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    Are they the ones with the fin spike that stings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by trout1105 View Post
    I don't think so, The ones we caught were Blue Catfish/Forktail catfish which are a marine or estuarine species.
    And the ones you usually catch in the freshwater are normally eel tailed catfish or jewfish as they were called when I was a kid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Are they the ones with the fin spike that stings?
    Even a small 50cm fish has spikes that are just as big as a stingray sting and they are very similar with the barbed edges and all, They have a spike on the dorsal fin and also one each side on their pectoral fins So three nasty spikes in all.
    I have been inadvertently stung by one of these and the pain is exquisite and quite long lasting, Hot water is the best method to alleviate the pain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bearman View Post
    And the ones you usually catch in the freshwater are normally eel tailed catfish or jewfish as they were called when I was a kid.
    Gday Brian,

    Smart marketing see's the so called freshwater catfish sold as Silver tailed Cobbler. The fish that come out of lake Argyle are sold as this , but they are as you say eel tailed catfish.

    Funnily enough , catfish are similar to Baramundi , they are able to live in both fresh and salt water , they generally swim up fresh water streams or inlets from the salt water to clean their gills, but are able to stay in either type of water without any issue's.

    Its very hard to stop a catfish spike from bleeding as they have a type of poison that stops blood from clotting. In my commercial fishing days I seen people pass out from catfish spikes.

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    Yes, thanks, I used to catch them as a kid, so I know what you mean about the sting. Not fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    Gday Brian,

    Smart marketing see's the so called freshwater catfish sold as Silver tailed Cobbler. The fish that come out of lake Argyle are sold as this , but they are as you say eel tailed catfish.

    Funnily enough , catfish are similar to Baramundi , they are able to live in both fresh and salt water , they generally swim up fresh water streams or inlets from the salt water to clean their gills, but are able to stay in either type of water without any issue's.

    Its very hard to stop a catfish spike from bleeding as they have a type of poison that stops blood from clotting. In my commercial fishing days I seen people pass out from catfish spikes.

    Cheers Ean
    Very true, years ago I was in hospital after standing on a stonefish and there was a bloke next to me in the ward who had a catfish barb broken off in his hand. I was in a lot of pain myself but I reckon he was worse. I caught a big fork tailed cattie in the Flinders river north of the curry back in the 70's and was going to knock a couple of fillets off him. Had a huge gut so I thought I would have a look at what he had been eating. Turned out he was full of water rats and it didn't smell too good so I passed up on filleting him!
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