Hardyheads

Have been throw netting alot of big hardyheads lately up to 150mm long just wondering if anyone has had much success with these as bait and if u can eat them like white bait i know they have hard scales and to small to scale and gut but was just wondering if any one had tryed.


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i always thought it was

Sun, 2009-04-19 20:02

i always thought it was illegal?????

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  you can but you need a

Sun, 2009-04-19 20:56

  you can but you need a licence for it

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Im shaw

Sun, 2009-04-19 20:21

No im pretty shaw your allowed to catch hardyheads.

You cant catch all the fish all the time (:

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hes talking about cast

Sun, 2009-04-19 20:55

hes talking about cast netting LB

i think its only illegal in metro
but im not 100%

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  yhey do make good baiti

Sun, 2009-04-19 20:55

  yhey do make good bait

i used to get them in the river years ago 

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Yeh i know

Mon, 2009-04-20 12:26

Yeh i know he was talking about the net was just messin haha.your allowed to use them on the coast with a licence but not in rivers not shaw on up north because you see them trow netting bait up there on tv often.What fish were u catching on them Russ was thinking of useing them for talor and mullaway.

You cant catch all the fish all the time (:

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  i have hooked mullas on

Mon, 2009-04-20 21:49

  i have hooked mullas on them ,and used them down north mole with a few good runs

better when fresh but if they are of a decent size fillet and use them on small gangs for taylor, always good luck that way 

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