The Evil Eyed Puffer Fish (Amblyrhynchotes honckenii)

South Africa's Weird And Wonderful Fish Species: The Evileyed Puffer

The Evil Eyed Puffer Fish is a commonly caught South African fish species which readily takes almost any bait, often intended for different fish or larger species. This Puffer fish has a green coloured upper body and a yellow line that separates the lower and upper body parts. The Evil Eyed Puffer gets it's name from it's distinctly coloured eyes. They are bright green with a red outline around the centre of the eye.

The Evil Eyed Puffer Fish can reach 30 centimeters in length and when it feels threatened it puffs up to try deter predators from attacking it.

The Evil Eye Puffer fish is one of the most common South African marine fish species and can be seen buried in the sand of shallow pools at low tide. This Puffer is predominately a bottom living fish and can be found in rock pools, estuaries and deep reefs. Fishermen often refer to this fish specie as the 'bait robber'. The flesh that comes from the Evil-Eyed Puffer fish is toxic and should never be eaten or fed to animals. To see the records of this fish please follow the link.

How To Catch The South African Evil Eyed Puffer Fish

Not many anglers in South Africa would like to know how to catch the Evil Eyed Puffer as they are considered a nuisance and are caught very easily.

This Puffer fish species is caught with any fleshy bait; alive or dead, it doesn't matter! The Evil Eyed Puffer Fish is very opportunistic and I have even caught these feisty fish on the Dropshot! If you really want to catch these beautiful fish, try retrieving (Reeling in) your line in sandy shallow areas of water: in estuaries, rock pools or river mouths... Enjoy catching the Evil Eyed Puffer!

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