JewCraze Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi All, I searched the forum to see this topic has been discussed but found none so I thought I'd ask. I've been trying to catch a big fish like a Jewie or Kingie, without any success yet. I'm still reading, learning and tweaking my approach and hope to succeed at some point. I'd like to ask if anyone has used keeper net to keep their Jewie or Kingie live in the water after landing the fish? Normally when we go fishing the bucket is usually small. So what do you do, if you're land-based, when you catch a Jewie that is bigger than your bucket? I know I'm over optimistic here :-) (or maybe I'm a wild dreamer) but seriously I'm think of getting a keeper net with the intention of keeping the catch alive in a keeper net thrown back into the water. Does this sound like a good idea or bad idea? Related to my attempt to catch a Jewfish I'm planning, for my next fishing trip, to sink soft plastic lures (or live baits, if I could catch one) in a rig where the sinker is at the end (bottom) and the bait or lure about 1 to 2 m above the sinker, with glow sticks attached along that 1 - 2 m line at the bottom. Anyone has any thought / comment to share with me regarding this plan? The idea behind this approach is that I don't have to worry about figuring out how deep the water is. If the line is tight, the sinker is at the bottom, and the bait (or lure) is 1 - 2 m above the sinker then in theory the bait / lure would be about 1 - 2 m above the bottom. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 jews or kings wont stay alive long in a keeper..if you are going to target them seriously get serious and take a good size esky with ice in it...even smaller fish for eating should be kept on ice..gives you better quality fish to eat...rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yea, i'm not sure why you would want to keep a large fish in a net. If you're going to release, release it straight away. If you going to eat it, better to dispatch it humanely and put it on ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauricio Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 You can get a fish chiller bag and put your fish in it after you have put it down and bled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewCraze Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 2 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: jews or kings wont stay alive long in a keeper..if you are going to target them seriously get serious and take a good size esky with ice in it...even smaller fish for eating should be kept on ice..gives you better quality fish to eat...rick Thank you rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewCraze Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Thanks guys for your comment! Thanks Mauricio! I'm going to look up fish chiller bag now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rippinlips Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi, i have the max and micro chiller bags.. Just keep 2 litre bottles frozen for them. Highly recommend this brand. Yes they are expensive but stay super cold and easy to clean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewCraze Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 2 hours ago, rippinlips said: Hi, i have the max and micro chiller bags.. Just keep 2 litre bottles frozen for them. Highly recommend this brand. Yes they are expensive but stay super cold and easy to clean... Thank you! That bag looks pretty good! I already have a large esky but was thinking it's clumsy to lug the esky around so the idea of a chiller bag sounds really good, and having looked at it, it looks good! But my next challenge is to convince my missus to let me spend that money. Looks like I might have to get a foldable trolley from bunnings to go with the esky instead :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raging Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 There's cheaper versions about, I haven't tried them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Keeping a bag of fish, especially a larger fish, over the side of a boat or kayak, will be a shark attractant in some locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewCraze Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Yowie said: Keeping a bag of fish, especially a larger fish, over the side of a boat or kayak, will be a shark attractant in some locations. :-) Haha, thank you for that reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hope you catch some fish merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewCraze Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 25/12/2017 at 12:41 AM, blaxland said: Hope you catch some fish merry Christmas Thank you blaxland, I didn't get a chance to go fishing over Christmas. Hopefully in the New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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