Whats this

Whats this

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wow i got no idea... You got

Sat, 2007-07-07 18:51

wow i got no idea... You got him trawling? where abouts were you fishing

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no idea....rock fish?????lol

Sat, 2007-07-07 18:55

no idea....rock fish?????lol

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a type of jawfish - maybe a

Sat, 2007-07-07 18:56

a type of jawfish - maybe a dusky?

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Heating up

Sat, 2007-07-07 19:01

Heating up there Dean, got this somewhere in Exmouth today. Not common for this species to be found this far south.

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yeh does look like a jawfish

Sat, 2007-07-07 19:03

yeh does look like a jawfish is it a banded jawfish?
or maybe a fine spot

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Ugly Critter

Sat, 2007-07-07 19:04

I believe its a stargazer.....

I have hauled in a couple of these ...they are supposed to be good to eat..

mine have been thrown back...they dont look edible to me


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I've always called them for

Sat, 2007-07-07 19:58

I've always called them for a stargazer. Ugly looking things they are. Caught them quite often up off Dampier to 600mm.


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so is it a stargazer? Work

Sat, 2007-07-07 20:03

so is it a stargazer?

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Nope

Sat, 2007-07-07 20:07

This one is a blotched jawfish. Stargazer is a little different.

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hehe i should of just kept

Sat, 2007-07-07 20:12

hehe i should of just kept guessing with diferent types of jawfish lol i would have got it eventually

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mmmmm

Sat, 2007-07-07 20:54

was going to say something nasty but had second thoughts about it..............ah bugger it! It looks like the mother in law.....lol

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caught heaps of these

Fri, 2007-07-13 16:13

We've caught bucket loads of these ugly critters up in Port Hedland. Don't let the looks turn you off cos they are great on the tooth. Thanks for identifying it Adam, I've never known what they were.... my mate always jsut called em Slimy Cods