Nicknames for fish

Over the yrs we have a few nicknames rather than the real names for certain fish hitting the deck.

Some we used Coral trout - Supreme, Red emporor - redjoy, Barracouda - axehandle, Spanish mack - razorback, Tuna other than YFT - torps, YFT - shashimi, Flathead lizard, NW blowie - master key or boltcutter, Chinaman -tractor. Blowies - Popper

Obviously some others but thought I would start few a few from our boat.

Im sure there are some funny one.

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 Marlin- stickface dependin

Fri, 2014-07-11 11:14

 Marlin- stickface dependin how many beers some times stickface motherfu#%er

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GT

Fri, 2014-07-11 11:34

Bus, Golden Trevor - Mick jagger, or just Jagger, big cod - hemminway (after the old man of the sea), Gardie - ministicky, Tailor -gaf (get away fingers), SandWhiting - chippy, KGW slapper, YFW dog (after ol yella), Harlie - scary or clown. Sambo - shit puller, Salmon - Kawai after NZ term, Skippy and smaller versions of all trevally -piggies because they grunt.

 

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rays

Fri, 2014-07-11 11:16

 any time we know we have a stingray on we have a battle to see how many famous 'Rays' we can name 

eg ray mysterio, ray romano, ray charles .....

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 Rey mysterio rules ! 

Tue, 2016-03-15 19:16

 Rey mysterio rules ! 

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chinaman was always galloper

Fri, 2014-07-11 11:17

mahi mahi- dollys wahoo- doctor who, n/w blowies list is too long!

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Fish

Fri, 2014-07-11 11:48

 Billy Lids for squid, Bernie Naylors for Tailor, and also underwater bolt cutters for NWB's. Probably plenty more out there.

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Dale

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Baldies

Fri, 2014-07-11 12:21

Bald chin groper = Bullshits (first few trips to steep point in the 1990's we caught heaps and didn't know what they were, so tossed them back as a shit fish). Marlin = Beaky. Garfish = Up side down beaky. Flathead = Frog.

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This season I seem to have

Fri, 2014-07-11 12:37

This season I seem to have caught more Stingrays offshore than keeper fish, and they continue to aggrovate my rotator cuff (Caught some Very big models this year)

Also there's the disappointment from what looked like a good hookup

So i've renamed them to The C*&ts of the sea.

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 I have caught more bloody

Sat, 2014-07-12 12:59

 I have caught more bloody stinkin' c%#t boltcutters than anything else this season. shits me off as most of them are big and fight like dhuies. Had one of my last Haoli F2's chomped almost in half by 2 in one day

 

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 Any type of wrasse We call

Fri, 2014-07-11 12:58

 Any type of wrasse We call Penis fish.Usually are f##ken penis .

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Wrasse we cah harash(ment)

Fri, 2014-07-11 13:18

everyone uses Dhu Lolly for Sgt Baker's

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wrasses etc

Fri, 2014-07-11 13:28

Charlie courts

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Salami

Fri, 2014-07-11 13:31

Salami

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Tampons?

Fri, 2014-07-11 14:55

Tampons?

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 Dhu's - Snakes

Fri, 2014-07-11 14:09

 Dhu's - Snakes

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 Sharks, nor west blowies,

Fri, 2014-07-11 14:33

 Sharks, nor west blowies, trigger fish, catfish all get called the same thing = effin c's 

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Up in Broome a few years back

Fri, 2014-07-11 14:57

Up in Broome a few years back (when I still had an ability to catch nice fish), I was catching plenty of these pesky shit fish that I was throwing back. They turned out to be Mangrove Jack.

I was wondering why people wanted photos of these big shit fish....

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One of my fishing mates

Fri, 2014-07-11 15:12

cals dhu's "gobbleguts on steroid"

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Sambos

Fri, 2014-07-11 16:04

 Another f#$kin sambo

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POOFTER FISH = Queen Snapper

Fri, 2014-07-11 16:22

POOFTER FISH = Queen Snapper

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Anything with long Spines

Fri, 2014-07-11 17:32

 "Dont Touch Me Fish" 

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when were going for tailor or

Fri, 2014-07-11 20:53

when were going for tailor or mulloway and hook a ray its instantly called "stinkray"

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nicknames for fish

Sat, 2014-07-12 13:24

Marcia hines cod.

