BLOWIES !!!
Submitted by timbo2410 on Fri, 2020-04-17 17:27
Anybody else encounter schools of blowies Myalup way? Went out a few weeks back and setup for an evening/night fish. Caught a few whiting and set them up as live bait .. they would last about 20 minutes .. so then tried a set of gangs to see if i could catch whatever it was .. all i got back was a cleaned out whiting skull .. even into the brain cavity ... musta been blowies surely .. never known anything else to chew a fresh whiting that fast
Faulkner Family
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Ever seen what sea lice can
Ever seen what sea lice can do to a fish . Blowies probably wouldn't have left a cleaned out skull
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Trailcraft570
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Night fishing I'd suggest
Night fishing I'd suggest sea lice for sure
timbo2410
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apart from the last 12
apart from the last 12 years living in the UK I've fished here all my life ... never seen it before .. but would they do it that quick? Used to get the occasional lice in yellowtail or mackeral but never to chew through a live whiting or a fresh whiting ... have things changed that much in 12 years ???
Oldbull
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sand crabs
can clean up baits pretty quick.
timbo2410
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Looks like I need a new
Looks like I need a new fishing spot then :-(
Wes F
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Pickers at their best
Just spent three nights on the beach was having the same problem.
Any bait was getting destroyed by tarwhine/silver bream small whiting and blowies.
Even live herring were getting smashed made for very difficult fishing.
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.