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Caught in the Hacking today. I have been fishing for 65 years and not seen this before and I have read page by page of my "Grants fishes of Australia" can't find it.

The tail flukes are razor sharp, cut palm. Anyone know what it is?

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Glad I kept it, just in case. You are all spot on.It is a surgeon ( I made the mistake of tailing it). Googled this up http://www.spooled.com.au/Article:405

Better than a kingie of equal length for the rod bend :shock:

Filleted and enough flesh for 3 meals for two of us. Pure white flesh. Smiling, don't know if I will ever get another given it was caught on a blade and only as a result of pestering the fish to the point of telling this annoying thing to F off :D
 
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