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    Catfish

    Today I caught a Catfish.
    A very common species to catch So what is so unusual about my catch?
    I caught this at Port Gregory which is a few miles North of Geraldton WA, I have NEVER seen or even heard of these being caught in this area and I have fished theses waters both professionally and as an amateur for nearly 50 years .
    I kept the fish, Is it worth taking into Fisheries as it is a most unusual catch in this area?
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    I know that the fork-tailed catfish are very commonly caught in FNQ. Particularly in mudflats and around old wharves etc.
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    I associate these with the Pilbara and the far North of WA in the warmer waters of the State and they can be a real PITA.
    I have mostly caught them in tidal areas and rivers/creeks, This one was caught in clear water between a reef and a beach.
    I have caught these as far south as Onslow and have heard of them being caught in the Exmouth Gulf But No further South than that.
    As most of the fisherfolk down here have never seen or handled any of these there is a real chance of people being hurt as those spines are very big and very painful if the fish is handled wrongly.
    I have the fish on ice and will take it into the fisheries office here in Geraldton on Monday, It will be interesting to hear what they have to say about it.
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    Dumb question, but what is the state of the Leeuwin Current at the moment, and what are the sea/sub surface temperatures doing? Might be tied into that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cripesamighty View Post
    Dumb question, but what is the state of the Leeuwin Current at the moment, and what are the sea/sub surface temperatures doing? Might be tied into that.
    There are various northern species pushed down by the Leeuwin current found down here Red Emperors Mangrove Jacks and Mud Crabs Can be found But the Catfish is a Brand New one here as far as I know.
    There are only two permanent estuaries between here and Exmouth and that is the Gascoyne and the Murchison that these fish can habitat, It would be interesting to know if these have the catfish in them now.
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    I used to catch catfish of the Derby jetty as a youngster. The locals used to paint up the underneath of the big head bone? to look like a crucifix and flog them to the tourists...

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    I think it's a good idea that you inform fisheries. There's growing evidence of both fauna and flora species moving south due to the warming. I'm sure they'll be interested.
    Let us know what they have to say.
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    I rang the fisheries office here in Geraldton and the only person I could speak to was the receptionist and she was pretty "Clueless" and there wasn't a fisheries officer available for me to speak to
    I have just come back from another trip to the area and I caught a few more and my nephew caught about twenty of the blasted things So they are well entrenched in the area at the moment sadly.
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    As kids we used to catch Catfish and Redfin in the Murray River, before the infestation of the European Carp in the late 1960's to early 1970's.
    Back in those days they were both very plentiful. I assume the ones you are catching are a saltwater species, are they the same species that
    we caught in fresh water?


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    Quote Originally Posted by mick88 View Post
    As kids we used to catch Catfish and Redfin in the Murray River, before the infestation of the European Carp in the late 1960's to early 1970's.
    Back in those days they were both very plentiful. I assume the ones you are catching are a saltwater species, are they the same species that
    we caught in fresh water?


    Cheers, Mick.
    I don't think so, The ones we caught were Blue Catfish/Forktail catfish which are a marine or estuarine species.
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