whats this

[adam5016]

caught in cape st francis of the rocks in very strong water on tjokka

 

[adam5016]

and this i believe is a "pan galjoen/stinkvis"
also caught today by a friend

how is it rated as a eating fish.
this one was the biggest i've seen - 2.4kg

 

[aquadementia]

hey adam. first is a redfingers and the other is a massive stonebream. got a pic to show its true size?

 

[Olaf]

First pic is a two tone fingerfin Chrirodacthylus brachydatylus (Smith 215.3)

 

[adam5016]

aquadementia wrote:

hey adam. first is a redfingers and the other is a massive stonebream. got a pic to show its true size?

doesn't look so big in pic, fish a bit bent from flapping, but trust me it was. very fat.

 

[adam5016]

hows that water looking there in the background

 

[tk]

nice stone bream!! thats a decent specimen. They are abundant in that fast working foamy water.

 

[Riaandl]

Got the measurements for you guys, Lenth - 420mm Height - 180mm, gutted weight just over the 2kg

 

[Chuck Norris]

Riaandl wrote:

Got the measurements for you guys, Lenth - 420mm Height - 180mm, gutted weight just over the 2kg

taste - awful

 

[Inky Squid]

Is stonebream the same as a cape moony/stinkvis?

 

[nicos]

The trick with stonebream is to gut and bleed them immediately. They are mostly vegetarians, therefor the smell from their guts.

 

[aquadementia]

yoh what a sizer! congrats Riaan and welcome to Sealine
thanks Adam

 

[adam5016]

its stomach contents contained about half a kilo of seaweed and one lonely crab leg