Butterfish

Scientific name
Odax pullus
Other names
Green bone.
Area
All over NZ. More common further south.
Legal size
35cm.
Eating
Provides soft fillets best suited to frying and curries.
Habitat
In weedy areas.


Fishing
Not normally caught; however, occasionally hooked on small baits in weedy areas.

Spearfishing
The best method for hunting butterfish is to dive down and sit and wait for them to show themselves. Another popular method is to profile them by diving down deeper and swimming up, they tend to spook less when doing this.

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