haha good one mate. Like Adam said before we have seen enough of your captures previously to start questioning whether u did get it or not. Great catch and good comeback to the whingers:)
Haha good on you mate, you showed them aye. Keep on putting your pics up and keep on making them jealous. We know that you can outfish a lot of them anyway. I only put my pics up with the location showing if I'm not going to fish it for a while, or otherwise I look at it like this, if I've caught a decent fish then there probably won't be another caught for a while and I'll try somewhere else. Especially in the metro area.
right up near the head along the spine you will see what looks like a ball. it is hollow and the jewels are in there. just use a hammer and flat screwdriver to bust it open and fish out the jewels. they are realy hard so you wont damage them
Gotta stick with those other guys the first pics looked potoshopped.
But if it's just your secret spot your worried about just open it in paint and colour in all the background area. Pic still looks good and a safe spot!
mulloway 'jewels' are the fish's otholiths. all fish have otholiths, obviously differing in size, relative to body size,mass etc. studied a batch of herring otholiths late last year and its very interesting, all the different shapes and markings and seeing the corresponding fish lengths, sizes and ages. also studied the 2004 Swanfish Black Bream Otholith survey results. came up with some really interesting points. for example, 21% of the bream surveyed only had a right otholith, whereas only 4% recorded had only a left otholith. a further 17% had either one or two damaged/not fully developed otholiths and believe it or not, out of about 80 fish recorded, 4 of them had no otholiths whatsoever!
if mulloway jewels were the purest ivory you would think there would be a fishery for them aye they cant be that special if no one has cashed in on it yet mabey a good opertunity here
blown_banshee
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lol u didnt have to do that
lol u didnt have to do that mate dont listen to all those middle aged bitter fisherman you know the photo is real
skrewloose
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i dont think the argument
i dont think the argument was if you caught it but where you caught it still a good fish regardless
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Just1morecast
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haha good one mate. Like Adam
haha good one mate. Like Adam said before we have seen enough of your captures previously to start questioning whether u did get it or not. Great catch and good comeback to the whingers:)
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Quan
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Did you keep the small bones
Did you keep the small bones inside the head? The size of the bones usually indicates how old it is, I think size too...nice one.
Markie
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well done mate no need to
well done mate no need to prove it we believe ya. Good dinner or what?
fisho-ron
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matethat fish looks nothing
mate
that fish looks nothing like the other one,
he is as skinny as a skeleton!!!!lol
how did it taste?
Silk200611
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AGREE!!!! Again srry if it
AGREE!!!!
Again srry if it offended any wankers out there
Call me Brad as that's my name..
Dr Trunk
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@ Silk200611.....
I guess you just got smoked bad....
Well done Douchebag
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poddyfish
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awesome
love your work mate lol - most deffinently photoshopped tho lol (JOKES!)
i see no one that replyed negatively before has bothered this time???? proven wrong rings a bell....
top mulloway again buddy! be proud of that fish!
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young_yakker
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it is actually the best
it is actually the best tasting fish ive ever had it tastes better than snapper and better than a dhuie i tried.
as it just come out the freezer with its head in tact i beleive that the bones should still be there or are you thinking about its jewels.
Daniel Westerduin
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Haha good on you mate, you
Haha good on you mate, you showed them aye. Keep on putting your pics up and keep on making them jealous. We know that you can outfish a lot of them anyway. I only put my pics up with the location showing if I'm not going to fish it for a while, or otherwise I look at it like this, if I've caught a decent fish then there probably won't be another caught for a while and I'll try somewhere else. Especially in the metro area.
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shifeng
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nice one young yakker. there
nice one young yakker. there seem to be quite a bit of meat left on the carcass btw. =p
DieHard
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Its still fake ^_^nuh only
Its still fake ^_^
nuh only joking mate!!!
that was a real croaker!
what rig and how long did it take ???
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flangies
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Man the cheek meet is the
Man the cheek meet is the best bit!
Don't forget the jewels!
young_yakker
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gettting the jewels out and
gettting the jewels out and the extra meat is alright as im going to bbq the skeleton supposably the meat inbetween the bones is the best bit
where abouts in the head are the jewels
Faulkner Family
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right up near the head along
right up near the head along the spine you will see what looks like a ball. it is hollow and the jewels are in there. just use a hammer and flat screwdriver to bust it open and fish out the jewels. they are realy hard so you wont damage them
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spanishmackeral
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Ummmmm
Gotta stick with those other guys the first pics looked potoshopped.
But if it's just your secret spot your worried about just open it in paint and colour in all the background area. Pic still looks good and a safe spot!
spanishmackeral
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Almost forgot
GREAT FISH mate
LandyAndy
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Well done on the fish and
Well done on the fish and shutting down the non-believers.
I only heard about the "jewels" from me mate in Derby the other nite.Their Black Jewies(related to our Mulloway) also have them.
Apparentley they are Ivory.
ENJOY
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young_yakker
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mulloways jewels are the most
mulloways jewels are the most purest form of ivory supposably
Leemo
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mulloway 'jewels' are the
mulloway 'jewels' are the fish's otholiths. all fish have otholiths, obviously differing in size, relative to body size,mass etc. studied a batch of herring otholiths late last year and its very interesting, all the different shapes and markings and seeing the corresponding fish lengths, sizes and ages. also studied the 2004 Swanfish Black Bream Otholith survey results. came up with some really interesting points. for example, 21% of the bream surveyed only had a right otholith, whereas only 4% recorded had only a left otholith. a further 17% had either one or two damaged/not fully developed otholiths and believe it or not, out of about 80 fish recorded, 4 of them had no otholiths whatsoever!
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skrewloose
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if mulloway jewels were the
if mulloway jewels were the purest ivory you would think there would be a fishery for them aye they cant be that special if no one has cashed in on it yet mabey a good opertunity here
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Leemo
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im very doubtful that they
im very doubtful that they are the purest form of ivory.
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Dr Trunk
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I thought ivory is the purest
I thought ivory is the purest form of ivory........
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Leemo
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Captain Obvious to the rescue
Captain Obvious to the rescue eh. im fairly confident they arent ivory in the first place........ just bone?
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skrewloose
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i thought ivory was basicly
i thought ivory was basicly external bone i could be wrong
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crasny1
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Ivory is "teeth"
Its made up of dentine. Its the size that makes it valuable. I dont believe the composition of Otoliths is dentine but calcium carbonate, ie bone.
Hope this helps.
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