sydfish
08-03-09, 11:39 AM
Found a little creek on my travels and it looked promising, though no more than 1m deep, I caught 12 in 20 minutes on Friday evening and another 13 or 14 the next morning in similar time. They were tough and kept straighting my hooks over and over, I missed heaps more than I landed...great fun
sorry guys you will have to follow the link to see the pics :] http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69552&id=661993720&saved
Bit more info
Reproduction
Spawning occurs in summer after water levels begin to rise and water temperatures exceed about 25°C. Schools of up to 50 individuals have been observed spawning as a group in shallow water (less than 500 mm deep). Sooty Grunters are egg scatterers and the golden 2 mm eggs hatch after about 42 hours at 26°C.
I guess I must had of hit a spawnig aggregation, come to think of it a few were a bit milty
sorry guys you will have to follow the link to see the pics :] http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69552&id=661993720&saved
Bit more info
Reproduction
Spawning occurs in summer after water levels begin to rise and water temperatures exceed about 25°C. Schools of up to 50 individuals have been observed spawning as a group in shallow water (less than 500 mm deep). Sooty Grunters are egg scatterers and the golden 2 mm eggs hatch after about 42 hours at 26°C.
I guess I must had of hit a spawnig aggregation, come to think of it a few were a bit milty