Salami Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Took an early visit in close at long reef today searching for a king. No kings but managed a nice 53cm snapper on my king rig - live yakka . Best bye catch I've managed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfishin Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yep. Big snapper love live yakkas. and fresh yakka fillet is my favorite bait while targeting reddies and ive recently found the big ones take live yakkas so i always have one down whether fishing for kings, snapper and even while on my flatty drifts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salami Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Could only get live yakkas past the sweep. They were especially hungry. Are these sweep useful for anything ? Ps if they were good to eat we would see them in the shop and they'd be more difficult to catch.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridesh Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Could only get live yakkas past the sweep. They were especially hungry. Are these sweep useful for anything ? Ps if they were good to eat we would see them in the shop and they'd be more difficult to catch.! I have read somewhere that sweep are edible. so maybe the shops will start selling it. dont know how much they will go for tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Could only get live yakkas past the sweep. They were especially hungry. Are these sweep useful for anything ? Ps if they were good to eat we would see them in the shop and they'd be more difficult to catch.! They put up a good fight but basically they are just annoying, one cool thing i did last time I was out off longy was burleyed up really hard and it had them going mental at the back of the boat, stuck my Olympus camera in the water and filmed them, looks really cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobson_c Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Same! I also got the best by catch ever when a snapper took my down rigged yakka on the weekend. Flukey, but I smiled for days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryO Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Always a chance of catching a good John dory as well when ever u have a live yakka down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoki Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Could only get live yakkas past the sweep. They were especially hungry. Are these sweep useful for anything ? Ps if they were good to eat we would see them in the shop and they'd be more difficult to catch.! Have seen sweep fillets at carlingford shopping centre for $15/kg it acually said sweep and not disguised as bream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltrix Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Could only get live yakkas past the sweep. They were especially hungry. Are these sweep useful for anything ? Ps if they were good to eat we would see them in the shop and they'd be more difficult to catch.! Sweep bigger than about 28cm are excellent eating. Kill and bleed them and keep them in an ice slurry. Fillet them and then take the skin off the fillet and remove the bones and rib cage, leaving 4 bone free white fingers. I actively fish for them if I can find them around the 30cm mark and prefer there eating qualities to that of snapper. Do not overcook them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salami Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm going to try one next time. Could have bagged 200 of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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