harold Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 We were out on the water for a few days last week and one night we picked up our club buoy at The Basin. My son was, as usual, out the back fishing as my wife cooked dinner and I watched TV (that is a fair distribution of the workload I reckon) and all of a sudden my son asks me to look and tell him what sort of fish he had caught. Got out there and lo and behold he had caught a circa 30cm Barracouta. Even though it was small it had nasty looking teeth. Took the little fellow off the hook and sent him back to his school. Never heard of these fish being in Pittwater. Caught on a prawn off the back of a Riviera 47 enclosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Pike. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 I have a poor pic on my iPhone of it but don't know how to post it. If anyone has an email address I can send it to maybe you can tell me if it is a pike or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Hey Harold, More than likely a yellowfin pike. Quite common around Sydney. Chuck that into google images and see if that's what it was. Good Jewie bait they are! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentstik Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Mate send it to silvo.severi@bigpond.com and will confirm for you but they common in Botany Bay have caught a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 The pike are yellowish in colour, or if it is silver and thin, it is probably a snook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Guessing it's a snook (which I have been told is also referred to as barracuda or short-finned sea pike) too. Did it look like this? Edited September 29, 2013 by nbdshroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Thats a stinky pike good live bait Sent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Mate send it to silvo.severi@bigpond.com and will confirm for you but they common in Botany Bay have caught a few Hi Silvo, I have sent it from my iPhone. Thanks for your help and advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Guessing it's a snook (which I have been told is also referred to as barracuda or short-finned sea pike) too. Did it look like this? Yes it,did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentstik Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 As mentioned the fish is a pike mate. Cheers Silvo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentstik Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Here is a pic of a barracouta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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