a bit hard to tell with the angle and color gone out of it but it is possible looking at the head it is a ambo. either way would have put up a nice fight
Definately a sambo. Can tell by the shape of the head, and position of the eye. Sambos dont always have the splotches, and can have a kinda yellowy streak, so colour isnt really a good way to tell them apart sometimes (pretty obvious its a sambo if its splotchy though).
Did you process it , was the meat white (SAMBO) or red (AMBO) also an Ambo has a yellow stripe along it's lateral line and it goes thru the eye and sambo's have the stripe but it doesn't go thru the eye.
Easiset way to tell is if it has small and rough scales and if you process it the meat is red not white, also the stripe thru it's eye.
Amberjacks do get the stress markings like a sambo too, the blotches are a sighn the fish is stressed if you put one on a deck hose to help revive it the marking fade a bit as they lose the lactic acid and stress less .
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nice fish im not to sure with out seeing the colour as well
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looks like sambo to me.
looks like sambo to me. great catch though:)
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a bit hard to tell with the
a bit hard to tell with the angle and color gone out of it but it is possible looking at the head it is a ambo. either way would have put up a nice fight
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looks like a sambo and an ambo
no idea mate maybe look up the differences fin rays etc
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DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
I use the dorsal fin rays to determin the sepcies.
http://www.gfaa.asn.au/html/4spe_01.htm?section=species&sp_id=2
Sambos have less rays.
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Looks slimy, not scaly so
Looks slimy, not scaly so probably a sambo.
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/suday-fishing-out-wide
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Definately a sambo. Can tell
Definately a sambo. Can tell by the shape of the head, and position of the eye. Sambos dont always have the splotches, and can have a kinda yellowy streak, so colour isnt really a good way to tell them apart sometimes (pretty obvious its a sambo if its splotchy though).
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Hi Matt
That fish came up with the normal sambo splotchy colouring, and then changed to gold almost immediatey.
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MEAT
Did you process it , was the meat white (SAMBO) or red (AMBO) also an Ambo has a yellow stripe along it's lateral line and it goes thru the eye and sambo's have the stripe but it doesn't go thru the eye.
Easiset way to tell is if it has small and rough scales and if you process it the meat is red not white, also the stripe thru it's eye.
Amberjacks do get the stress markings like a sambo too, the blotches are a sighn the fish is stressed if you put one on a deck hose to help revive it the marking fade a bit as they lose the lactic acid and stress less .
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Sure mav, but we want to ID
Sure mav, but we want to ID them without opening them up =)
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Other ways
I did mention 2 other ways as well, the stripe thru the eye as well as the rough scales, someone allready mentioned fin ray count.
But what would I know.
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I think you missed the
I think you missed the smilie!
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Not sure what they did with it Maverick
Some good info there though thanks mate.
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This picture might help with the ID
It was a pretty good capture on Steve's old Alvey.
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Definately a sambo. The
Definately a sambo. The dorsal spacing would be tighter if an ambo (and the eye position and head shape arent right).
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Thanks Matt
All the best, Colin
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Looks like a fish to me....
Something I haven't experienced for a week or so. The water last weekend was like dishwashing water at the office. Nice catch though :)
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