INDIANANGLER

I would like to post the picture of the jewfish I caught on this forum.

I only have the actual framed print in hand.

Can the technical wizards in the forum tell me how to send it?

I could scan the picture and email it ( Dr. Amir can you help?).

The picture could help clarify if it is a Dhoma or gol.

Kingfish

ken any plans to scout for the same...

and yes ghol do get humongous.. i too have see big one and heard of great big ones carried on poles.. by the older gen.. used to feed an entire village.. everyone would be parceled some..

@surf.angler

As mentioned earlier in the post, we have caught jewfish using bait
(pilchards) and metal spoons (Toby) .

Jewfish are also targeted very successfully with lures and soft plastics.

Take your pick!

Regards,
Kingfish

Spoke to an old guy in goa that used to catch plenty of big croakers from the beach at the start of the monsoon. now they are never seen apart from in deeper waters (the ones i saw in the market were more a bronze colour). the small tiger toothed croakers come inshore during the monsoon

Ken, you sure you not getting confused. I've never seen anything in India that looks like a dhufish. I will ask my mate about them tomorrow as he is one of the top dhu fishermen on the west coast and will know the score.

surf beaches, estuaries and rocky coasts are good for jewfish..anywhere inshore really where bait fish collect..


all the best, Scott

hi guys, there are a few different spp. of croaker..with some good photos we could try figure out which ones live in India


Argyosomus hololepidotus (mulloway) is found in the southern half of Australia and also in South Africa and so in theory India

Protonibea diacanthus (black jewfish) is found in northern Australia in warmer waters of the kimberly, NT and northern queensland

It is confusing in Australia because in the east people call mulloway jewfish. Then there is the west Australian Dhufish which is completely different spp. and is also sometime called jewfish.

These are tiger toothed croakers that I caught in India that seems to occur from South Africa right across to Australia. They don't get as big as mulloway.




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Ken, I think without a doubt you are thinking of tripletail... Lobotes surinamensis. It looks like a barra and many people will think it is one when caught. Like to hang around floating debris and will take lures.
I asked my mate and he confirmed Dhufish only occur here

this is a west Australian Dhufish



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and this a triple tail which you get in Goa and west coast



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all the best, Scott

i have seen the triple tail here .. dhufish ..not at all.. but what is called mulloway .. i have reason to believe they are here.. i have seen what i think are small specimens at the local fishvendor.. since the are long dead.. the coloration looksa purplishbluey steel.. but a pic says a thousand words.. so will tru getting one and ..i believ it will be the first from me on this forum.. lets see..

Tripletail it is. i'd ruled it out on size grounds but you pic shows that they do get bigger than i'd thought.