I.D???????

[marty+jojo]

A mate of mine caught this in the Maroochy river at Bli Bli today WTF is it????:-?:-?:-?:-?

[Lymphocyte]

Cobbler aka Estuary catfish.

[Bouttime]

Nemo"s ugly sister? Some type of eel tailed catfish.Have caught them around Donnybrook before.

[tunaticer]

I have never seen such a light bodied eel tail catty before.

[BLOOEY]

UGLY looking sucker that is for damned sure. Particularly those HORRIFIC pectoral fins, oh and those GROTESQUE whiskers, oh and better not forget the ABNORMALLY long and HIDEOUS tail. That is one UNSIGHTLY looking BEASTIE!!...................Congrats to your'e mate:P Ben

[nautimax]

What sort of length is that one M & J? I remember casting for live bait at North Shore Maroochy and thought I'd hit the jackpot with a school of mullet until I pulled the net out :( ...3 doz or more of these catfish-looking creatures exactly like the one you caught between 6-8 inches long...juvenile catfish apparently....:) and they loose their fins and tails when adult?

[netmaker]

isn't that a snapper?

[Muddy Toes]

isn't that a snapper?

It was only a matter of time wasn't it.......:D

[Horse]

I have never seen anything like it. I will watch with intrest to see what it is

[marty+jojo]

I have never seen anything like it. I will watch with intrest to see what it is

Hey Horse, same here mate. I have caught plenty of pike eels, moray eels, the saltwater brown with white stripes down the sides and freshwater Jew etc but never have i seen one of these :-?:-?
Marty.

Thought someone would have had a positive I.D by now:o

[netmaker]

m&j sorry mate, couldn't help it. lymphocyte has it right imo. found this http://littleaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/02/venomous-cobbler-catfish.html
cheers and sorry againfor smart ar5e remark:-[

[netmaker]

think you'll also find that those little eel tails with black and white stripes lose their stripes with maturity and turn into those ugly suckers. once had a skipper drop the cod end off the capstans and had my head gashed by the biggest 1 of them bastards ive ever seen. hurt like buggery too for about 8 hours.:bigcry:

[marty+jojo]

m&j sorry mate, couldn't help it. lymphocyte has it right imo. found this http://littleaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/02/venomous-cobbler-catfish.html
cheers and sorry againfor smart ar5e remark:-[

No need to be sorry mate, just take me to your spot at Mud ;), just jokes. Thanks for the I.D.
Cheers Marty.

[Gon Fishun]

Hey Horse, same here mate. I have caught plenty of pike eels, moray eels, the saltwater brown with white stripes down the sides and freshwater Jew etc but never have i seen one of these :-?:-?
Marty.

Thought someone would have had a positive I.D by now:o

G O O G L E IT No not the dart.
Netmaker did it in 1 hour AND posted a link.::);D;D;D

[netmaker]

marty, i can sincerely tell you that i wish i couldn't id those things. copped a few finger stings from em on the sorting tray and 8 hours was the average pain period. the poison in em travels up the arm until it reaches the armpit and by this time the arm is useless. i did find that sucking out the poison and getting as much blood as possible out of the spike hole (swinging arm quickly) could reduce the pain to about 2 hours. was bloody hard trying that on a head wound tho;). and i'm sending you a pm re spot x;D

[Dan5]

marty, i can sincerely tell you that i wish i couldn't id those things. copped a few finger stings from em on the sorting tray and 8 hours was the average pain period. the poison in em travels up the arm until it reaches the armpit and by this time the arm is useless. i did find that sucking out the poison and getting as much blood as possible out of the spike hole (swinging arm quickly) could reduce the pain to about 2 hours. was bloody hard trying that on a head wound tho;). and i'm sending you a pm re spot x;D


Did a season on a trawler in 97 and got a few tingles off of a cobbler myself...........they reckon CRC was the remedy...LOL...

Had one fall from the net while shaking out the grinners and it spiked me in the top off the head....Ha.......yer.....lovely....

Fresh ones in the try gear are the worst ones,occasionally we'll get em up here on hook but usually we don't see em unless trawled...........thank god.

Dan