Unusual Fish

[simmo]

any help?

[Jewdreamer]

Surgeonfish of some sort. How big was it?

[simmo]

Surgeonfish of some sort. How big was it?

about 25cm or so.

fought very hard for its size.

Edited January 23, 2010 by Simmo2

[Jewdreamer]

Hi Simmo,

yeah, pound for pound they would pull a kingy backards at 10 knots!

Where'd you get it?

Cheers

Chris

[simmo]

Hi Simmo,

yeah, pound for pound they would pull a kingy backards at 10 knots!

Where'd you get it?

Cheers

Chris

Harbour near Jeffreys.

[taloyoak]

Yep good old sawtail Surgeon- great on light gear and pull like crazy.

A good addition to the post about using them as Sashimi

[Krispy !]

Yep,

Sawtail Surgeonfish

mmmmmmmmmmmmm are they great eating.

thats a smaller fish compared to some of the ones you get in the harbour.

cheers,

[gretsch]

The big ones pull harder than a King of equal length. I liken them to Trevally .

I caught these 55cm plus Surgeons from the Harbour last year on weed. They weren't so good to eat at this size. The little ones are better....less weedy!!

Edited January 25, 2010 by Cephalopod

[snag]

Think from memory no no no had a DVD out where they caught Surgeon fish at manly aquarium.

If im not mistacken you need to keep your fingers away from those point at the back of the body.

[gretsch]

Those tail scoots are not sharp. They are like a guitar pick hanging out the side. That said, if you tail grabbed one and it went crazy, they might draw blood!!

They are everywhere in the Harbour. I see them all the time when squidding.

Edited January 26, 2010 by Cephalopod