Groot oog

[tALJAARD]

Hoe groot raak 'n big eye?
Hoeveel kan mens hou, hoe proe hy?

Het naweek heel wat gevang net een groter, omtrent 30cm.

 

[jb2]

Hi Taljaard

Grootoog / Fransmadam are supposed to reach 40cm (Two Oceans).

They are ok to eat

 

[deisel]

or are you reffering to a big eye kingie,

please fill in your location

 

[tALJAARD]

[color="#006600"]deisel[/color], I'm not sure. I also call it a "Karel Groot Oog". Not sure were that name came from, maybe in a dream.

 

[deisel]

but it came out the cape?

 

[tALJAARD]

Ja, I also caught some over the holidays @ East London. Will try and get a pic next time.

 

[TimJan]

"Karel Groot Oog" is what we used to catch in Buffelsbaai and it was an amazing bait for cob and stokfis. But this is about 20 years back. And I dont know if it is the same fish maybe next time post a pic

 

[tALJAARD]

Thanks TimJan for confirming that there is a fish called "Karel Groot Oog", they normally laugh at me when I call it a Karel.

 

[deisel]

ja then its not the gig eye im thinking of

 

[TimJan]

 

This is the Pic I found on the web.

it is also called a Fransmadam and they have no size limit but a bag limit of 10 per day.

They used to be a bit darker from what I can remember

 

[tALJAARD]

I'm sure its the same, the line is the same.
The ones in cape town normally have allot of shark and speargun scars on it, poor fish.

 

[tALJAARD]

Found the following on the net.

Any of about 18 species of marine fishes comprising the family Priacanthidae (order Perciformes). Some members of the family are also known as catalufas. Most bigeyes are bright red in colour, but many species can change from a pale hue to a deep, mottled shade. Most have large round eyes. Representatives of the family are found in tropical and subtropical marine environments in all of the major oceans. Most species are carnivorous and nocturnal. In the Atlantic the common bigeye (Priacanthus arenatus) attains a length of about 41 cm (16 inches). The glasseye snapper (P. cruentatus), also called the catalufa, about 30 cm long, is found in both the Atlantic and Pacific. The popeye catalufa (Pristigenys serrula) is a Pacific ocean species.

They don't have any pics, not sure it's the same.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/65049/bigeye

Under bait: http://www.acfishing.com/fishid/list.html

 

[tALJAARD]

http://www.animalpuzzles.co.uk/epages/Store.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/TestShop/Products/F301

 

[Reefman]

Taljaard... search Sealine first boet... it's got most of the answers...

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=12371&forum_id=1

 

[TRDwp]

Looks like a Jacapeeva to me!