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AdamTayler
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Arrawana in OZ
      #23818 - 10/01/05 04:50 AM

Can you sport fish for arrawana in Australia? Is it nice to eat?

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Marrakai
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Re: Arrawana in OZ [Re: AdamTayler]
      #23928 - 11/01/05 10:12 PM

Adam:
There are no arrawana in Australia, I believe they are native to South America. We do have two endemic osteoglossids, though, common name 'saratoga' (genus Scleropages). They shouldn't really qualify as sport-fish, having the fighting characteristics of a pelagic eel, but both species will take a fly with gusto and will leap occasionally so they are often targeted by fly-fishos.

Here's an average one caught last October:




...and here's the biggest one you're ever likely to see, caught many years ago in the gulf:




The best recipe for saratoga is:
Place one saratoga and one old sandshoe in a kerosene tin full of water, boil for 3 hours, throw away saratoga and eat the sandshoe.

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