Handling lungfish

I guess you can but I doubt if you should...you could injure it and if it's big enough it could give you a nasty bite..I guess the real question is why would you?

Better not too, for both of your safety.

Oddball said:

Even a sub-adult LF can sever a finger without much effort. So, why even try. At the very least your result will be a stressed out LF with a large amount of its protective slime layer removed.

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Oddball, how did you transport your aul when you moved it into your hatchery? I remember reading that and wondering how one moves a lungfish of that size around.

Oddball said:

I dropped a grand on an insulated and filtered/aerated fish transport bin. The same type used for transporting sharks. The AUL was sling-caught from the tank to a rolling 45gal tote then, dipped into the transport bin.

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Very cool. Did it go quietly? What was the "wrangling up" process like?

I don't know much about other species but Aussies are very slimy and hard to handle, while they are pretty tough, they are easy to drop and injury as their scales and skin is pretty soft and easy to tear. Go for a large rubberised fishing landing net to cradle it, then place on ground and put you hand under the front pectoral fins and lifts it head up for a phot. Get down low like Jeremy Wade does it.