Pretty much sums it up
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Pretty much sums it up
Submitted by little johnny on Sun, 2022-12-11 15:47
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little johnny
Posts: 5362
Date Joined: 04/12/11
Pure stupidity
Reading through new rules post . 90 percent of fisherman I know use hoodlums or live bait hooks . Covers all the fish in ocean . Fisheries pull you up( wind in your rod ) small hooks double rig ( Kg rig ) I can see many of take rule happening in the near future with fisherman. Small hooks catch big fish . Big hooks do not catch small fish .
BlueKiaser
Posts: 422
Date Joined: 22/04/15
Spot on LJ
For quite a few years now, I have been using a 40lb leader paternoster rig with a couple of those live bait hook droppers to catch wrasse for fresh Dhuie bait.
That rig can also catch king george, large flatties, skippy, sambos ... all fish we can still legally target 12months of the year.
But that rig has also caught sized Pinkies, Dhuies, Baldies, etc...
The new restrictions will likely result in the many fish I used to catch and release, I am now more likely to retain, and many fish I will now catch and release, I used to retain.
sunshine
Posts: 2626
Date Joined: 03/03/09
Couldn't agree more
And regularly chase big KG's in the mid 30's with 3/0 hooks and skinned occy.......standard approach for years, and yes I have caught some great dhuies whilst chasing the whiting. Goodness knows what approach Fisheries would take.....legal or illegal ??????
little johnny
Posts: 5362
Date Joined: 04/12/11
Nah it’s legal sunshine
You know your rigs . Shit storm . Only my opinion . Double snell , double rig . Small live bait hooks or hoodlum hooks . Covers every fish in ocean with ease . Some of my best fish over the years come of small baits / small rigs . While chasing demersals single baited rig . Or 1 lure . Go for kg rigs . Dumb dumb dumb.
sea-kem
Posts: 15036
Date Joined: 30/11/09
My take would be if you're
My take would be if you're fishing 30-40m of water over broken ground then it's hard to say you are soley targeting KG's, as someone said you'd have to prove your case rather the other way around. If you were on a 10m sand patch another story.
Too many grey areas imo
Love the West!
little johnny
Posts: 5362
Date Joined: 04/12/11
I get kgs up to 45 meters
Most people local fish coral flats 33 to 35 meters . As far as line strength goes doesn’t matter . Understand totally what you’re saying . Many many grey areas . Simple solution big kick ass circle / big bait . Other rod lighter gear hoody’s . It’s dumb science .5 mins from ramp get dhues . ( cray ground ) 10 meters to 15 meters . They all release well . What I’ve been taught ( size limits are in place to let them at least breed) many dhues in close atm . 7 fathom edge classic .I refuse to keep a dhue under 550 mm . Education simple as that. I have no uni certificate so I will have to go with experts opinions
Messiah
Posts: 100
Date Joined: 19/05/13
Hard to argue light gear.
Hard to argue light gear. Fish 40lb and claim KG fishing, ur in the sh!t
Use lighter gear - keep it simple.
Markie
Posts: 2154
Date Joined: 06/08/10
What a mess!
What a mess!
scottnofish
Posts: 1621
Date Joined: 28/08/07
I just made up little tags
That I put on my kg rigs that say no dhuies allowed kgs only. That way the dhuies will know there not allowed to eat them baits lol
selthy
Posts: 296
Date Joined: 27/05/11
ROFL
ROFL