suzelle Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 (edited) keep on catching this fish with my pillies but they seem undersized so always let it go biggest one i caught was 15cm these get any bigger? there seems to be a lot of them around, what are they? picture doesn't really show it but they've got a deep blue hue near the upper body and fins Edited November 7, 2010 by bubblefish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dhype Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 keep on catching this fish with my pillies but they seem undersized so always let it go biggest one i caught was 15cm these get any bigger? there seems to be a lot of them around, what are they? picture doesn't really show it but they've got a deep blue hue near the upper body and fins Hi there The fish you have there is call a sweep - i have heard they grow to a good dinner plate size but have never seen one anywhere that big in sydney, all the ones i have caught were 10 -15cm only. Cheers dhype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 suzelle Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hi there The fish you have there is call a sweep - i have heard they grow to a good dinner plate size but have never seen one anywhere that big in sydney, all the ones i have caught were 10 -15cm only. Cheers dhype what do you consider as a good dinner plate size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Day's Fishin Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Thats a juvenile sweep and they grow to about 60cm with no minium size in NSW. You can eat them. Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jordan.widz Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 They are a pain when I'm fishing up north around Port Macquarie. Usually foul hook them when fishing for snapper. They hit hard but give up the fight pretty quick. Use to catch them at long reef aswell but their not around as much anymore, idk why but it good, less pickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 arty9 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Called sweep, because you sweep them off the boat back into the water...Nothing special in eating quality Just pains in the ass while fishing, pecking your baits off You'll find that you jag a lot of them in the side of the head instead in the mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sienna2500 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Called sweep, because you sweep them off the boat back into the water...Nothing special in eating quality Just pains in the ass while fishing, pecking your baits off You'll find that you jag a lot of them in the side of the head instead in the mouth i am interested, it looks like a pretty big fish, why will it jag them in the side of the head instead of the mouth? small mouth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jordan.widz Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 i am interested, it looks like a pretty big fish, why will it jag them in the side of the head instead of the mouth? small mouth? they got about the same size mouth as a leatherjacket. Rarely hook them in the mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keep on catching this fish with my pillies but they seem undersized so always let it go
biggest one i caught was 15cm these get any bigger? there seems to be a lot of them around, what are they?
picture doesn't really show it but they've got a deep blue hue near the upper body and fins
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