Matto Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 i spent about an hour fishing in a lake around the corner from me ,i caught 2 of these guys and i also learn't that you shouldn't put your fingers in their mouth to hold them like you do with gurnard they can bite :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Huh cool. Did you kill them? I remember reading about it somewhere. Lol catch them like hillbilly hand fishing. That shows insane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 also seen dead and ready for filletting at Seamart... I'm guessing they'd taste ok smoked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted December 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 yea i killed them :lol: :thup: they are slippery and have some nasty spines on their sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 show me a fish that isn't slippery :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted December 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 haha! these are not slippery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 no! i let them go :thup: they are slippery and have some nasty spines on their sides Good job, you just admitted to commiting an offense punishable by, if I'm reading it right, up to $100,000 fine or 5 years in prison. :slfg: http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/fish/facts/catfish/ What to do when you catch catfish All catfish must be killed on capture and not returned to the water alive. http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/fish/docs-work/ Unwanted Organisms (Biosecurity Act 1993) It is illegal to release, spread, sell or breed unwanted organisms. There is a $100,000 fine or five years imprisonment for people caught doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazonic Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cover story if D.O.C comes knocking he was mearly holding them ready to kill when he got spiked and the slipery catfish escaped :an!gry :slfg: 5 years or $100,000 for not killing a fish! But they do damage the local freshwater ecosystem! :dead%fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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