Any help with a fish ID, just off Macleay Island

[Seppo BNE]

Hi!,
Caught this one just off the northern end of Macleay Island this afternoon, can't work out what it was !.
Let him go after unhooking and a quick pic.
It was weird, puffed up a bit and looked like it had goosebumps on its back/belly.

[Callop]

sea toad. mongrels

[Seppo BNE]

Thankyou for the quick reply!
Had a look at some pics online - yeah that was it.
Didn't realise they grew so large. It certainly did have a mean set of teeth with extra slime.

[rodneyk]

Dont tell me there back there were heaps everywhere last year

[copie]

Yeah sea toad watch them they can bite a finger off in an instant, cut hooks clean in half handle with care.

Mark

[losferfish]

I caught a bream out in the bay and one of these were just biting chunks off it like no tomorrow.

[groverwa]

AKA BOLT CUTTERS in the west