Wapet creek stonefish
Submitted by jighead on Mon, 2013-10-28 17:48
Just a reminder to be careful when fishing at wapet creek. We saw at least five of these little buggers in one small area at low tide. They were right at the waters edge at the closest access point to the airport. We moved one up on to the bank for some pics but you can see how good their camouflage is. Last pic shows the spines exposed.
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shorething
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Glad there's none of them
Glad there's none of them around when wading for swan flatties! Gives me the creeps!
gilligan
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Great pics!
Great pics!
Bootboot
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awesome pics would be the
awesome pics would be the last thing you would want to step on!
bod
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check those spines
Unreal. That's amazing camouflage.
Rusty Balls
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Yea .. love a rising tide
Yea .. love a rising tide there jighead !
and watch for little sharks too
great advice for wading types 'be very careful' the camo is incredible on these fish ..nice pics mate
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Super peg
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Would these puncture a sole
Would these puncture a sole of say.... Dunlop volley or Those wetsuit material boots with thick tread for rock hopping?
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
Glenn Moore
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Shameless plug
I wouldn't trust a volley. I also wouldn't trust most dive booties. Good quality rock-hopping boots would probably be OK. We use professional dive boots with soles just like a steelcap work boot.
It's not the same species as jighead's photo, but here's a shameless plug if anyone is interested... http://museum.wa.gov.au/kimberley/videos/day-6-spikey-stonefish-kimberley-2012
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Western Australian Museum
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Ben Derecki
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Thanks for the link Glenn,
Thanks for the link Glenn, just watched a couple and they're pretty cool. Will have a look at the rest of them later with my kids.
Cheers
Super peg
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shit! angry things ey,
shit! angry things ey, cheers Glenn
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
pale ale
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Tough job you have there
Tough job you have there Glenn!
Jackalchub
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Cool post, hopefully rock
Cool post, hopefully rock hoppers are good enough
Cruise Control
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Ugly little suckers . . . a
Ugly little suckers . . . a face only a mother could love !
tailor marc
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Good job Glen,When we got
Good job Glen,
When we got stuck at low tide in Karratha and tryed to move the dingy 400 meters (in bare feet) middle of searipple passage we were so lucky none of us stepped on one, Looking back, it was crazy
My photography pictures... http://westernhorizonsmedia.wordpress.com/
Karak
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www.youtube.com/watchhow to
www.youtube.com/watch
how to fillet stonefish.
Apparently, the chinese eat it.