what fish is this

hi guys

sorry that i dont have a picture of a fish i didnt catch it i only saw it swimming infront of me at the rockwalls in the dawesville cut.

it was 1metre or more long roundish shape, dark dark blue or black scales and on the tip of its tail it had like a band of light blue.  

hope you can help

cheers

Dave


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Dusky Morwong??

Mon, 2009-07-13 16:27

Dusky Morwong??

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dont think it had spines

Mon, 2009-07-13 16:30

dont think it had spines bones

 

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also didnt have spots  

Mon, 2009-07-13 16:32

also didnt have spots

 

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may have a pic tmmrw il try

Mon, 2009-07-13 16:42

may have a pic tmmrw il try and catch it.

also it was eating in the seaweed but wasnt shape of buff bream

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I think Bones...

Mon, 2009-07-13 21:48

...got it in one. Everytime I go there I see duskies swimming past...they are becoming quite common in that neck of the woods!

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maybe a big sea mullet

Tue, 2009-07-14 07:55

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If the scales:

Tue, 2009-07-14 09:31

Were clearly visible from above then I would agree with wopjrb - big diamond scale sea mullet, flaming near impossible to catch (although tiny hooks and minute pieces of bread can fool em) or fly fishing techniques with weed like fly patterns also work.

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Mullet

Tue, 2009-07-14 09:46

Use bakers dough to catch mullet.The fish in question definitely sounds like a dusky moron---sorry ,morwong

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yeh thanks guys confirmed

Wed, 2009-07-15 14:46

yeh thanks guys

confirmed it was a dusky when went fishing 2day ansked a fellow fisho who said it was a dusky.

also saw another fish it was about 1.2-1.5m long grey skin, big spines and blubbery lips . seen in cut. sorry bout low detail of fish but i only got a quick look b4 if swam down 2 the bottom.

cheers

Dave

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Sounds like duskys

Wed, 2009-07-15 15:03

Sounds like duskys brother.....or sister.

Cheers Pete

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morwong

Wed, 2009-12-23 18:18

that grey fish was most probably another species of morwong, theirs lots