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Was Cast Netting for a few prawns in the Logan River, and came up with this. Looks interesting, but not sure what it is. Has anyone seen anything like this before?... Remember, I am talking about the fish...
silver scat..... they are quite common by catch when cast netting... have caught tem on a rod before when i saw them eating into one of those blue jelly fish.. so i used the jelly fish as bait and aught one straight away... carazy story aye...
It's a southern butterfish (sometimes incorrectly called a John Dory). Not often caught on line because it's largely vegetarian. Sometimes caught by luderick fishermen where it puts up a great fight because of the big flat shape. Not very good on the plate, being coarse and tasteless. so better off being released.
Cheers Freeeedom
Freeeedom's got it in one - Southern Butterfish. Watch the spines, particularly small ones caught in cast nets. Very painful stings although not as bad as Happy Moments, but enough to put you off your fishing.
re freedom it is sold in shops as queensland dory and not john dory. very nice to eat.
only ever caught them in cast nets. love the jellyfish story, you must be in a small elite club of fishos who have ever caught a fish using jellyfish as bait!
Tried to Scale the 1st I ever caught..... Yeah right, their skin is rough as sandpaper similar to a shark. I do see them in seafood shops from time to time, so they must be OK for the table.
Ive Caught Them With A Hand Spear Walking In The Shallows At Cabbage Tree When Trying To Get Black Bream, They Get Pretty Big, Well Ive Seen Them Alot Bigger Than That
IN the aquarium industry we called them Scats which is short for the latin name Scatofagus Argus from memory. They are also called John Dory as others have said already.
I have allways known them as striped butterfish. I have caught a couple of real big ones at Jurrasic lake, they fight hard on light gear,never eaten one though.
Marty.
Actually I was close. The true latin name for the silver scat is Scatofagus Multifasciatus. Scatofagus Argus is actually the close relative called a spotted scat. Here is a link with a reasonable photo and info. http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Scatophagus.php
Thanks for the memory mate, we used to get hundreds of them when i was a kid in the brisbane river when the old blooddrains were working at the abbs and borthwicks. We used a similar rig as blackbream fishing with the float but with peeled prawns and boy could they go. Every one that fished the area called them john dory but i knew that wasn't correct. We used to skin them , Cant remember there eating quality but the picture certainly took me back,cheers
Remember, I am talking about the fish...
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