What fish is this?

[Nugget]

Any guesses?
Caught today in Brisbane and weighed about 3kg.
It was landed and I'll post a photo of it - until then a bit of fun guessing.

Dave ><>

[Az]

:-? I agree.. what fish? :-/

[Big_unit]

What can we win if we GUESS correctly ??? ;D ;D ;D

Estuary Perch

Cheers
James

PS - Nugget check your pm's mate.

[Craigus]

No idea,

Are there any other pics of it?

[blaze]

sun fish

[Az]

looks like some sort've freshwater species to me grunter/perch ..

god I have no idea ;D

[dfox]

Well its not a red? looks like a yellowbelly? but its in brisbane...foxy

[Az]

i thought yellowbelly too, i hear some make it down from the fresh

[peterreb]

Bass
Cheers Peter

[agnes_jack]

Yeah, I'd go with bass, big sucker too at 3kg.

Regards, Tony

[Nugget]

Not a bass, not a yellowbelly.

Dave ><>

[tunaman]

I will have a guess. golden perch.






signed tunaman

[seatime]

Carp!.........no, wait.............


nope ........I don't know.

[swano]

looks like the scale pattern of a sooty or a silver perch :-/

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

Murray Cod. :-/

[jim_farrell]

Just tried looking at pic with my polaroids, no luck. :-/

[Lifestyle]

Looks like it might have orange coloured tail or fins .
1st guess talapia
2nd guess carp but i didn't think they lived in qld.
3rd guess large gold fish ( nuggert you arn't fishing at the local RSL water feature pond are you. )

[bowds13]

a giant bream ;D mmmm not to sure really its a hard one.

cheers bowds

[BlitzBaga]

I agree with swano, it has the scale pattern of a silver perch, are the orange looking fins just shadow, if so I would have to say silver perch.

Cheers
Murray

[TinarooTriumph]

Looks like a Coal Grunter, but Brisbane is much too far South for them.

My guess...it's a Bullrout.

TT 8-)

[HarryO]

Piscatorus Obscurus...... I've caught heaps of those. :) ;)

[akman1]

I'm of the silver pearch brigade,just due to the small tight scales,
anyones guess

[Nugget]

Ok - here are the facts.
The fish was caught in the lake at the Roma Street Parklands - Brisbane city centre.
I was asked to 'test fish' there - research for a possible future kid's fishing comp.
The silver perch (which this is a picture of) were massive but nowhere near as big or hard fighting as the mullet - they were monstrous.


Bit of fun and keep an eye out for the kids comp which should be announced in the next month or so.

Dave ><>

[Feral]

Fat mongrel

[F1SH_BOY]

hey it looks like a luderick

[Scott15]

Barcoo Grunter/

[chrisfish]

dunno - a sea snake with a fish in it?

[chrisfish]

errr, or one of those fish. Yeah, that must be it

[Blackened]

G'day
Caught in the roma street parklands??? Damn thats good going. Wonder what else is in there?
Dave

[Jeremy87]

Hey are the parklands open to big kids for fishing?

[Nugget]

Check out the sign that was placed at either side of the area fished.
That sort of makes me a fishing test pilot...!


Dave ><>

[BlitzBaga]

Good silver perch other names they have been called are Grunter, Murray perch, black bream (not the salt water variety), silver bream (also not the salt water variety) and bidyan which is a part of the scientific name. I still think these fish will pull a bass backwards (size for size).

I thought the orange fins were a shadow in your photo.

Cheers
Murray

[Scalem]

Just as well that sign is up Dave,

You might have to leave it there, but if it ever becomes official you can fish it, I'll do you a deal.. Exclusive rights on central city tackle shop selling telescopic rods for the lunch hour fisho, and you can be the fishing guide! :o

Scalem

[sushi_fish01]

Any pics of the mullet?
or r they 2 big to land ;D

[Hornblower]

I'll go with Silver Perch. :-/ :-/

[Hornblower]

Sorry for the late post, I wrote it out and had to leave with the missus and got home and hit the post button, but the gate was already closed.
:-/ :-/

[Dignity]

Churchill Bream - oops already been identified