tjgood Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SquidMarks Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 rock cale.. it tastes BEAUTIFUL! (or so thats what you say to the mother in law when you serve it to her) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Linc Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Caught off the rocks? Looks a bit like a Southern Sea Carp, but I'm not sure, it's darker than sea carp I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Linc Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 rock cale.. it tastes BEAUTIFUL! (or so thats what you say to the mother in law when you serve it to her) Rock Cale, also known as sea carp, wirrah or stinky groper. Hooray I was right and yeah, they taste about as good as their freshwater friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest hawkesbass Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Yep rock cale bait stealing buggers while chasing blackfish of the rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest no one Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 why do people keep killing fish that they don't know what they are? Could have either been protected or poisonous... luckily this one is neither but it just tastes like boiled arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pongrass18ft Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Have caught a lot of these but never tried them on the plate. Yes they are edible and have given them to others who said they are ok eating.Will have to try for myself oneday too see. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 elferoz777 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I tried one once. It taste like week and has a mountain of bones. I tried it when I first started out and didnt know any better. Was told by the local you could eat them and I bet he had a giggle at my expense. The bigger once give you hope that something worthwhile is on the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest no one Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 And you asked the fish if it was dead did you??? mind your own business. Or I will boil your ass It's heads hanging off in the picture where it's throats been opened... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jew Stalker Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 I saw some blokes from Scotland fishing from the rocks that I was heading out on a few weeks ago and they had one of those dead in a bag, they asked me what it was and I had no idea. I advised them against taking fish they didn't know home for a feed but they told me they would see how it went anyway. Now knowing what it is I have a feeling that it didn't go too well for them hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Linc Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 that'll teach 'em :-) Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lillie Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 rock cale's are not wirrah to the best of my knowledge, looks dead to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SquidMarks Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 wirrah is a different fish altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Linc Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) This is from the book 'Australian FIsh Guide' http://books.google.com.au/books?id=JmN0rfM0V4IC&pg=PT83&lpg=PT83&dq=rock+cale+sea+carp&source=bl&ots=7pe6-_Q0BM&sig=ulrV9sSI6SImsr9zh6F39Qx7gcs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pt-GU5rxFMWolAWAtIGQCw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=rock%20cale%20sea%20carp&f=false Edited May 29, 2014 by Linc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Holls Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Looks a bit like what we used to call Butterfish in Victoria (or Morwong I think). Small mouth, rarely hooked, weed eaters. But obviously a different species. Butterfish are good eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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