Anyone heard of a "black snapper"?

[theoldlegend]

Went on a charter out of the Seaway yesterday with the daughter as a Father's Day present.

One of the fish to come over the side looked like some sort of trevally to me; about 30cm long and quite dark skin, but one of the deckies called it a black snapper.

Anybody heard of one of these? Couldn't find anything on Google under "black snapper".

As for a report, well, have you read any of Pinhead's reports about bream fishing at Caloundra?


TOL

[timddo]

Does it have a small lip.

[theoldlegend]

Yeah, I guess you'd say that Timdo.

TOL

[tunaticer]

Trevallys in the USA are called snappers I think, could be a pickup of yankee lingo yet again invading our Aussie fishing.
Searching thru google images brings up grassy sweetlip in WA are called black snapper too, could be a WA imported guide??

[BLOOEY]

Never heard of a black snapper. tunaticer,our trevalleys in the states are called jacks and our jacks over there are called snapper. Ben

[tunaticer]

I stand corrected Blooey, thanks mate.

[Si]

it could be black and white snapper Macolor niger or maybe a triple tail. Who knows really.

[lippa]

black trevally? aka happy moment?

[SQUIDDA]

Try "Rays Bream."common by catch by east coast longline vessels.commercial name was black snapper.

[TimD]

I reckon SQUIDDA is on the money



cheers tim

[theoldlegend]

Found a Ray's Bream with a pic.

Reckon that'll do me.

Thanks Squidda and Tim D.


TOL

[lucee81]

Did it look like this?

[mattooty]

Rays Bream.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...w=1440&bih=687

[mitch92]

i reckon looks very close to a morwong

[lido76]

If it looked like a trevaley it was probably a sweep. Typical charter operators down the coast calling a S@#t fish a name the sounds decent.