Undersize Mulloway
Submitted by Hairyone on Mon, 2011-12-12 17:07
Gday,
Over the last couple of months Ive been catching heaps of undersize Mulloway..........probably about 5 undersize to every size.
Does anyone know roughly how long does it takes for a 30-40cm mulloway toreach 50cm?
Cheers
UncutTriggerInWA
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A long time if it's not released
IMO even a 50cm Mulloway should be returned. They are referred to as "soapies" for a very good reason. Good fun for sport but not that good for eating. Once they get up to around 70cms then you have a great table fish.
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Leemo
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I will release any mulloway
I will release any mulloway under about 9kg. smaller than that, I dont find it worth it.
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fatboyholla
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he didnt ask for your opinion
he didnt ask for your opinion on wether or not to keep it
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UncutTriggerInWA
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Keep your knickers on Fat Boy
He asked a question and I answered it. Not sure what makes you come here and dictate how this place works
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fatboyholla
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read the question again
read the question again
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fatboyholla
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he asked how long it would
he asked how long it would take to grow from 30-40cm to 70cm not wether or not he should keep them
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fishing fanatic
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i dont wanna get in the
i dont wanna get in the middle of this, but he said 30-40cm to 50cm :P
UncutTriggerInWA
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Perhaps you better read the question again Fat Boy
He asked how long they take to reach 50cms. Not 70cms. Another answer I could have given was 20cms LOL so dry up mate. Sometimes posts here can be in good humour and not to ridicule the post for malice (if you can understand that).
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mako magic
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good to see u at it again
good to see u at it again geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!
fatboyholla
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ouch
ouch
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Yewiefish85
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hi mate, i wouldn't have
hi mate, i wouldn't have thought that mulloway (Southern) wouldn't have too slow a growth rate, i'm sure someone will correct me if i am wrong but if they were really slow growers like black bream then they surely wouldn't be a viable aquaculture species, link below states that 2yo fish average 46cm and 5yo fish at 80cm and 8kg, black jew (northern mulloway) have a fairly fast growth rate (in the NT atleast), 60cm in the first year and 90cm by the second year
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/33981/mulloway.pdf
SA primary industries and resources, not sure if captive fish or wild tho
http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/Broch_F/Black%20Jewfish%20flyer.pdf
black jewfish
Terry
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steady men, steady
slow down a bit guys...geez.
Hairyone. Good to hear you are getting amongst them. Altho somewhat small.
It's a good sign I reckon for the future when we see lots of juvenile fish about.
Anyway back to your question. About 12 mths from memory should see them about 50cm.
Good luck
Terry
petervb
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mulloway are fast growing but
mulloway are fast growing but i wouldnt know how long to get to 50cm. guess would be 2odd yrs
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Its going to be one of those
Its going to be one of those threads again haha
Rig
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mulloway
I posted on this a couple of months ago and its probably of interest
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/mulloway-spawn-size
I They are currently breeding them in freo tafe, They are going to implant the little bones things in their heads with a particular colour relevent to where thay are released in the wild so they can identify where they go and where they get caught
championruby
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according to that study i
according to that study i posted in that thread, it takes a south australian fish around 3 years to get to 550 mm. And then mature at around 850mm at 5-6 yrs
davmor
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But the question was
But the question was 300mm/400mm to 500mm. Interpolating championruby, I would say 12 to 18 months
quindieselbrad
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lol funny how ppl cant answer simple question......
yep next season they will be very close to size :) ps great fun on light gear too hehe
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Rig
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simple question
simple question hey, its funny how some people cant read! look at page 66 on that document there is a graph that spells it out.
What you will notice is that the fish grow at individual rates due to alot of different factors including enviromental conditions and gene pool. This study was done for south australian mulloway and wont be exactly the same as west coast mulloway. So as stated above by championruby and davmor a fish of 500mm should be around 3 years old. If its growth rate was steady it could grow around 150mm a year in the SA conditions, if those conditions are roughly the same in 12 months these fish could be around 500mm
Hairyone
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Thanks fellas.....I had heard
Thanks fellas.....I had heard a few people commenting on how next year will be a good year for Mulloway if all the juveniles we are catching is anything to go by,and made me wonder if they grew that quick.
Uncuttriggerinwa.........Im not sure what makes you jump to the conclusion that I keep 50cm Mulloway,but just for the record, the majority of the legal size Mulloway I catch are around 90cm.
Thanks for the link Rig.....just what I was looking for.
Cheers
Leemo
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Vince doesnt get out much at
Vince doesnt get out much at the moment, So the only exercise he gets is jumping to conclusions ;) haha
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oh we are all hearing you
oh we are all hearing you there Leemo, maybe the old comment, if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all needs to be put into vinces head these days
UncutTriggerInWA
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You guys are so up yourselves
Hardly said anything "un-nice" Mako you twat. The post originally was a humours one from my perspective. I haven't seen you make any comment on this thread other than to try to shaft me you moron.
Oh Leemo. Remember mate you work in the tackle industry and I have bucks to spend. Tame yourself mate and don't splatter idle crap around the place. I go fishing often. Just not with you.
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i laugh how you always say
i laugh how you always say your posts are 'un-nice', then you go on and insult someone.
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your posts always seem
your posts always seem humurous to you, maybe think about that, your perspective as you put it, not everyone elses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UncutTriggerInWA
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And you are who????
To judge what sort of character I am Mako? From what I am seeing here is that you are a bully boy with lots of kid followers. Go pop another top mate.
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making soft threats now, wow
making soft threats now, wow thats tough
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come on now ladies. get off
come on now ladies. get off the keyboard and go enjoy this lovely weather and do some awesome fishing:D
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