New Season, New techniques

[HawkesburyParadise]

Started the new season with a bunch of new things:

- Salted Prawn

- New Okuma reel

- New braid

- New leader(or using for the first time)

A number of mid day sessions recently allowed me to catch juvenile fish for bait using size 12 hooks.

29/1: Bobbin head, midday, outgoing tide, catching two juvenile bream, released

1/09: Bobbin head, midday, high tide, catching two juveniles 1 bream 1 unknown, used unknown for bait, no catch

For me, Bobbin Head is a difficult area especially the picnic area so I'm not surprised I didn't catch a bigger fish using fresh bait. I'll try this technique in other places. 

Question - Can juvenile bream be used for bait? Or is it only certain species?

Edited September 1, 2022 by HawkesburyParadise

[Little_Flatty]

Good to see you out giving it a go. The size 12 hooks will almost always increase your hookup rate when you are getting bites but no hookups.

Only legal fish can be used for bait. In NSW, this means juvenile bream cannot be used for bait. The DPI website has the relevant size limits, and if your scroll to the bottom, you will see bag limits for common bait species: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-rules-and-regs/saltwater-bag-and-size-limits

[HawkesburyParadise]

13 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said:

Good to see you out giving it a go. The size 12 hooks will almost always increase your hookup rate when you are getting bites but no hookups.

Only legal fish can be used for bait. In NSW, this means juvenile bream cannot be used for bait. The DPI website has the relevant size limits, and if your scroll to the bottom, you will see bag limits for common bait species: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-rules-and-regs/saltwater-bag-and-size-limits

Great thanks. Seems like Poddy Mullet can be used. I've seen a guy catch poddies using size 12 hook with bread. 

[Isaac Ct]

Better than nothing mate. As @Little_Flatty mentioned above, there are size limits of certain fish that you can't use for live bait. But some common ones that you are legally allowed to use because there is no size limit are Yakkas and Slimy Mackerel. 

Good luck in the future.

[FishnDish]

At the tip of the point next to the marina on high tide where the big oyster covered rock is there are yakkas. Catch those for bait

 

[Rebel]

Those Okuma reels are great. I have two of them.

Come with a 10 year warranty.