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When your talking to your mates about your catch.. Nagg
when it melts in your mouth and is juicy without being soppy, its a snapper.
When your talking to your mates about your catch
u call other peoples fish squire and call your own snapper. i think thats the way it works.
but seriously, i belieive there are 2 sub species here on the east coast. one can get very large before it develops any bump and also has a slightly smaller eye. the other will develop a large and somtimes even deformed looking bump at a much smaller size. this one also has larger eye.
N C T, A very interesting call.
Not being a big time offshore fisherman I dont have the experience to comment. Photos of catches seem to back up what you say. Big prominant hump on fish barely 4 or 5 kilos, other times a smallish hump on 10 kilo fish....
I think there may also be a similar geographic sub population of Dusky flathead.
I think it would help the Icthyol, Ickyolog, Fish geeks if we would all start taking a more or less standardised photo. These days with Digi - who cares - it doesn't cost $, you can still take your big smile & big fish shots, but we have the opportunity to actually document them, almost as good as genotyping samples & otoliths but heapso cheaper.
Eg: Single Full fish, lying flat on brag mat, or similar easily read measurer.
I propose all snapper over 7 kilos be photographed on my plate immediately before my consumption.
If it hasn't got a knob then it's a squire in my opinion.
when its born acording to the authorities
They are all snapper to me!!!! Because I can't spell the other name
Noel
It seems to me that we are talking about a acontext sensitive noun, depending on the situation and who you are speaking to what word you use.
I caught a nice little snapper
You caught a runt squire.:huh:
the one that got away.
to self.... stinkin' little rat
catchin anything?......just lost a nice little squire.
to the missus......nearly landed a good sized squire.....mongrel busted me off.
down the pub.....got busted off by a decent snapper this morning
After several more.....It was huge red knobby
What ever you call it...... if its legal it's welcome in my esky... if itys too big for the esky, i'll throw it back.
now can anybody tell me where they are on the bite and who is doing a good price of BIG eskies
cheers
the knob on the Head has absolutely nothing to do with sub species, age or the size of it's eyes, they are all Snapper, they are born that way and do not change species with age, end of story ,except in QLD for some reason you guys have Squire, might be something to do with being unable to except science or something!
if it over 35cm its a keeper and a snapper.
There is only 1 species!!!! They are all snapper...derrr
Guys
A snapper is a Snapper no matter what its size. Fisheries do not recognise a fish called Squire.
So dont get caught saying tht the undersize snapper is a Squire as you will definiately get a on the spot fine.
Ken
Yes they do.Originally Posted by Rodman
Fisheries do not recognise a fish called Squire.
Ken
It's a juvenile member of the Pagrus auratus family
http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2532.html
Last edited by finga; 22-12-2007 at 05:08 PM.
I intend on living for-ever....so far so good
Only when you eat one and wash it down with a glass of Schapps
Luc
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