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26-10-2004 10:17 AM #1Ausfish Bronze Member
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Stonefish - ODD!
Saw something that I thought was strange yesterday morning when driftfishing off the bottom end of Bribie. A stonefish came drifting by, paddling along on the surface in about 30 foot of water. Only a little guy about 6 - 7" long but I thought this was odd for a bottom dweller like a stonefish.
The part that was even more odd was that about an hour or so later we saw another one in the channel over near Gilligans!
Anyone seen or heard of this before? I know that stonefish do inhabit the Bribie passage but seeing 2 in one day kind of make you think a bit.
Cheers, Davo.
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26-10-2004 11:05 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
might have been a stargazer coming up for a better look!
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26-10-2004 12:58 PM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
Nope - definitely stonefish. Strange to see out in open water like that. Maybe the rain last week sturred things up a bit?
Davo.
26-10-2004 01:35 PM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
May have been injured or sick. Quite often sick or injured fish will lose their mobility and consquent ability to control their buoyancy. Pity any bird that has a go at that one if that's the case.
27-10-2004 06:22 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
A few years ago the wife of a guy I work with stood on one in the bribie passage. Doctor almost amputated her foot a week later. She was very lucky, made a full recovery.
Of course she told the usual stories of unimaginable pain - and that's from someone who had been through child birth
27-10-2004 06:59 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
I used to jump overboard and have a swim up there occasionally during summer. [smiley=stunned.gif]
Think I might stop doing that now I have read this.
27-10-2004 09:31 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
Perhaps it was a Pumice Stonefish
Don't know what i am talking about? Go and ask the Wife or Mum.
27-10-2004 12:31 PM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
Originally Posted by ba229
Perhaps it was a Pumice Stonefish
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27-10-2004 09:10 PM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
lmao
atleast one person got it
Surely some of you guys have used the pumice stones in the bath after a hard days fishing
Some bubbles and a beer and a nice rub of the feet. Don't tell me you haven't cause we all know the truth
p.s. i never have, but all this talk has got me interested
28-10-2004 02:44 AM
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28-10-2004 05:16 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
Nah! The deckie says it frays her flaps.......better than us both getting electrocuted, I suppose ;-)lmao
atleast one person got it #
Surely some of you guys have used the pumice stones in the bath after a hard days fishing #
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28-10-2004 06:02 AM
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Re: Stonefish - ODD!
You are all class Kev .
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