how about just the frames? caught a decent amount on sunday but filleted all, pickled some and smoked the rest for lunchs this week. i wrapped the frames up and froze them, heads, guts n all. would it be a waste of time chopping them up for burley or throwing them out for salmon/tailor bait?
Paul H
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Fish such as herring and
Fish such as herring and snook etc. have more oil and I believe this is why they don't freeze so well (stand to be corrected).
The same thing makes them great for smoking AND BAIT.
(whole. fillets or butterflyed)
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joe amato
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make great crab bait and can catch all types of fish
make great crab bait plus can catch all types of fish
mallon123
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Awsome baits nice and
Awsome baits nice and oilyhave you ever tried making pickeld herring
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Dale
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Bait.
Make good bait, the only problem is stingrays love em for some reason.
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hornet42
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Good bait
Great Bait butterflyed
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elliotbirch
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Hmm
Never used them for bait but sounds like I might give it a try from now on!
MattMiller
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Great bait
used them live/whole/filleted/butterflied for everything from Salmon to Deep Drop.
Bodie
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yep that's what im using
yep that's what im using herring for, deep drop!
Loads cheaper than slimy Mackerel!
dale 308
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great for bait for just about
great for bait for just about anything i reckon
Hutch
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Yeah great bait, pinkies
Yeah great bait, pinkies love two herring fillets back to back
DUNGA
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Good
Good for just about all types of fishing
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
paulbazza
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i freeze herring
i have always frozen Herring, still taste ok to me,bit of flour and into the frypan.
axey45
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+1
+1
Niko
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how about the frames?
how about just the frames? caught a decent amount on sunday but filleted all, pickled some and smoked the rest for lunchs this week. i wrapped the frames up and froze them, heads, guts n all. would it be a waste of time chopping them up for burley or throwing them out for salmon/tailor bait?
axey45
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Not at all, if you have a
Not at all, if you have a mincer, mince them up or just cut up, all good. m8
Westy74
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Are they good cray bait?
Are they good cray bait?
axey45
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Yeah m8.
Yeah m8.
Niko
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Awesome cheers for the info!
Awesome cheers for the info! glad I kept em. Nah no mincer, mabye someday.