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Salted poddy mullet????


Startsumthin

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Hey guys I am really getting into my tailor and salmon fishing but I don't  $10 for a bag of Pillys can really add up... I find it really easy to catch poddy mullet and I was wondering if salting them would work like salted Pillys?

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Used to use them on ganged hooks when I was a teenager because I couldnt afford to buy packets of pilchards- they catch fish, probably dont have the same "berley" effect that pillies have but no need to salt them they are very tough as Noel said.

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Not legal ... once dead they are undersized fish.

DPI: " anglers may take any species of mullet, for use as live bait only, provided they are less than 15cm and the total number does not exceed 20. "

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22 hours ago, HenryR said:

Not legal ... once dead they are undersized fish.

DPI: " anglers may take any species of mullet, for use as live bait only, provided they are less than 15cm and the total number does not exceed 20. "

Good point Henry-BUT- the legal size limit only applies to Sea (Bully ) Mullet so I am assuming you would be ok to have dead sand or other mullet in your possession (up to 20) no matter the size (as their is no size limit on them)- Gray area I suppose

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1 minute ago, PaddyT said:

Good point Henry-BUT- the legal size limit only applies to Sea (Bully ) Mullet so I am assuming you would be ok to have dead sand or other mullet in your possession (up to 20) no matter the size (as their is no size limit on them)- Gray area I suppose

That's a good point as well Paddy, however it's also worth mentioning that as juveniles, it's almost impossible to differentiate a juvenile sea mullet from a flat-tail or sand mullet. I play it safe even with freshwater mullet and stick to a legal size of 30cm for all species of mullet.

Cheers,

Wellzy

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23 hours ago, PaddyT said:

Used to use them on ganged hooks when I was a teenager because I couldnt afford to buy packets of pilchards- they catch fish, probably dont have the same "berley" effect that pillies have but no need to salt them they are very tough as Noel said.

I use poddies on gangs at the beach a fair bit as I very rarely buy bait and while they are no pillie they do work quite well.I fillet one side for one bait and use the other side spine in. This provides a bit of "berley" and it stays on the hook better. Thin strips of slimey fished on gangs or singles are my favorite bait if I'm after tailor and salmon though.

Matt

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sure, totally agree .. if you can tell them apart. Does run the risk of hair splitting to suit one's own interests tho. Specially in a case where poddys of unknown species were being kept on the chance that they weren't baby bullys.

I know I'd be inclined to lean in the direction of the law here - even though it's hard not to fall in to a mind set that separates bait from fish. That is, happy to follow the law for 'fish' and wants to do as needed for 'bait'. I'd bet most people here have at least been inclined to go the wrong way a few times, at least. Undersized bream: baaad, that's easy to think. Undersize tailor for live bait: ... it's not quite 30cm buuuuut ... can be hard not to think that too

They're all part of the same ecosystem and the laws are there - perfect or not - to keep that system around for in the face of people pressure - that's us.

Startsumthin, if you do decide you're cool with taking undersized fish home for later use as bait, keep in mind that mass bait collection, without which using frozen poddys in place of pilchards is going to be pretty inconvenient, is well out of line. Why not buy pilchards in bulk? They're pretty cheap once you start buying a few kg at a time. And, most places, they're better general bait than old dead poddys.

 

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