Strange Fish
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Topic: Strange Fish
Posted By: Storm Rider
Subject: Strange Fish
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 11:57am
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Over Xmas i was staying at our holiday place at bland bay, and got out fishing quite a few times. The fishing was good, with alot of 4kg snapper being caught on a regular basis.. On one trip we fished on the reef off Home point, and caught a range of fish...Any help with identifying some of the pink ones??
Never caught either of them before...but they both tasted ok..
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Posted By: Tzer
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 12:03pm
| The 2 in the middle are Pink MaoMao and the other is a Pigfish |
Posted By: darrenlau
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 12:51pm
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taste nice or Yak...?Pink MaoMao and Pigfish |
Posted By: SeaI
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 12:53pm
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maumau are exceptional eating ------------- Kei uta ngā ika |
Posted By: Dirty Oar
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 3:45pm
both look dodgey as to me  |
Posted By: Badfish
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 3:50pm
You didn't eat them did you they're poisonous 
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Posted By: Barbary B
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 3:57pm
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Oui totally Poisson-ous - merde!
------------- "Look ahead, look astern, look to weather, look to lea Look down along the coast of High Barbary..." |
Posted By: Storm Rider
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 5:14pm
| Ohwell :) haha |
Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 6:41pm
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Yep Pink maomao and if everyone else says it is then I guess its Pigfish ------------- Skirt Pulla |
Posted By: Men In Black
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 6:45pm
Don't listen to them these's only one thing that swims in our waters that's poisonous.... and I've told the wife never to go swimming again ------------- www.synit.co.nz |
Posted By: MJ
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 7:06pm
| 3 Pink Maomao, 1 Pigfish. None of them are poisonous. |
Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 7:24pm
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Odd to catch 2 tattooed pinkies-they're the guys with the black splotches. The theory is that they are full mature males and I'd guess they occur at a ratio of 1:50 or less of the population. So perhaps they are taking the bait/lure out of aggression, given that you've managed two out of three? Either way, on eating a pinky, you'll find yourself strangely attracted to other blokes. It'll pass.....maybe. If not, there are some fine ' all male revues' on K road. ------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 7:30pm
| I've heard the rumours about eating the pink mau mau too! does funny things to the blokeist of blokes |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 8:28pm
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Men In Black wrote:Posted By: Men In Black
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 8:32pm
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Rocko, Dam straight she doesn't know... otherwise I'd be typing this with my nose
She's not a bad girl..... hell I wish she was  ------------- www.synit.co.nz |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 8:51pm
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we must have twins if mine new i said that id be typing brail lol
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Posted By: Badfish
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 9:04pm
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Interesting Long John, I didn't notice the tatooed ones till you mentioned it.
I was reading a while ago in fishing news or somewhere that they wanted some down at te papa or something to find out more about them. In the hundreds I've been plagued with at times I think I've only caught one. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 9:43pm
| The tatooed Pinkies are quite common in that area especially down at Danger rock. When I was helping Craig Worthington catch fish for Kelly Tarltons years ago we used to catch quite a few of them there. We never caugh the tatooed ones out at the Poor Knights when you were allowed to fish there before the eco nazis shut the place down. |
Posted By: Uffy
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2008 at 2:45pm
| Rusky (Fishnet member) was enquiring about these Pinkys with blotches on them not long ago. He was after information for his university study. He could shed some light on their distribution and behavior. |
Posted By: one leg
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2008 at 8:23pm
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Pinkies are a dam fine eating fish and make v/good snapper bait too.nice size those fish too. ------------- woman who say they are equal to men ,show lack of Ambition . |
Posted By: Storm Rider
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2008 at 11:33am
| We caught probably another 7-8 of those pink ones with the Black marks on them, some bigger than those, but as we werent to sure about them, we only kept those two.. |