Silly Question But Does Herring Make Good Cray Bait??
Submitted by Hook_er on Fri, 2016-12-02 11:50
Silly Question But Does Herring Make Good Cray Bait??
What suggestions would anyone have as the "BEST" bait.
Cheers lads.
little johnny
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Herring are okay
Tuna heads 1 basket ( holding bait) other side blue mackerel . My personal choise
ranmar850
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Excellent bait
One of the best, commercial fleet favorite. Much to the disgust of reccos
At the opposite end of the scale, garfish and flathead. useless--non oily?
Bodie
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Problem with Herring,
Problem with Herring, wobby's like them too!!!
Hook_er
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Cheers
Cheers fellas
Plug
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we used hoki and before that
we used hoki and before that orange roughy, the orange roughy didn't stink as much as the others and still caught many crays. My grandad uses whiting heads and they catch.
i need cheaper hobbies
Plug
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Date Joined: 14/02/15
we used hoki and before that
we used hoki and before that orange roughy, the orange roughy didn't stink as much as the others and still caught many crays. My grandad uses whiting heads and they catch.
i need cheaper hobbies
Plug
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Date Joined: 14/02/15
we used hoki and before that
we used hoki and before that orange roughy, the orange roughy didn't stink as much as the others and still caught many crays. My grandad uses whiting heads and they catch.
i need cheaper hobbies
ranmar850
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Wobbies will eat anything
But up our way, their preference is definitely seas mullet and tailor. Herring don't catch any more wobbies than anything else, apart from the last two mentioned. I'd happily use herring all year, premium bait. Stuff like orange roughy heads and tuna heads are good holding bait, for after the crays have cleaned out their preferred food, but won't catch well if you have pots nearby baited with better stuff.
hezzy
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agre with ranmar herring go
agre with ranmar
herring go alright
back when i beached fished with a local pro we took tons of herring for bait ....20cents per kg
mullet where preffered .but herring where more common in tonnage
i made up my own deep rec nets and caught y own bait to use on pots along with salmon and beef hocks
all worked well
wobbys like
anything fresh with a bit of blood ime the first night you bait with it
hezzy
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sea-kem
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I've been using Coral trout
I've been using Coral trout heads I got in bulk and they've been killing it.
Love the West!
DTrain
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I've found fresh herring will
I've found fresh herring will bring in PJs and Wobbies but frozen herring doesn't tend to.
Does anyone use wobbegongs as bait?
Tradewind
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Still mourning the loss of
Still mourning the loss of Orange Roughy heads
Great oily bait, bones still brought the crays in and they didn't make the boat smell like an offal pit
Jim
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What about mulies for one
What about mulies for one night soaks?
I got KG frames and old mulies, we'll see how that goes.
Bend over
timboon
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Crays will eat anything,
Crays will eat anything, they are the junk feeders in the ocean...
As Ranmar has suggested anything oily will be premium but serously you can use anything that was living, in actual fact you can use live bait....
Cat works well...
Rabbits, Rays, shark heads, roo tail, roo palms, tuna heads, kuta, roughy, carp, bony bream, Abalone, khawai etc etc etc etc
People will try an wank on to you about this catches better than that but the most important factor is you have to have your pots where they are going not where they been....
ranmar850
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Abalone are the ultimate bait
At least up here. I also seem to recall they are as illegal as they are effective....