Can someone identify this fish.

[Ippy_Fisher]

Ive caught a few of these at Winvenhoe, can someone tell me what they are.

Sorry for the bad pic.

[McCod]

It is a spangled perch and has a few nick names like Bobby or Bobby cod etc.
Depends on witch part of aus ya come from.

Cheers.

[Paul_C]

No bag or size limit on those from Wivanhoe, Spangled Perch are often refered to as the Whiting of the fresh, supposedly nice sweet white flesh.

PC

[yellahunter]

Ippy fisher, were you fishing from the bank in wivenhoe? if so have you had much luck there,
I dont have a boat and am looking for places which fish ok from the shore.
thanks

[Jeremy87]

a good species if you want to introduce yourself to fly fishing, they'll have a hit at nearly anything when theyre schooled up

[Ippy_Fisher]

Yeah Ive been fishing from the bank, I dont own a boat. Ive tried numerous spots. The boat ramps arent too bad a spot ive found. There were a Few people at the one I was at this morning. I caught another one of those perch and few barred grunters. We got a few talipa yesterday they put up a good fight.

[budgebass]

Ippy fisher

Spangled Perch is the freshwater whiting..A really big one is between 25-30 cms..
Unfortunately the introduction of banded grunter into Wivenhoe and Somerset has made catching these "freshwater whiting" a whole lot more difficult.
Soaking a few worms and shrimps from teh bank to catch a feed of spangles is a whole lot tougher with Banded grunter in the equation.
Whenever Atkinson's Dam get full again ...it is the home of the freshwater whiting in the Ippy area.

Cheers
Budgebass

[fishin]

why did the introduse them banded grunter anyway they are stupid fish

[charlie_gray]

yep spangled pearch

[chemmy]

spangled pearch mate

[bobby777888]

why did the introduse them banded grunter anyway they are stupid fish

apparently they stocked a bunch of fingerlings which was accidently contaminated with them.

[mattooty]

Got a heap of those up at copeton. Kept hitting baits and lures when bringing them in near the rocks.

[Dazway]

What size lures should I use to target these guys, hard or soft? Some of the previous comments refer to them as the fresh water whiting, does this also extend to their feeding habits?

[scott_b]

Gday mattooty
Mate they never used to be in Copeton but just appeared there about 6-7 years ago , don't no why ? . Bloody pests , good thing they are thinning out.
wamjam

[Herby13]

spangle