Thread: What are these

I think someone has thrown in a red herring, I say salmon (Arripis)

they are Australian salmon, I would also think they are from the sub species that migrate down the eastern seaboard and not the west coast of aus. The difference can only be distinshished by killing the fish and counting the gill rakers. I run the state ANSA tagging for a couple of years and worked with a guy doing his theis on flathead. very interesting when you get involved at that level. Have tagged and cought salmon 12 months later within 10km of the original tag location.
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blaze

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Adam.
Definately juvenile Australian Salmon.
They do look similar to a Herring,be careful.In WA there is no size limit for a Herring,there is for the Salmon.Its the fishos responsability to know the difference.
A BAD DAYS FISHING IS BETTER THAN A GOOD DAY AT WORK
Andrew

Yer over here I think salmon have a 30cm limit but I didn't keep any due to the fact I didn't know there correct breed

Adam