Banded Scat

[Silent]

Just interested to know if you have catch or seen this big size around SEQ?
It was caught into my cast net, I was meant to chase prawns and disappointed that i caught few prawns...consider good enough for cocktail!

I often see or caught this specie up to 30cm at NQ

[Jackinthebox]

Yeah mate,

I've caught 'em two or three at a time in the cast net down here on the Goldy.

Big ones too - 'bout 30cm.

Cheers,
Mick

[Freeeedom]

You catch the odd one when fishing for luderick. They really give a good fight on the light gear you use for luderick. I've caught a few in the boat passage at Fisherman's Islands. A couple were also caught by the luderick fishermen at Iluka last week.
Cheers Freeeedom

[Keechie]

hi i have only caught a few small ones in my castnet but i have seen a repropt on another website that one was 38cm from a local estuary to his house in brissie.

regards,
keechie

[pommy]

Greetings all!

Got one close to 40cm tangled in a crab dilly in North Creek, Ballina.

Regards, Rob.

[Cammy]

mate i love scats!, i recently got 6 20c size ones for my aquarium species tank, i love it how they just school around together.

i saw a 2ft one caught at the bli bli barra park in 06, was a big silver!

Cammo

[tailorboi99]

I saw a 50cm one floating in the Noosa River 4 years ago.

Cheers Tom

[chewy01]

do not, i repeat not get spiked by yhis sucker. spike is similar to a catfish,it hurts pretty bad. the only relief i could get was to immerse in as hot a water as you can stand .

[Silent]

do not, i repeat not get spiked by yhis sucker. spike is similar to a catfish,it hurts pretty bad. the only relief i could get was to immerse in as hot a water as you can stand .

Yeah thanks for remind & it has happened a small scat about 10cm spiked my finger last last year...It hurt worst than catfish!!! you're correct to have hot water to relief the pain...

[tunaticer]

Go to Redcliffe jetty with your cast net for the scat. At times you can score a dizen around the 40cm mark a cast.

Jack.

[loophole]

mate i love scats!, i recently got 6 20c size ones for my aquarium species tank, i love it how they just school around together.

i saw a 2ft one caught at the bli bli barra park in 06, was a big silver!

Cammo

yes scats awesome little things they are. i want some

[Freeeedom]

You're right about the spikes. Even the little ones hurt like blazes if they get you. They are also a very ordinary eating fish - one of the worst I can think of. They have a large bony knob in the shoulder area which makes them awkward to fillet too. Having tried them once I've only one thing to say - never again!
Cheers Freeeedom

[Little grey men]

Did anybody see these little things on the telly last night. Ben Cropp was doing a show on box jellyfish up north. These little fellas are one of the only natural predators of box jellies....they were tearing into them and having a good old feed. mmmmmmmm I like aeroplane jellie. Another interesting thing on the show was box jellyfish have four eyes.

[jackextracter]

I hate scats i get hundreds in my cast net some times whem im trying to get live mullet takes an hour to get em all out with out getting spiked.

[oldsalty]

I, like jackinthebox, have caught two or three at a time in the pine river under the bridge in the castie. Funny thing was you only caught them in the shaded water.... mongeral things.