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[nuggstar]

any idear whet this little guy is. i got him on a power minnow at the pin cushon

[zigfreed]

We used to call them a tear*ss on the nsw north coast.
Did you have to tear his *ss out to get your hooks back?
Sorry cant give you the real name though.

Mick

[Dirtysanchez]

Puthiminus Crabbus pottas I believe.

[Local_Guy]

i don't know what lure your using nuggstar, but change it. you've gotta stop pulling in these unknown fish.

[tailorboi99]

Don't know the name sorry. Mick, why rip a fishes guts out for a bloomin' hook?

Cheers Tom

[Braddles]

cross between a cod and a lion fish lol? A bottom dweller by the position of his eyes..... other than that - no clue. sorry.

[Skusto]

dunno wat it is but its a fat little fish at that!

[Outsider1]

that fish is called a wirrah or old boot. catch alot of them down nsw way off the rocks while chasing drummer and bream.

cheers matt

http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...d.php?t=133757

Matt seems to have got it.

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fis...h/aocellat.htm

Cheers

Dave

[nuggstar]

i dont think that is it. it has a perch like head, but a body a bit like a puffer. and the pec fins are elongated like hands. its teeth where small croping teeth like a black fish so id say its a omnivore. deffenetly a bottom dweller. i called it for a cod as he run strait under a rock but i draged him out.

[bennykenny]

yeah i agree its not a wirrah ive caught a heap wirrah down south , like mick called it a tear ass, i used to call them a swallowall because they swallow everything and you have to cut your lineoff, but i think they are actually a brown rock cod, thats what i know them as, and i have caught a lot of them while fishing for drummer. cheers

[Noelm]

the common name is a Wirrah, their pectoral fins are as strong as buggery, they sort of sit on the bottom and use them as legs (kind of) very very common Fish, anyone who has done any diving will have seen millions of them, and any Rock Fishermen will have caught heaps.

[baitmaster]

i agree with bennykenny

baitmaster

[Freeeedom]

A fat wirrah - but still a wirrah. I've caught a few when rock fishing up here but catch heaps every time I fish the rocks at Iluka. They live in the rocks and can be a real pest when you're chasing bream in the washes. Don't get too many in the dark but as the day brightens and the bream become a bit spooky you tend to start catching more wirrahs than bream. It's how you know when it's time to go back to the cabin for breakfast!
Cheers Freeeedom

[bballfisho]

i know them as a kelpie but im sure thats not its formal name.