Snapper
Growing up in New Zealand, Snapper were the first relatively large fish I ever caught… although there was also a pretty decent sized Kahawai (known as Australian salmon in Australia) that I caught once when I was about 8. I don’t have great memories of the Kahawai though because once I’d landed it a huge sea louse started crawling out of its mouth. This particular louse was a parasite that eats the fishes tongue away and then lives in the mouth as a kind of prosthetic tongue feeding on the food the host fish catches. At age 8 seeing this alien looking parasite suddenly appear from the Kahawai’s mouth was about as pleasant as accidentally witnessing child birth. I have far better memories of catching Snapper, which are also a great fish to eat.
Growing up in New Zealand, Snapper were the first relatively large fish I ever caught… although there was also a pretty decent sized Kahawai (known as Australian salmon in Australia) that I caught once when I was about 8. I don’t have great memories of the Kahawai though because once I’d landed it a huge sea louse started crawling out of its mouth. This particular louse was a parasite that eats the fishes tongue away and then lives in the mouth as a kind of prosthetic tongue feeding on the food the host fish catches. At age 8 seeing this alien looking parasite suddenly appear from the Kahawai’s mouth was about as pleasant as accidentally witnessing child birth. I have far better memories of catching Snapper, which are also a great fish to eat.
Growing up in New Zealand, Snapper were the first relatively large fish I ever caught… although there was also a pretty decent sized Kahawai (known as Australian salmon in Australia) that I caught once when I was about 8. I don’t have great memories of the Kahawai though because once I’d landed it a huge sea louse started crawling out of its mouth. This particular louse was a parasite that eats the fishes tongue away and then lives in the mouth as a kind of prosthetic tongue feeding on the food the host fish catches. At age 8 seeing this alien looking parasite suddenly appear from the Kahawai’s mouth was about as pleasant as accidentally witnessing child birth. I have far better memories of catching Snapper, which are also a great fish to eat.