some fish from Oz

[dirvin21]

thought I'd post up some pics of some of my favorite fish species

Eastern freshwater cod (very closely related to the more famous murray cod)

Australian bass

Bream

[Gundog]

11 minutes ago, dirvin21 said:

thought I'd post up some pics of some of my favorite fish species

Eastern freshwater cod (very closely related to the more famous murray cod)

Australian bass

Bream

Cool pics. What kind of rods/reels/line are you using to catch these beauties?

 

[dirvin21]

9 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Cool pics. What kind of rods/reels/line are you using to catch these beauties?

 

for my general fishing (Bass etc..) I use a 7ft shimano catana 2-4kg rod, cazna 2500 reel loaded with 8lb braid and 8-10lb fluorocarbon leader

the cod was on a 4-6 kg baitcast outfit with some 10lb braid and 15lb flurocarbon 

[Darren.]

Nice! Have you/do you fish for barra? I saw a show

here in the US with Hank Parker (pro) fishing a stocked

pond in Florida, I believe. Looked like a blast to fish them.

[jr231]

2 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Nice! Have you/do you fish for barra? I saw a show

here in the US with Hank Parker (pro) fishing a stocked

pond in Florida, I believe. Looked like a blast to fish them.

 

From an outside perspective... Have you ever fished a stocked pond and not had a blast ? Haha 

 

Me either 

[Darren.]

Just now, Yeajray231 said:

 

From an outside perspective... Have you ever fished a stocked pond and not had a blast ? Haha 

 

Me either 

 

Well...there's that...

 

It was more the fish that looked like a blast to catch.

They are Asian bass and can grow huge!

[dirvin21]

1 minute ago, Darren. said:

Nice! Have you/do you fish for barra? I saw a show

here in the US with Hank Parker (pro) fishing a stocked

pond in Florida, I believe. Looked like a blast to fish them.

 

haven't had a go at barra yet but its on the cards for the not to distant future they are supposed to be one hell of an opponent

 

[Darren.]

Just now, dirvin21 said:

 

haven't had a go at barra yet but its on the cards for the not to distant future they are supposed to be one hell of an opponent

 

 

That's what I understand. I'd love to have a go at them, too.

[dirvin21]

2 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

 

From an outside perspective... Have you ever fished a stocked pond and not had a blast ? Haha 

 

Me either 

stocked impoundments are notoriously difficult over here I've had many 12 hour + sessions with nothing to show for it 

[Bluebasser86]

Cool! Your bass look a lot like a fish here called the white perch.

[JustJames]

16 hours ago, Darren. said:

 

Well...there's that...

 

It was more the fish that looked like a blast to catch.

They are Asian bass and can grow huge!

and it pretty good eating fish too. I wish I can fish in Florida, there are many kind of fish I like over there.

Clown night is my favorite. Caught a few of those myself. Never caught barramundi myself but ate a lot of those.

Also King Mackerel is fun to catch and good eating fish.

 

16 hours ago, dirvin21 said:

thought I'd post up some pics of some of my favorite fish species

Eastern freshwater cod (very closely related to the more famous murray cod)

Australian bass

Bream

The first fish is look so pretty and tasty.

[Darren.]

3 hours ago, JustJames said:

and it pretty good eating fish too. I wish I can fish in Florida, there are many kind of fish I like over there.

Clown night is my favorite. Caught a few of those myself. Never caught barramundi myself but ate a lot of those.

Also King Mackerel is fun to catch and good eating fish.

 

 

I'm not a big fish eater, though there are a few dishes I'll

eat. Will have to take your word for it  I did see several

recipes for barra on a web site about the fish...

 

King Mack! We caught a mess of those around 4 feet long

back in the early 90's. Awesome fun for sure.

[JustJames]

Have you had red snapper? It similar to that white soft and very mild taste. The best way to cook is steam the whole fish skin and head intact of course ?(Asian way) in soy source or lemon juice. 

[NYWayfarer]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Cool! Your bass look a lot like a fish here called the white perch.

 

Take that picture and photoshop in Rock Bass colors and you have an exact match of the Australian Bass.