AGP Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Hi, Went for a Plastics fish on Narra lakes last Sunday. Water's cold but still managed a few Flatties to 50cm and a couple Bream to 30cm but had to work for them.Towards the end of the session this little Predatory Trevally nailed my Zman. For such a small fish he probably went as hard as the 30cm Bream I had caught moments earlier! As soon as I saw him I knew it clearly wasnt a Silver Trev. I am thinking a small Big Eye Trevally? I know they used to live in Queensie lagoon which is a similar system.. So have I got it right calling it for a Big Eye? I know this sort of catch is a dime a dozen up north but pretty cool for Sydney. I released him in good health as I do all Narra lakes fish. Edited July 9, 2013 by AGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yep, it's a small big eye. Top catch for sydney waters! Don't recall of hearing of one from narra but there's a couple spots they've been known to show up. Odd getting one in the middle of winter of all times though.. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Very cool fish for Narrabeen. Yep, it's a bigeye alright & they do put up a top fight. It's too good a fishing report to leave in the aquarium forum so I'll move it into lure & fly fishing reports. Well done. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGP Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 I also contacted Dr Julian Pepperell who is a Marine Biologist specialising in Fish Identification. He says it might be a Big Eye but is unsure and is sending it to another specialist to ID. It also had very small teeth that were razor sharp.. Is that a feature of Big Eye's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt17 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I also contacted Dr Julian Pepperell who is a Marine Biologist specialising in Fish Identification. He says it might be a Big Eye but is unsure and is sending it to another specialist to ID. It also had very small teeth that were razor sharp.. Is that a feature of Big Eye's? No denying that's a Big Eye Trev mate, awesome little fish for the lake, who knows what else is in there cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGP Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Cool, That was my pick too. Im sure the mouth being open and with decent depth is playing a big part in oddities showing up, Along with what seems like increasing school Jew numbers in the Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Good stuff from narra Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ving Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 big eye in narrabeen... well i never! nice session there! well dine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingnoob Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Nice, my biggest flatty at narra was 40cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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