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Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
9 Oct 2018 5:42pm
hi I live on freshwater and wondering if anybody can identify this fish? Is it a Bass?




Rupert
Rupert
TAS
2967 posts
TAS, 2967 posts
9 Oct 2018 6:53pm
Not exactly sure where you are but it looks like a feral Tilapia to me, an introduced pest.
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
9 Oct 2018 5:59pm
On the Gold Coast mate I've lived on this water for 17 years and never seen a fish like this one
myusernam
myusernam
QLD
6158 posts
QLD, 6158 posts
9 Oct 2018 6:36pm
tilapia. noxious fish. cane toad of the waterways
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
9 Oct 2018 6:42pm
Thanks for the replies I got excited and was almost heading for my rode
Vince68
Vince68
WA
675 posts
WA, 675 posts
9 Oct 2018 5:11pm
Ya better keep an eye on it, it looks like a scaley bastard
myusernam
myusernam
QLD
6158 posts
QLD, 6158 posts
9 Oct 2018 7:48pm
you can catch it. by qld law u are meant to destroy (bury above the high water mark). but they do eat well and feature at gourmet restaurants overseas. Lot s of people eat them. The law is there to stop people liking them and introducing them where they currently aren't so they can catch them. At the end of the day removing it from the system anyway you can is a good thing
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
9 Oct 2018 7:55pm
myusernam said..
you can catch it. by qld law u are meant to destroy (bury above the high water mark). but they do eat well and feature at gourmet restaurants overseas. Lot s of people eat them. The law is there to stop people liking them and introducing them where they currently aren't so they can catch them. At the end of the day removing it from the system anyway you can is a good thing


Yes I googled them and your all correct pest and will destroy if I catch one.
Tonz
Tonz
524 posts
524 posts
9 Oct 2018 6:39pm
hi I live on freshwater and wondering if anybody can identify this fish?

its Georgie, what the F is he doing up there......
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