Can i use raw meat as bait?
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Topic: Can i use raw meat as bait?
Posted By: Across The Sea
Subject: Can i use raw meat as bait?
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 9:39am
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Hi Guys, i always wondered, since i usually read that Snapper would eat anything, can i use raw meat (beef, lamb, chicken .. etc) as bait? Thanks
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 9:44am
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Yeah why not but I believe if you caught a 40 odd pound snapper you could not claim a record. I fed snapper sandwiches and pies before they gobble them down  Cook up some cheap Mad Butcher sausages I bet they will go good.
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Posted By: Across The Sea
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:14am
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worth a try aye :) do you think the raw meat would be better since it will say longer on the hook?
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Posted By: fitzy
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:14am
| Have used Paradise duck breast before which worked well. |
Posted By: gmacx
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:29am
| Got a hell of a bite on a cocktail sausage once |
Posted By: Denny Boy
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:29am
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Across The Sea wrote:Posted By: duncb
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:30am
| I have seen a 20lber caught on a chicken leg. |
Posted By: pjc
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 11:09am
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Mad butcher precooked sausages worked well but the slimy chicken was better.in whangamumu we used cheese to catch trevally which in turn caught gurnard ------------- Sex at 58.Lucky I live at 56 |
Posted By: Snappa Geoff
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 11:38am
| Try it A.T.S, I'd say you would be back to using pillies etc after a couple of goes! Have Straylined Possum Back legs once, no bites! Good Luck..... |
Posted By: Clifftastic
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 11:53am
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I recommend a freshly plucked Kereru, speed jigged. Remember to tape the beak shut, otherwise it will just fill with water and not look natural ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: treedoc
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 12:16pm
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Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 12:25pm
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In the old days they used ox liver soaked in kerosene. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: tas-tackle
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 12:31pm
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seriously tho.. back in ye olde days as kids thats all we had to use for bait .. piece of gravy beef on the hook.. snapper go mad on it... once it turned grey pull it off and put a new piece on.. stays well on the hook... ------------- http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow">  http://www.tas-tackle.co.nz |
Posted By: Espresso
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 12:32pm
| I have heard so many tales, yet in my observation, fish prefer, by a very long margin to eat fish and fish based food. The raw meats etc can be eaten by fish, but in general and to help you catch fish...no, wasting valuable fishing time. |
Posted By: GSPOT
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 1:04pm
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i have used OX liver soaked in kero. Works well, tuff as, you can catch your limit on one bait.
Also once was fishing and eating KFC and throwing the bones over caught a 15lb snapper and when i got home checked its guts to see what it had been eating and it was full of chicken bones.
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 4:38pm
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snapper are scavengers and will eat anything, but yes meat is not a natural food but when snapper are hungry they don't care, we caught one once its breath was that foul like the worst stink ive ever smelt, we cut it free, what it had been eating i have no idea but what ever it was it was rotten to the core... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: Boxee
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 5:19pm
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Mate caught a Kingi on a piece of chicken neck... Go figure. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 5:59pm
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even boiled potatoes, garbage collectors of the sea, makes you wounder sometimes just how dumb fish can be... just look at the lures we throw at them today, and why do's orange stand out or even multi colours, what do they see in them???? they can blow every thought you ever had about what works, but on the day they will either turn their nose up at it or just commit suicide... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 6:31pm
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Some good puns there, we did use liver in kero until we got a Trev or kawhai and then that was the bait. Mussels were always pickled in jars, so used to take them from the cabinet the fish and always are well. In the last few years and done before but sometimes those prawns are so cheap a feed and bait. Meat really for us was eels. ------------- Still cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: Tonto2
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 6:42pm
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Careful using meat in coastal areas in the country, we don't want the snapper roaming freely over the farmers paddocks looking for the next kill, the poor buggas have got enough on their plate with the low milk prices! ------------- slowly going where everyone else has already been |
Posted By: brmbrm
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 7:30pm
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I have caught spotties on chewing gum. Not proud of it. Just saying
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Posted By: bazza
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 7:58pm
Plain or bubble?
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Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2015 at 8:02pm
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If your American you can be proud. I'm sure Singapore would take a different view but what the hell in NZ it's gotta be cheap bait as it's freelyavailable on all our sidewalks. ------------- Still cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: MacSkipper
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 7:15am
------------- Good fishing trip nothing breaks, great trip catch fish. |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 8:01am
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Reminds me of the time I ran in to a school mate of mine down the wharf one weekend. Couldnt tell what he was using for bait as it looked a bit manky so I said "What are you using for bait there, is it trevally?" to which I got the reply "Dont you know anything about fishing? It's steak!"  ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: PE Pete
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 8:10am
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Have caught snapper using chicken leg bone not much they won't eat! ------------- Tight lines PE Pete |
Posted By: Harmul
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 8:27am
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Firstly yes you can use meat, but you will be breaking IGFA rules, so don't use it if youre in a comp or going for records. I cant remember the exact wording, but something along the lines of it has to come from the sea to be used as a bait. I looked into it when we were targeting Mako's once, and thought about using goat products as bait and burley. Secondly, Snapper love chicken bones, especially in summer near favourite anchorages for boaties such as Bon Accord Harbour. So many boats throw food scraps over board that the snapper will just scavenge everything. Take a plate full of chicken wings and mini drumsticks next time your fishing and eat the chicken then put a hook through the gristly part of the remains. I guarantee you will catch something
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Posted By: e.m.p!
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 3:24pm
hehehe – landbased, right? You bearded people are a funny bunch |
Posted By: jamesh
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 6:51pm
| not snapper but I've caught bluenose on kfc |