Queenfish

(Chroinemus Lysan)

Common Names

Queenfish, Queenie, Skinnyfish, Leatherskin, Whitefish

Description

The Queenfish is a long, fairly deep and extremely laterally compressed saltwater and esturine fish.

Size

Most Queenfish that are caught weigh from 1.0-7.0 kilos, but they can grow up to 15.0 kilos.

Habitat

Queenfish range from the upper tiday reaches of tropical rivers down through the mangrove estuaries to inshore bays and harbours, and islands and shallow reefs. They prefer warm to hot green or slightly discoloured waters with plenty of tidal movement.

Feeding

They prefer small fish such as mullet, garfish, herring, anchovy, mudskippers, whiting, prawns, squid. They normally hunt the mid-water to the surface for food.

Fishing Techniques

The Queenfish fall for live baits, fish strips or pilchards or gars on ganged hooks as well as lures. If you are using lures, you have to retrieve them fast so use lures such as sliced chrome poppers, spoons, minnows, saltwater flys. You should also use a nylon trace with hokk sizes ranging from 2/0-5/0 and 3.0-10.0 kilo fishing line.

Eating

Queenfish have firm, white meat with an excellent flavour, though tending towards dryness. You should bleed them straight away and put the smaller ones back (there's no meat on them anyway)>

Bag Limit & Legal Size

There is no size or legal limit for Queenfish.