Mike89 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Does anyone know what the legal size for pike (snook, short-fin sea pike) is? Caught a small 30cm model last night and couldn't find a legal size anywhere online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 0cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I have my own special rule for pike. I only keep the ones that don't smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Great bait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Great bait! For? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 For? Caught Snapper & Kings on fresh Pike as well as all the reef species. Found it very productive - even better than Crimson Banded Wrasse which i found as exceptional bait for Aussie Salmon believe it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Caught Snapper & Kings on fresh Pike as well as all the reef species. Found it very productive - even better than Crimson Banded Wrasse which i found as exceptional bait for Aussie Salmon believe it or not. I have to concur with Ed here. A LBG mate of mine form the 80's was horrified when I threw one back in a bait collecting session. Reckoned he'd rather have a pike than a yakka or slimey anytime as a gun King or Tuna Bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattart Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Heard lots of old stories of them being great king baits but never caught them when I needed them. They can also be easily rigged as a marlin swim bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Heard lots of old stories of them being great king baits but never caught them when I needed them. They can also be easily rigged as a marlin swim bait. I think they tend to find them more during the winter months when the Kings are less active. Pike were in plague proportions last week at Long Reef. Edited October 1, 2015 by fragmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boattart Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 They were always a bycatch in winter for us but I rigged a couple as swim baits for marlin and they went well. The flat narrow head had them working like a bibles minnow. Problem is catching and freezing them in winter to run in summer. There are better baits but you can make them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I caught one a few months back which we skull dragged for a mile with out realising it was on, the drag was set a touch too tight but clicked a couple of times so we thought it was a missed hit. about 15 mins later we got a huge hit off Coogees wedding cake island - but no weight when we hit it. We got the diver in with half a dead pike with its eyes popping out, the rest of it was ripped apart - we could only assume it was a Bonito as we caught one about 2 mins after. It was the first and only fish I caught on my 60LD Penn Squall year to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Gun live bait for Jews also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Gun live bait for Jews also You bet. Just as good fresh & dead or butterflied. I'll soak a pike dead or alive over any other bait on a breakwall for jew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Does anyone know what the legal size for pike (snook, short-fin sea pike) is? I'm guessing you caught this fish in Sydney, now it would be unlikely to be a Short-fin Sea pike (Snook) Sphyraena novaehollandiae. More likely it would be a Longfin Pike, (Dinolestes lewini) the most common one around and I believe this is the one every one is talking about. You may have caught a Striped Sea Pike (Sphyraena obtusata) many other common names for this critter, certain not as common and a lot skinnier with stripes along its body. Matter of fact I caught a one of these in Sydney harbour only a couple of weeks ago but I would guess it would not weigh much over 400 grms even though it was a long fish. Now this is my 2 cents worth, without a photo hard to ID correctly. Anything is possible. BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Definetly one of my preferred Jewie baits !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 I'm guessing you caught this fish in Sydney, now it would be unlikely to be a Short-fin Sea pike (Snook) Sphyraena novaehollandiae. More likely it would be a Longfin Pike, (Dinolestes lewini) the most common one around and I believe this is the one every one is talking about. You may have caught a Striped Sea Pike (Sphyraena obtusata) many other common names for this critter, certain not as common and a lot skinnier with stripes along its body. Matter of fact I caught a one of these in Sydney harbour only a couple of weeks ago but I would guess it would not weigh much over 400 grms even though it was a long fish. Now this is my 2 cents worth, without a photo hard to ID correctly. Anything is possible. BF. Thanks! Yes I was having trouble with the ID. That must be the one. Thanks all - we made the call that at 30cm and with nothing about the limits on the DPI website that it was probably fine to keep. Next time at that size I might just use it for bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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