need help to identify fish

[adoandbeck]

51689Can anyone identify this fish???????? i caught it out wide of double island point in 140m of water i thought it was some sort of bar cod, im completly stumped.
i work on a charter boat and have never seen before any help would be much appreciated.

p.s tasted alright(bit stringy) but dead set tasted like a moretan bay bug.

[shayned]

I'll do it.
Why take a fish you can't identify yadda yadda yadda, naughty, yadda yadda, dangerous etc etc.

[ooglie74]

Looks like a comet cod.

Cheers Troy

[Swindells]

Got it in one Ooglie74, its a comet cod.

Not a great eating fish IMO, but you can eat them. from memory legal size is about 35cm.

[BrandonH]

LOL

Looks like quite a pretty fish, might have to go hunt around for a "live" picture.

Cheers
Brandon...

[adoandbeck]

thanks guys for answering that. ....comet cod..

[breakthelines]

its a comet cod.....