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Diddly for squidBilly for

Mon, 2014-07-14 17:53

Diddly for squid

Billy for rays (Cyrus)

Bessies for barra

tampon for tarpon

mudsuckers for carp

Freddie for threadfin salmon

Bob (Marley) for marlin

Jacky jacky for mangrove jacks

peter for pelicans

and... Danny for a bird called a plover  :)

 

 

 

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 And one that comes swimming

Mon, 2014-07-14 18:48

 And one that comes swimming around at dawn......

"The Blind Mullet!!!"

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 Crocodiles for really big

Tue, 2014-07-15 01:44

 Crocodiles for really big jewies .

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Breaksea cod = Black ass

Tue, 2014-07-15 05:12

Breaksea cod = Black ass

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Rock Cod (Wrasse) are always

Tue, 2014-07-15 06:23

Rock Cod (Wrasse) are always Cock Rods on our boat........ One of the kids called them this when they were little and it has just stuck.

 

Stinkrays is another one from a kid's mispronunciation

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Hahahahah

Tue, 2014-07-15 07:35

My late husbands worse words for a shark were, as he put it to sleep, die you f....kin a.....hole and worse swear words, as the sinker hit his shins while trying to put the shark to sleep.

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LOL

Tue, 2014-07-15 08:01

LOL

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 LOL +1 , there's a few

Tue, 2014-07-15 10:10

 LOL +1 , there's a few variations for sharks but they typically start with f....kin . Double whammy with the sinkers though lol ... 

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Buffalo bream (Silver drummer)

Tue, 2014-07-15 10:29

 Shitty bream, Sweep neighbours fish.

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 Dhuie - stripey eyeQueen

Tue, 2014-07-15 10:52

 Dhuie - stripey eye

Queen Snapper - handbag

Tailor - choppa

KG - Georgie

Sambo/stingray - Sh@t fish among others depends on the day

 

 

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Spango's

Tue, 2014-07-15 15:01

 old favourite the spangled Emperor....very west orstralian mate

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Our fish naming terminology:

Tue, 2014-07-15 16:00

 Mulloway = Slob, Sluzzoway. Tailor = C*ntlor. Herring = C*ntring. Mullet = C*ntlet .... you get the idea

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PID

Tue, 2016-03-15 16:02

No please elaborate.. hehe

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 Noah's Ark(shark)

Tue, 2014-07-15 20:05

 Noah's Ark

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It is amazing how different the names are from state to state

Wed, 2014-07-16 07:44

Lets start with Mulie here/pilcard-pillie elsewhere. Mulloway here/jewie elsewhere, spanish mackeral=mackies, yellowfin tuna=fin, tailor=choppers, golden snapper,goldies=fingermark bream, black jew=northern mulloway, bazza,s=barramundi, tricky snapper(NT)=grassy sweetlip(QLD)=something else here that I can't remember(WA).

It is a long long list.

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just a few

Thu, 2014-07-17 19:06

 herring = hezzas

mulloway = croakers

dhufish = dhuies or dhu dhus

pink snapper = pinkies

sambos, amberjack & yellow tail kings = kingies

KGW = kidney slappers

breaksea cod = black ass

rays = vacume cleaner

bald chin = baldies

harliquin = rodney (long story)

any number or type of fish in the bucket = feed or coupple

trumpeter = soccar/footy balls

any small fish under 15cm = bait

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 marrabundi !!hezza   

Tue, 2016-03-15 19:01

 marrabundi !!

hezza

 

 

 

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Anything shit eating

Tue, 2016-03-15 19:13

 is a Neighbour Fish, and if it's poisonus, Mother In Law Fish.

 

And +1 for the "Poofta Fish"! Haha

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Anything shit eating

Tue, 2016-03-15 19:13

 is a Neighbour Fish, and if it's poisonus, Mother In Law Fish.

 

And +1 for the "Poofta Fish"! Haha

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Butterfish - we call the

Tue, 2016-03-15 20:26

Butterfish - we call the angler 'Butterboy'

For any of you 90's ravers I call Yellowtail Grunter 'Billy Bunter'

Big crab - 'Barry'

Big whiting - 'horse'

Flathead - 'lizard'

Small bream - 'rat'

Big herring- 'bully'

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Black ass

Wed, 2016-03-16 05:36

 Laugh my ass of when I was fishing up at Leeman with a mate recently when he caught a black ass soon as he saw it he said nice Jeffrey farmer .