I find the hardest fish to catch (in australia) is the leatherjacket.
i know its definetly not my lack of skill that is the reason i cant catch them
, so i wondering if anyone has had some more luck than me...and if so, what was the bait you were using.
cheers
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2-3 weeks ago, we put an under-water camera down to view Tarakihi at work. The place was almost crawling with the buggars! They have very small mouths, & I feel a 1/0 hook would be as large as you could go. They are sold in fish shops as Cream fish, real cheap, & are quite tasty. To my mind. a bit like flounder. But like Barrie said, why would anyone target them? |
The ones I've seen didn't have much flesh on them.
So that is what Cream fish are!!
Well you got to give credit to a guy that sets out to target a fish rather than just dangles a line to see what he could catch.
I have only caught a couple of them, but I would think a smaller hook than even a 1/0 maybe a #10 on a ledger rig with a shellfish bait.... but why take advice of someone who has only caught two??
So ummm White Delight, do you get gurnard over there?
| If it was, I doubt he'd be sharing it with the under-water bikies! |
Sea weed you muppets. And no thats not weed you smoke at sea
Iv've only ever had them on sabiki's while trying for some baitfish in the shallows. The b*ggers have really strong teeth for their size and can snap a small sabiki hook no problem - so although they do have a small mouth you definietely need a stronger hook!
I also read somewhere that you need to fillet them straight away - for similar reason to bleeding a Kahawai - anyone able to back that up?
ive caught a lot on jigs...... with a single hook in the mouth admittedly it had lumo tube on it.........
the ones they catch in Aussie can be up to 18ins long and they have bloody big teeth when their this big.... you might need a wire rig or long shanked hooks.....
Quote: Originally posted by smudge on 29 June 2004
Well you got to give credit to a guy that sets out to target a fish rather than just dangles a line to see what he could catch.
I have only caught a couple of them, but I would think a smaller hook than even a 1/0 maybe a #10 on a ledger rig with a shellfish bait.... but why take advice of someone who has only caught two??
So ummm White Delight, do you get gurnard over there?
hey smudge...nah i dont think we get that type of fish...definetly not in my area anyways. we often get concentration of leather jackets, and you can tell when its one of them compared to a snapper or something cause they suck your bait right off.
i think there a great tasting fish ;-)
thanks everyone for the advice...i have found squid to be the most successful bait...might give them pillies another try.
cheers
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