moses perch or black spotted pearch im guessing altho very faint in the pic the dark spot on the lateral line gives it away. they look very simmilar to a fingermark bream altho i recon you would hav to be very lucky to land one so far south, they still taste great tho.
second fish is known as a western wirrah, nomally encounterd further south the western wirrah grows to approx 500mm in length, ther are three common species: eastern wirrah-eastern states, western wirrah-south aus to west aus and yellow banded wirrah south aus and west aus and east aus.- caught a wirrah off the reef at prevaly in margs and mate tried to eat it he rated it average.
milsey
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moses perch im guessing
moses perch or black spotted pearch im guessing altho very faint in the pic the dark spot on the lateral line gives it away. they look very simmilar to a fingermark bream altho i recon you would hav to be very lucky to land one so far south, they still taste great tho.
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train
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yeh the spot was pronounced
yeh the spot on the top fish was pronounced when i caught it, shouldnt of scaled it b4 the photo.
wopjrb
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moses perch and a wirrah cod
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micktree
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satdletail sea perch
satdletail sea perch got in in exmouth the other week nice on the tooth
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Faulkner Family
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agree with micktree, also
agree with micktree, also known as a sadletail snapper, the cod looks a bit like a passionfruit cod
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wopjrb
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definately a moses perch
the saddle tail seaperch has a much redder colour and doesnt have yellow fins, type both fish into google search for more facts.
wopjrb
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second fish
second fish is known as a western wirrah, nomally encounterd further south the western wirrah grows to approx 500mm in length, ther are three common species: eastern wirrah-eastern states, western wirrah-south aus to west aus and yellow banded wirrah south aus and west aus and east aus.- caught a wirrah off the reef at prevaly in margs and mate tried to eat it he rated it average.
brenz
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moses for sure filleted
moses for sure filleted hundreds of these buggas in the filleting days hahahaha .
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Adam Gallash
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moses
Definately a moses perch and a wirrah. Tsk tsk Russ, I hope your bringing your fish ID book with you. ;)
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Faulkner Family
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only got the book for
only got the book for southern species, you get that
you might have to supply one for me Adam
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