BLACKFISH, ROCK

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BLACKFISH, ROCK

Scientific Name: 
Girella elevata
Salt/Fresh: 
Salt
Also Known As: 
Rock Blackfish; Black Drummer; Pig; BLACKFISH, ROCK
Rating: 
Countries: 
Australia
Description: 
Black Drummer or Rock Blackfish are a tough fighting fish found around surf washed rocky headlands
How To Identify: 
Rock Blackfish are quite a plain dusky black. They have a small head and mouth with a stocky, solid body and a powerful tail. Can grow to about 9kgs but that is rare and usual catches are in the 0.5 to 3 kgs
How To Catch: 
Fish from surf washed rocks with cunji, small crabs, or prawns. They are a hard fighter and once hooked will immediately try to head back to the rock hole they came from, fighting dirty is their main tactic.
Where Found: 
Found along the coastline of Queensland and New South Wales. Lives around rocky headlands that has surf washing over rock cover.

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