Western butterfish bag limit?
Submitted by scano on Fri, 2017-01-20 22:05
Anyone know if there are size and bag limits on western butterfish?
not wanting to deplete the ocean of them, just looking to keep some for north west baits.
going for a whiting fish tomorrow and usually catch a heap as by catch (normally release them all). Wouldn't mind keeping a couple as baits for fishing the northwest (vac pack some)
cheers
scano
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Meeuwissen
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I would guess 30 per person
If it's not in the book. Nice white meat have caught a few blue lined emperor using the Butterfishow as cutbait
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Rob b
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From what is says in the rec
From what is says in the rec fish app you can take 30 no size limit.
scano
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Cheers fellas
yeah as I said, not wanting to pillage the butterfish population, just wanna vac pack a few for n/west baits.
i too have had some half reasonable success on them shark bay and above
kind regards
scano
Pitty
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I would check it with
I would check it with fisheries, I would think there would be no bag limit, but if it was thirty, it would probably mean that they are counting it as part of your combined bread and butter limit meaning you would have to cut back on your whiting
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grantarctic1
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Yep
Yep ,the way I understand it, If it ( a species ) is not listed then it becomes part of the 30 mixed bag limit .
It is in the guide page 28
TOTAL mixed species
daily bag limit per fisher
This is the combined number of all other unlisted
species of fish (not in the previous four categories
or in the protected species table) you can take
Pitty
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Nailed it
Nailed it g1
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Mack1
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I asked a fisheries guy at
I asked a fisheries guy at the boat ramp in Safety bay 3 weeks back and he said 30. I get them for crab bait.