Hey Guys, went out tonight in nerang river, had a bit of fun with a few mates. Picked up this unusual looking fish that none of us had any idea about what it was. Wondering if someone could shed some light on the species. It was really dark, caught in a deep area of the river (7m), razor sharp gills, blubber lip mouth (no teeth) and was a very solid fish.
"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't."
Cheers, Dylan
PB's
Bream: 40cm - Whiting: 41cm - Flathead: 62cm
Yeah mate its a Blubber Lip Bream. From the morwong family not real good on the chew though. I got one up the coast a couple of years ago that would have been 2-3kg fought pretty well though..
Cheers Brendan....................
Thanks mate, Yeh he did fight very well, got my hopes up for a jack. Are they worth keeping, or are they terrible to eat? Cheers mate!
"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't."
Cheers, Dylan
PB's
Bream: 40cm - Whiting: 41cm - Flathead: 62cm
not great eating
Blubber lip bream. They taste perfectly fine on the chew.
Brown Sweetlip or blubberlip bream, Mother-In-Law fish mediocre crab bait cats don't mind eating a little of it. Cook with horse dung to give some flavour.
Jack.
Hey guys, ended up having a taste and found that it was definitely not terrible to eat. Wouldnt be in my top few but not as bad as i was expecting, cooked with salt, pepper, lemon and chili.
"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't."
Cheers, Dylan
PB's
Bream: 40cm - Whiting: 41cm - Flathead: 62cm
Yea mate, many people say the suck, but i had one and reckon they are full of crap! Better if bled straight away too for future reference.
Not bad eating if fresh i would not throw them back
Mitch92 is spot on, if you bleed straight away they are ok. I've had worse fish.
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