the ones i kept were only 26 and 27cm. flathead are a very nice eating fish.

I'd eat flatties from no further up stream than freshwater bay....Plus there's loads of them down there!

Spent the day on a Mills Deep Water charter, loads of people chucked their guts up (myself included at one point), a couple of nice fish but most went home empty handed.

[QUOTE=Craig_H;542834]Anything over say ~32cm tastes like shit anyhow. Flathead are a far better eating fish imo.[/QUOTE]

So many amounts of not true sonny Jim!!!

Random image from google search but this is the stuff dreams are made of.

[IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/f9k0sl.jpg[/IMG]

i Caught a 90cm cod fishing this morning on my boat, let the big ole girl go though.
Also a 66cm and a 56cm coral trout which got put straight on ice :D
Had a good few hours fishing this morning, now off to night shift... sigh

[QUOTE=mARC;542921]So many amounts of not true sonny Jim!!![/QUOTE]
Feel free to explain as opposed to just saying *brrrrrp WRONG*
Opinion and personal experience isn't wrong. It may be different to your experiences however.

Before switching to catch and release fishing, I spent the best part of 10 years eating what I caught. In my experience, 25-30cm Bream tasted far better than say a 35cm Bream. The bigger fish were bland. Keep in mind that most of these fish were caught upstream of East Perth. Older Bream from deeper water, more structure and an abundance of mussels as opposed to Bream that feed on flats could arguably make them taste "better".

I still stand by flathead being nicer to eat. My taste-buds, not yours!

[QUOTE=Craig_H;542950]Feel free to explain as opposed to just saying *brrrrrp WRONG*
Opinion and personal experience isn't wrong. It may be different to your experiences however.[/QUOTE]

Unsure what you've tried before, but if you haven't had the chance to taste any of the following I'd give them a go:

- Westralian Jewfish;
- Baldchin Gropper; and
- Pink Snapper.

(from memory I think most if not all of the above would be undersize at 30cm)

I thoroughly recommend that you at least try Westralian Jewfish from the ones I've posted above.

I do agree with you that size can effect the taste of a fish. This is very typical in Samson Fish and shark, but bring on the oversize Jewfish any day of the week :D

going down to Dunsborough next weekend. any news of salmon?

[QUOTE=mARC;542962]Unsure what you've tried before, but if you haven't had the chance to taste any of the following I'd give them a go:

- Westralian Jewfish;
- Baldchin Gropper; and
- Pink Snapper.

(from memory I think most if not all of the above would be undersize at 30cm)

I thoroughly recommend that you at least try Westralian Jewfish from the ones I've posted above.

I do agree with you that size can effect the taste of a fish. This is very typical in Samson Fish and shark, but bring on the oversize Jewfish any day of the week :D[/QUOTE]

He's only talking about Estuary Black Bream Mark....

P.s I'd go either same day caught & Cooked Spanish Mackerel or fresh Yellow fin Sashimi'd on the spot over any of those you mentioned...

[QUOTE=mARC;542962]Unsure what you've tried before, but if you haven't had the chance to taste any of the following I'd give them a go:

- Westralian Jewfish;
- Baldchin Gropper; and
- Pink Snapper.

(from memory I think most if not all of the above would be undersize at 30cm)

I thoroughly recommend that you at least try Westralian Jewfish from the ones I've posted above.[/QUOTE]

As Rossco pointed out, I was only talking about Black Bream in relation to size vs taste :p

I regularly eat:
Whiting
Dhufish
Pink Snapper
Barra