also got three big trout and a cobia, all on the light gear on gulps. Great little session.
That's what I'm thinking, plenty of other fillets in the freezer.seano wrote:Not worth the risk I reckon.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's a locality issue rather than a species one. When I was in the Maldives they eat Red Bass all the time. They had never heard of the ciguatera toxin. But as mentioned before, I wouldn't take the risk in OZblw wrote:Dont all chinamen have the ciga virus
How big do you reckon they get Peter.cuddlescooper wrote:The toxin is said to be localised to areas of hard bodied corals more then the soft ones that we have. Hasn't been many cases reported any where near Darwin itself but is pretty common around gove and places over towards the eastern edge of the Territory. I don't eat them but know people who have. Its a shame as around the northern edge of Bathurst you get hundreds of them.
Not those little fellas.... how big do the really get though when they grow up.seano wrote:Got my first chinaman the other day with Cuddles - surprised how had they go, we got three on one drop.
