Probably yelloweye redfish (C. australis). I would have said nannygai (C. affinis) but it had 6 dorsal spines and had the yellow eye (didnt think nannygais did)
That tells me i'm releasing my next one! To a waiting mouth hopefully, hehe.
The dollie we got spat out half a dozen mulies (or pretty similar, but probably not previously frozen ones given the conditions). One of the deep fish spat out a tiny whitebait.
Swallowtail have the very obvious tail and a different less stocky body shape, so definitely not a swallowtail. Tail is quite pointy as well as being long See the previous link for a pic.
All 4 (or 3) like jigs though! I've gotten the swallowtail in 90m, and all of them in 200.
In Western Australia commonly referred to as Nannygai (Centroberyx affinis), although true Nannygai only occur on the south-east coast of Australia.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper are red with distinguishing yellow eyes. The pelvic fins are pale, the pectoral fins are almost transparent and the forked tail has a broad intense red stripe on each lobe. Like Red Snapper, these fish also have 6 dorsal spines. True Nannygai have 7 dorsal spines.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper grow to 32cms in length.
They are considered good eating.
In Australia they are found from Shark Bay Western Australia, south around to the South Australian/Victorian border, in deep offshore waters.
hlokk
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Probably yelloweye redfish
Probably yelloweye redfish (C. australis). I would have said nannygai (C. affinis) but it had 6 dorsal spines and had the yellow eye (didnt think nannygais did)
honsu chin
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is it edible??
If it is, its a keeper!! lol
yeh not sure......hybird??
HuggyB
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if its red
its dead.
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
southcity104
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groper livie??
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"Its a life style job"
gregg_13
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possibly a swallow tail
Is it a swallow Tail by chance. thats about the size they get too
hlokk
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Swallowtails look pretty
Swallowtails look pretty similar in some ways but quite easy to tell apart if you're looking for the right things
Heres a swallowtail: http://fishwrecked.com/image/jigged
Man Overboard
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Pretty sure Harro hooked into
Pretty sure Harro hooked into some of those out wide a couple of trips back.
I remember him describung the Nannie with yellow eyes,
They brought up a Hapuka, which spat a whole one out of it's gob.
What does that tell ya
hlokk
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That tells me i'm releasing
That tells me i'm releasing my next one! To a waiting mouth hopefully, hehe.
The dollie we got spat out half a dozen mulies (or pretty similar, but probably not previously frozen ones given the conditions). One of the deep fish spat out a tiny whitebait.
Lamby
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Thinking swallowtail Matt, we
Thinking swallowtail Matt, we have hooked a few off the cape on jigs but only in the 50m mark
hlokk
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Swallowtail have the very
Swallowtail have the very obvious tail and a different less stocky body shape, so definitely not a swallowtail. Tail is quite pointy as well as being long See the previous link for a pic.
All 4 (or 3) like jigs though! I've gotten the swallowtail in 90m, and all of them in 200.
MattMiller
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Here ya go
page 3, 1/4 way down, Fishwreckapedia
Yellow-eye Red Snapper - Centroberyx australisIn Western Australia commonly referred to as Nannygai (Centroberyx affinis), although true Nannygai only occur on the south-east coast of Australia.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper are red with distinguishing yellow eyes. The pelvic fins are pale, the pectoral fins are almost transparent and the forked tail has a broad intense red stripe on each lobe. Like Red Snapper, these fish also have 6 dorsal spines. True Nannygai have 7 dorsal spines.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper grow to 32cms in length.
They are considered good eating.
In Australia they are found from Shark Bay Western Australia, south around to the South Australian/Victorian border, in deep offshore waters.