Nor West Blowies
Submitted by Ericl on Wed, 2013-03-13 09:14
Headed out from Ocean Reef last Saturday to try for Whiting. Normally fish 32 to 34 metres and dont have any problem catching. This trip however kept getting bitten off by Nor West Blowies. Got one to the surface to prove what they were and had a number of mangled and bitten off hooks as well
Any suggestions as to other areas / depths to try for a feed of whiting till these mongrels move away !
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Justo82
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They are pricks of things.
They are pricks of things. We had them chasing our fish up and attacking them just 100m off the beach at hillarys.
scano
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the big question is
Has anyone or can you use a slab off the side off one for bait?
I am not 100% sure be perhaps you could cut some fillets off the side of one and send it back down deep as a bait?
thoughts??
Justo82
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Worth a shot at bait I
Worth a shot at bait I guess.
Would the toxins transfer if not completely removed before eating?
DTrain
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I went on a charter in Coral
I went on a charter in Coral Bay ages ago and one of the deckies chopped a fillet off one and used it as bait. I remember it worked well and no one got sick from eating the fish caught on it. I would probably be gutting anything you caught straight away though just to be sure.
Versus
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Have definately used it for
Have definately used it for bait before, and caught too. Could be wrong but i think the poison is mainly in the skin (we removed the skin when using for bait).
Is kinda like a flathead, with the flesh running either side of the backbone
Aaron_Moses95
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Yeah these dam blowies have
Yeah these dam blowies have been showing up on the metro beaches lately. Its always amusing watching people fight a fish they think is a big tailor off the beach only to be disappointed when its landed. They are an absolute nuisance.
carnarvonite
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Tops
While they are down there it means that there is less of the buggers up here for us to catch
pigdaddy
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Date Joined: 25/07/12
i realise they grow much
i realise they grow much larger than our local blowies but wtf seriously!.. bit threw a frikken hook!.. I know they have a parrot type set of teeth but wow, a line or thick leader maybe but didn't think they'd cut a hook.
daniel tomasi
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they dont call them bolt
they dont call them bolt cutters for nothing
Olliej
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Used them for bait on richies
Used them for bait on richies charter out from denham. Caught snapper on it - so can't be too bad.
Super peg
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I've herd of people in boats
I've herd of people in boats after catching a couple they send a dead one out under a balloon or cokebottle
And the others follow it and eat that instead of the baits, may only work for shallow water?
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petervb
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there was a big one washed up
there was a big one washed up at floreat last night/..... i thought about cubing it for burley but couldnt be bothered- chucked it back in & i think it washed up down the beach amongst a group body boarding - they were not that impressed :)
jakjackson
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Yes, have used for dhuey
Yes, have used for dhuey bait. Just cut the skin off. Nice thick clear flesh
Notorious
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Had one chase a fish around
Had one chase a fish around that I shot on a dive, came a bit too close and my dive buddy managed to poke it away and gave it a nice piercing
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Taylor fishing
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hate those guys
have had them chew the ends off squid jigs and bite through whiting jigs in dunsborough. As soon as the bastards turn up you have to leave, cos they won't. grrrrr!!