Wrasse as Bait
Submitted by dallasthedog on Thu, 2009-07-02 10:02.
I have been catching a few to many brown spotted and western king wrasse lately. Has anyone had much luck using these as baits. I am thinking about scaling and filleting them and going deep sea bottom bouncing. Has anyone had any luck using these baits?
mako magic
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very good for bait, all
very good for bait, all fresh filleted fish work well, the dhuies dont mind a nice piece of fresh wrasse
dallasthedog
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i have maged to pull in a
i have maged to pull in a 62cm dhuey off the back of rotto and a 1.5kg skippy near centaur using wrasse, but nothing much else. I was blaming the wrasse but now I think it might be the skippers fault (i am the skipper in caser your wondering).
thanks for the reply mako
chrisp
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Western king wrasse!!
As Matt Said ...Is great dhu Bait
Andy Mac
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Agree
Good bait for Dhuies. I like to halve the fillets lengthwise and place on a a set of snelled hooks.
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Sekans
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I was just behind carnac a
I was just behind carnac a few weeks ago and first drop hooked onto a brown wrasse. I chucked him back and just as he hit the water a big sambo came right to the surface and scoffed him. So I guess they would make a pretty good bait!
D_DOUSH
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Big fan of red wrasse as
Big fan of red wrasse as dhuie bait!!! only second behind cuttly legs.
carnarvonite
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Tops
If you can keep them alive great and the bigger the better.
dallasthedog
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So the red wrasse (western
So the red wrasse (western king) is better than the brown spotted?!?! Does the brown spotted work at all?
carnarvonite
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Red
Red is the best,even if they are 300mm long,just whack a big hook in through its back or bottom lip and let it go.If its dead I don't even bother filleting them,couple of 10/0 ganged or snelled if you prefer and away you go
till
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I saw Simo manage not one
I saw Simo manage not one but three successful wrasse to dhuey conversions on his boat once.
Faulkner Family
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yeah western def work,
yeah western def work, hooked a wrasse and then a 7.5kg dhu grabbed the wrasse ended up with both, they are gredy buggers, present the bait well and your parts done , just hope the dhuies are around
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Paul G
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Best bait for Dhuies ,other
Best bait for Dhuies ,other than the sargent baker.Jesse likes the small one one his drift bait rig,live and kicking,gets them most times.
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Dean
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Yeah whole or filleted, they
Yeah whole or filleted, they work great!
damo6230
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have to agree
good bait as above
Dale
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I've used a small size 2
I've used a small size 2 hook that's wired to a size 7/0 hook and baited the small hook for a wrasse or similar, when they do and hook them selves, you have a nice fresh live bait down there waiting to be eaten. It's worked for me several times.
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Dale
hlokk
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I was out fishing once and
I was out fishing once and one of the other people had a small fish caught and we started joking about using it as live bait, so i suggested to leave it down there for a few minutes and see. About 30 seconds later a good size dhuie latched on :D. Cant remember if it was a wrasse or not. Standard sized snelled hooks were used, but using a double hook size is a good idea to try and do that a bit more reliably.
Nauti Buoy
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Dhuie chewies
They are one of the best baits ever for dhuies. Fishing the close in ground use either them or sand whiting live and you will always do well-if they are around.
You just have to let the dhuies have plenty of line to swallow the bait prior to setting the hook. Sometimes they will just 'mouth' the bait and when you wind in you can see they have scratched a few scales of the livie just behind their gills.