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Also known as the Black fish, the Luderick is an attractive small to medium fish with brassy-bronze colouring, with wide brown vertical stripes down the length of its body.
Most commonly caught weighing less than 1 kg.
Most commonly found in estuaries and the inshore waters of the southern eastcoast of Australia.
Light tackle with a float. Best bait to use is weed or sea cabbage from estuary break walls, rock shelves etc and attach to a hook leaving a trail. Luderick will only respond to natural looking free flowing bait.
Luderick
Girella tricuspidata
Description:
Also known as the Black fish, the Luderick is an attractive small to medium fish with brassy-bronze colouring, with wide brown vertical stripes down the length of its body.
Size:
Most commonly caught weighing less than 1 kg.
Where:
Most commonly found in estuaries and the inshore waters of the southern eastcoast of Australia.
How:
Light tackle with a float. Best bait to use is weed or sea cabbage from estuary break walls, rock shelves etc and attach to a hook leaving a trail. Luderick will only respond to natural looking free flowing bait.
