07-03-2006, 06:10 PM
Dusky morwong (also known as butterfish, strongfish) look different as they get bigger - the smaller ones have more colour and yellowish spots (like the one in the picture) compared to the bigger ones, which are mostly a bluish grey colour.
Red morwong are not a type of sea carp - I think from memory there are 3 types of sea carp in australia and they are all poor eating. There are quite a few types of morwong you can spear in victoria - magpie perch and banded morwong are the two most common where I go. The mouth of the morwongs and seacarps do look similar however, I think it's because they have a similar diet.
What I was getting at in my above post is that if you can't identify a fish you shouldn't spear it - likewise you shouldn't spear a fish which you know is not good to eat, and which you will just throw back dead. Spearing fish for the sake of it is poor form, and will only give the sport a worse reputation than it has already.
Red morwong are not a type of sea carp - I think from memory there are 3 types of sea carp in australia and they are all poor eating. There are quite a few types of morwong you can spear in victoria - magpie perch and banded morwong are the two most common where I go. The mouth of the morwongs and seacarps do look similar however, I think it's because they have a similar diet.
What I was getting at in my above post is that if you can't identify a fish you shouldn't spear it - likewise you shouldn't spear a fish which you know is not good to eat, and which you will just throw back dead. Spearing fish for the sake of it is poor form, and will only give the sport a worse reputation than it has already.