what fish is this

[mick]

what fish is this

do they have a legal size limit?

are they any good for live bait?

[Luke]

Hey Mick,
look like butter bream to me. Don't know if there is a legal size though.
cheers Luke

[webby]

As Luke said they are Butterbream, grow to around 8inch
some people eat the bigger ones, dont think there is a legal
size. can be a bloody nuisance when fishing for other fish
i have never hear of them being used for bait , live or dead
wouldnt get much of a fillet of them nearly all bone.
good fun for the kids to catch
regards

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

as live bait goes nothing surprises me since I saw an 18kg cobia caught on a live silver bream (a meal with its own toothpicks) in the rainbow channel a few years back. I think a predator will hit anything that isn't noxious but given a choice ...
chris

[mick]

they school up in the thousand under a local pontoon. with a bit of bread you can get them into a feeding frenzy. will try them out as livies as soon as i find out for sure there is no legal limit.

mick

[Lucky_Phill]

Absolutely NO legal size or limit.

I have never caught a bigger fish using these as livies.

They are simply a nusiance in the food chain.

[Jack_Lives_Here]

I had a big yellowtail kingy swim up the berley trail and grab one at the Tangalooma wrecks early one morning. Had it in his mouth for all of about 1/2 second. Spat it real quick and shook it's head like it had just got a mouthful of somethin real nasty.

Nuisance value 10 from 10.

[mick]

well thats a pity. i will stick to the herring by the sounds of that. plenty of them around too