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xxxxhornet
20-05-2004, 11:18 AM
G'day all,

my mate recently picked this fish up in the water just north of Bribie on the sunshine coast. I think its a potato cod.

bazzaman
20-05-2004, 11:40 AM
looks to me like a maori cod!!! great fish how long did u play it for???

Smithy
20-05-2004, 11:51 AM
Looks to me like the good old garden variety "Gold Spot Estuary Cod".

mackmauler
20-05-2004, 11:53 AM
chocolate hostage variety, non scientific name ;D

loozitt
20-05-2004, 12:08 PM
It's not a maori cod, I believe they only grow to about 550mm long - about 5kg

SeaHunt
20-05-2004, 12:08 PM
Its a lump of a fish , and just lip hooked by the look of it.
If thats land in the background, it's more than "just north of Bribie".

Reefmaster
20-05-2004, 01:23 PM
yeah as smithy said its a gold spot. Mate thats looks a little larger then the maxium size length that your aloud to keep them at and by where that gaff is i guess it didnt go back to water were they belong :(
Cheers Greg

Daintreeboy
20-05-2004, 01:47 PM
Yep, Goldspot Estuary cod alright, a nice one at that. Greg I'd say this one looks just shy of 120 cm and I'd also have to say that I'd keep it if it was within limits. Contrary to what some folks say, they still taste excellent at this size and considering not many are caught and kept (certainly not targeted) I wouldn't have an issue with taking one fish for the amount of food you get from it 8)
Cheers, Mark.

Local_Guy
20-05-2004, 01:53 PM
yeah.i'd say gold spot cod/estuary cod also.
cod have a very strong flavour. i don't really like them all that much. any bigger than 6lb and throw them back... too fatty otherwise.

Reefmaster
20-05-2004, 02:03 PM
Daintreeboy correct me if im wrong but all cod have a maxium length of 100cm and this fish looks alittle larger then that
cheers Greg

craigie
20-05-2004, 02:27 PM
Just had a dig around 'Grant's Guide to Fishes', If that particular fish is a Gold Spot Estuary Cod (Epinephelus Tauvina), it carries a Max size of 120 cm.

Hard to tell from the pic if the fish is 'oversize' or not, would be very close to it ??

Cloud_9
20-05-2004, 02:28 PM
gaday reefmaster.
estuary cod 120cm max bag limit of 10.
potato cod 120 cm max bag limit 1

Cheers Cloud 9

craigie
20-05-2004, 02:38 PM
Sorry Jamie,

Potato Cod is now a 'No Take' species :o :o

Cheers
Craigie.

Reefmaster
20-05-2004, 03:03 PM
yeh sorry Daintree 120cm on estuary cod but 100cm on all other cod
Cheers Greg

macca
20-05-2004, 04:37 PM
What a shame

Would it have been better to put in back and see a glorious old fish like that swim away.

Recently a work colleague caught and killed a 25 kg freshwater cod, he was bragging about that one too.

Catch and release for me


Macca

jackyll
20-05-2004, 04:54 PM
Reefmaster,
Max is 120cm by my books and I agree that this one would be too large for the dinner table. These huge cod are a masculine statement ie ( mines bigger than yours ) and aren't all that hard to catch in North Quensland, in fact they are quite prevalent in the Whitsunday waters if you need to target them. Anything bigger than about 20lb isn't worth putting on the dinner table. :) ;) :P

Daintreeboy
20-05-2004, 05:24 PM
I wouldn't go above 50 lb myself. Having another look at that photo I'd say it was way bigger than that.

xxxxhornet
21-05-2004, 01:37 AM
Good Work SeaHunt - you picked it.

Remember what I wrote.....

"my mate recently picked this fish up in the water just north of Bribie "

Thats exactly what happened - they were fishing up around Murphys reef somewhere and found it 90% dead floating on top of the water with a massive hook and swivel in it. They just grabbed it for a bit of a 'glory shot' - as you can see they put a small hook in its mouth which was what was attached to their fishing rod at the time. Good to see you are observant SeaHunt!!

They tried to revive it before pulling it in for the shots but to no avail - dont think they ate it though - I dont really know what they did with it. A waste though.

cheers
.
Andrew

SeaSaw
21-05-2004, 05:53 PM
I caught a cod about that size on Murphies around 4 weeks ago, but it had more condition on it. I released it unharmed and it seemed to swim away OK. Your story made me start to wonder if it could be the same fish and it was in fact not as well as I thought. :'( Could a big cod like that could survive floating around for 4 weeks? Or could it have been slightly injured and floated back to the surface latter on? Maybe it is a different fish as there were no hooks in the one I released. Then again, might be the same fish caught by someone else and released again. So many possibilities, I think I think too much ;)

I will be getting the pictures I took developed on the weekend and will post them next week. It will be interesting to compare.

Mark

Local_Guy
21-05-2004, 06:56 PM
you know, it might have been your fish seasaw. that fish looks very ordinary in size. there's no meat on the thing. the are usually alot stockier than that. it's way thin. i've pulled up 20+ lb cod and they look heavier than that fish in that photo.

SeaHunt
22-05-2004, 05:35 AM
Sick fish don't last long.
It would only take a few hours at the most for a Noah to find that thing kicking around out there.

dasher
23-05-2004, 06:22 AM
Just to clarify regs guys.

All cod 38 min

Exceptions:

greasy rockcod 38 min 100 max
flowery cod 50 min 100 max
camouflage rockcod 50 min 100 max
moari cod 45 min

potato cod are no take.