luke_westlakes 4 Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Here's brooksey biggest fiddler... lol nah this is the smallest fiddler i have ever seen! http://www.fishyorkepeninsula.com/images/attachments/C3Z35CA7__DSC02702.JPG[/img] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benny 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 My first fiddler I caught was kept as I heard they are good to eat, was pregnant unknown to me :-[ and when I was cleaning her out came several pups about 15cms long, they thankfully swam off when I put them in the water. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luke_westlakes 4 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 good job on releasing the pups! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
szkolka 0 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 this one was my smallest. wasnt a great eat though!! dont advise keeping them... still counts as a fidler if its a shovel nose dont it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benny 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Aint a fiddler mate its a shovel nosed shark, good eating apparently Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luke_westlakes 4 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 nah mate that dont count cos thats about how big they grow!!! brooksey's managed to jag a few going for flaties off the beach and we jagged on last time but it busted us.... our lines were tangeled and we jagged it and where fighting it with two rods... lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brooksey_134 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 thats not a shovel nose shark mate iv swam wiv em on the great barrier reaf and they are two very different things... that is a ray tho probably a skate of sum sort.. i wil look it up iv got it in my fish id book i know they only get bout 80cm max from nose to tail tho, there closest cousin around here is melbourne skates (like the one in my banner) they both have a hard bone type noses and similar tails stil close enough to a fidler for me tho ;D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benny 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Ok mate I stand corrected, at least we all agree it aint a fiddler but close to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 480 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 My first fiddler I caught was kept as I heard they are good to eat, was pregnant unknown to me :-[ and when I was cleaning her out came several pups about 15cms long, they thankfully swam off when I put them in the water.LOL Benny,they definately dont come any smaller than unborn ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
szkolka 0 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 are u sure they only grow to the 80cm mark... my uncle lives in queensland and he caught a 6footer a week before we came up... may be a different sort like u were saying brooksey.. still sure there a shovel nose though? ive seen them over a meter at woolbay... either i was really drunk or it was over a meter.. a guy pulled 3 from the shallows by spot casting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Butters Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Caught this little guy out chasing Yellowfin Whiting.. Took a 100mt run before i could turn its head.. finally landed it 15mins later.. Honest :angel:or i might have seen it and picked it up with my hands.. http://www.fishyorkepeninsula.com/images/attachments/HnivQZw2__P2020426.JPG[/img] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brooksey_134 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 haha good one butters :icon_lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benny 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 HAHA fiddlers are funny, they are so lazy, I have picked up quite a few, and when ya chuck em back they just sit there haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brooksey_134 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 yea that one szkolks is holding up iv caught heeps ov em wiv my hands! theyre so stupid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luke_westlakes 4 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 jeeze butters that one looks like its just born! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brooksey_134 1 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 yep i sused it too waterboy it is a shovel nose RAY but my book says 80cm but who cares ;D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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