Is this a Silver Perch?

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Hi, Just wondering if you can give me a positive I.D. on this fish?
I have been told it could be a Silver Perch and another person reckons it is a Leathery Grunter

Cheers
Pilly

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pretty sure its not a silver but could be wrong if its from darker waters ive only caught smaller ones

Steve

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My call is a silver

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Yeah, I'm calling it a Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)

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Heres a photo of a small silver perch a mate caught if its any help at all. I reckon after looking at this id say it is a silver

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Thanks Guys,

It did come from a paperbark lined creek that had a tanin stain to the water.

Cheers
Adrian

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G'Day Pilly,If its in the catchment where you live ie the greater Fitzroy, Leathery Grunter are native to that system where Silver Perch are not. However there's been alot of silver stocked throughout the system over the years.
It looks like a silver, too big/fat for most Leatheries I've seen.

Go up the lake near you & run a fish finder near the wall, you'll see absolutely tonnes of leathery grunter there. I guess the best way to know is in the cooking / eating. If you could it eat it, its a Silver, if it was like trying to eat a rubber boot, it was a leathery.

A super long shot it, it could be a Barcoo but none of those should have been stocked where I think you're fishing, but there's been some cowboy hatcheries over the years who would sell anyone anything for a buck.

Fitz..

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No doubt: Silver Perch.

Fat bastard!

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I couldn't tell ya what fish it is but I want to know what lure that is hanging out it's mouth 

Cheers

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Hi Sel,

It is one of my homemade lures mate. It is a new design I came up with and it caught me Toga, Silvers, Fork tailed Catties, and Sooties on the first trip it did. I am really happy with it, it has a really different action to other lures I have made. I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Regards
Adrian

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It is a reasonable size one whatever it is.  I thought Silvers tended to look a bit like a yella when they get a bit bigger.  Profile that is, small head running up to a big fat body.

I have seen some massive silvers in a place you would never expect them(Disabled Kids fishing clinics put on by the PRFMA).  They all seemed to have that funny shape.   

This pic sort of shows what I mean.... http://www.sunfishsouthmoreton.com.au/files/2kg-silver-perch.jpg

Cheers
Geoff

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Fat dam fish in the Botanic Gardens compared to a fit river fish.  They're a bit like Bass and Yella's that fat up in still water

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I recon its a leathery grunter. But its hard to pick the diff between barcoo, welsh's, silver, leathery and several other grunters. Can the grunters cross breed?

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Hello everyone, just newly joined the site, name's Mick.

I don't reckon pilly's fish is a silver, bushwacker's definately is.

The eyes are the wrong colour to be a silver.

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Just checked some old pics.  The silvers I've caught have the dorsel fin joined to the softer rear fin.  Pilly's seems to be separate.  I don't know enough about Grunters to make a call though.