog in the dark Its pretty disgusting and it was grunting but someone said they are good eating???? what is it? Sorry bout the crappy mobile pic. Cheers, Simmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SimJ Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 it really wanted to be upside down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 brickman Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 for some one thats just started fishing simmo you certanly giving it a good bash squid in milk crates and one ugly mother off a fish it's only a matter off time till you hook up to somthing big and hear the reel screem i would say a scorpion cod but the under side does'nt look right for a scorpion scorpion cod are one off the most painful stings you will get in the harbour and they have heaps off spines i compair it to a wasp sting but some people have a bad reaction and can pass out and be in real bother some people eat them and i've tryed steaming one for a dish called pore mans lobster it tasted like steamed fish and was crap and not worth the effort but i proberly stuffed it up if you do keep one kill it and break off all the spines with long nose plyers so you can handle cherrs gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SimJ Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 for some one thats just started fishing simmo you certanly giving it a good bash squid in milk crates and one ugly mother off a fish it's only a matter off time till you hook up to somthing big and hear the reel screem i would say a scorpion cod but the under side does'nt look right for a scorpion scorpion cod are one off the most painful stings you will get in the harbour and they have heaps off spines i compair it to a wasp sting but some people have a bad reaction and can pass out and be in real bother some people eat them and i've tryed steaming one for a dish called pore mans lobster it tasted like steamed fish and was crap and not worth the effort but i proberly stuffed it up if you do keep one kill it and break off all the spines with long nose plyers so you can handle cherrs gary Gary there was NO WAY any of that thing was going near my mouth!!! It tried to spike me so much and we just let him go. It had a moustache!!! Cheers by the way, I cant wait till I do finally have something huge! Simmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SimJ Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Its an Eastern frogfish http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/bdubius.htm also known as a dubious frogfish... definitely dubious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 glennmreid Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 That is one ugly fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Couple of others have uncounted this fish http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=26854 http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=21345 B.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jewgaffer Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Gary there was NO WAY any of that thing was going near my mouth!!! It tried to spike me so much and we just let him go. It had a moustache!!! Simmo Hi Simmo If you like moustaches on freaks you should fish Flint and Steel reef, some of the critters up there come complete with beards and moustaches and if you get lucky you'll get them in an assortment of colours as well. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SimJ Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Hi Simmo If you like moustaches on freaks you should fish Flint and Steel reef, some of the critters up there come complete with beards and moustaches and if you get lucky you'll get them in an assortment of colours as well. Cheers jewgaffer no thanks! It wasnt nearly as disgusting as the leatherjacket louse that we find buried deep inside the liver of a big leathery we caught! I didnt even want to get it with pliers !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SimJ Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Couple of others have uncounted this fish http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=26854 http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=21345 B.F. Thanks B.F. I read the posts very interesting. They seem to be getting a lot more common in the harbour as someone we met that night had also caught one. we also released it being totaly ignorant of what it was... but are they good eating? Cheers, Simmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 technomonkey Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Wow, definately the Eastern Frogfish then! And to think, at 5am when I looked it up I was CERTAIN we had a Goosefish http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/lmutilus.htm . The obvious discrepancy between the location data didn't even bother me!! (200-800m deep in continental shelf waters!) *Ribbit* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jewgaffer Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Wow, definately the Eastern Frogfish then! That's the monkey Techno Monkey, for some reason the $30 a kilo squid is the preferred bait for all deformed frog species at Flint & Steel reef, in fact they ought to help them establish their own private marine park in the brick kiln at Boral. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A mate caught this thing last night, he thought it was a big frog in the dark
Its pretty disgusting and it was grunting but someone said they are good eating???? what is it?
Sorry bout the crappy mobile pic.
Cheers,
Simmo
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