https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:58:12 +0000 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:01:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=72530 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033257&title=elephant-fish#1033257 Author: RJ51
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Posted: 22 Nov 2011 at 11:01am

Great cheers for the info i will pass it onto him.]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:01:22 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033257&title=elephant-fish#1033257 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033116&title=elephant-fish#1033116 Author: flyfisher
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 10:22pm

They are a weekly catch for me in Wellington, I don't actually rate them, a bit 'rubbery' for my liking. They are a shark, so to stop the amonia build-up, you need to take off all fins and gut the fish as SOON as possible. They are a TOP SCRAPPER!!! Long searing runs on light gear. Watch the spine, very nasty, got one through a gumboot and into my ankle years ago. They reach impressive sizes, most here are 3-4kg lately, but Stormbringer got a 9kg the other day which is the largest I have heard off ever.

As Capt. said above, we're a very important commercial species and still are to a degree. They have no bones - just soft cartilage which can be a paid if the fillet knife goes astray!
]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:22:19 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033116&title=elephant-fish#1033116 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033110&title=elephant-fish#1033110 Author: Capt Asparagus
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 10:16pm

Yes, they are good to eat apparently, before commercial pressure (I have been told) had reduced their numbers markedly, they were a prime target for beach fishermen down Chch way. I guess they would be similar to lemon fish etc, as they are related to sharks.]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:16:46 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033110&title=elephant-fish#1033110 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033069&title=elephant-fish#1033069 Author: RJ51
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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 at 9:30pm

Hi just wanting to know if anyone on here has caught a elephant fish as my brother has caught one tonight down south island and just wanting to know if they are any good eating and do you just fillet them like any other fish? Any advice much appreciated thanks. ]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:30:44 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72530&PID=1033069&title=elephant-fish#1033069