Just want to say thanks to the two guys that helped me last Friday at Pelican Point. Long story I was out sailing and stood on a Cobbler in the shallows. Being a kiwi I had no idea what the hell I had stood on and I was amazed that a couple of little black spots could inflict so much pain!! I sailed back to the beach cursing and swearing and starting de-rigging. A couple of guys came over and asked if I was ok and advised me that it was probably a Cobbler and that I should put my foot in boiling water. One of the guys luckily had a gas stove and boiled up some water which worked a treat. Pain was almost gone after a minute. Cheers! Dave

pain gone after a minute???

dont think it was a cobbler or if it was it went very easy on you.

Maybe the burnt foot helped! When I say gone, I should have said more like reduced! I've still got the barbs in my foot and know they're there!

sausage said...

Anyone got a photo of a cobbler? Just in case I'm over in WA one day

Wouldn't matter if you knew what a cobbler looked like, the swan river is so brown you cant see more than 6cm in front of you anyway

colinwill78 said...

sausage said...

Anyone got a photo of a cobbler? Just in case I'm over in WA one day

like a catfish i think, but with a big dorsal spine, two fin spines on the side and acid for blood.

Does it have lips like this? - if it does then I've been stung too.

Aah yes i did notice that the bloweys are chewing toes,

I think we get these devil fish here too

Not very painfull but annoying.

Some good news from the link posted above ,

# Since the 1960s commercial cobbler catches in the Swan-Canning, Peel-Harvey and Leschenault Estuaries have fallen from more than 400 tonnes to less than 10 tonnes a year in 1993.