Floating tailess whiting
Submitted by Goodz on Sun, 2010-01-03 10:18
So we were out scooping for crabs down in mandurah a couple weeks back and in our travels we came across a large sand whiting, floating along without a tail, but still alive! What the!?!? A quick scan around with the light didn't reveal any large predators so we were pretty clueless as to what could have taken its tail off. Any ideas? I would have thought that if it was a shark or mulloway they wouldn't have left anything to float away alive. Could a crab have chopped its tail off? Maybe it was attacked by the hordes of blowies that were around... poor little guy.
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Nelly
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Probable a tailor
Probable a tailor
Faulkner Family
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if it was a crab or blowies
if it was a crab or blowies there wouldnt have been anything left of it, most likely a predatorial fish or someone being cruel
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Goodz
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it was round midnight and
it was round midnight and dont think there was anyone near, also wasn't a clean cut.. must have been a big fish I guess, just a strange thing to see!
wadetolley
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Theres
Theres no blowies down there..ha ha
Goodz
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lol strange... I must have
lol strange... I must have been seeing things then!
man they are annoying.. even while scooping they follow you along and swim aroung inbetween your legs knocking into you like they're trying to slowing beat you down so they can eat you...
danno
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may quess is tailor. cheers
may quess is tailor.
cheers danno
deepwater
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sounds like tailor as well
sounds like tailor as well to me
jeff
adamsmith84
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tailor
probably a tailor