5kg pilchards, whangarei
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Topic: 5kg pilchards, whangarei
Posted By: like_to_strike
Subject: 5kg pilchards, whangarei
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 9:21pm
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What's a good price for 5kg of frozen pillys?? Anyway hope this is a good deal or else its a waste of time telling you guys! Whangarei mad butcher has 3.6kg box of pillys for $22-$24 (I can't exactly remember) and a 5kg box for $30 Hope this saves somebody some money. |
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Posted By: Big Jim
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 12:26am
| $30 for 5kg is a pretty good price |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 6:01am
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I get 22.6kg of pillies for 115 dollars so 30 bucks isnt to bad ------------- http://www.facebook.com/groups/hibiscus.coast.fishing/ |
Posted By: Bait1
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 6:23am
| Price depends a bit on the age/quality/origin of the Pilchards. The Bait Station currently has a deal on South African Pilchards 1 kg box for $3.99, 5 x 1kg boxes for $18.75, 10 x 1kg boxes for $35.00. NZ Pilchards : 5 kg for $27.55 |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 7:37am
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As long as they are NZ pillies. Wouldnt touch the other crap.
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Posted By: Tomatron
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 8:29am
| If your in Whangarei shoot up to Hikurangi and see the salty dog factory. We got 5kg boxs for $30 last week but they were the best pillies I have ever seen. Apparently they are only a few weeks old and they are big pillies, great size for rock fishing. I would happily pay $30 for pillies of that quality but the problem is sometimes I pay $30 and get an absolute crapper of a box! |
Posted By: STEVIE WONDER
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 8:37am
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Avoid the South African ones.Low quality rubbish sad to say.The gut cavity was decayed and rotten ------------- ONLY WHEN THE LAST TREE HAS DIED AND THE LAST RIVER BEEN POISONED AND THE LAST FISH BEEN CAUGHT WILL WE REALISE THAT WE CANNOT EAT MONEY. NATIVE AMERICAN CREE |
Posted By: like_to_strike
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 8:42am
| Yeah these were salty dog 1s. I gues if there not in a bag its a luck thing haha. |
Posted By: Ahab
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 9:29am
I agree on this one. Our fish generally don't seem to like imported pillies, plus they're often substandard. Check their pedigree.
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JK wrote:Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 10:59am
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salty dog NZ 1st grad pilly 5kg box $29, vip $26.1
-------------   WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: Big Jim
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 11:08am
| I got a 5kg box of leigh bait pillies from top catch whangaparoa for $27 and they were mint. Great size for straylining and so clean and fresh and they lasted for 4 days in my chillybin and were as good till the last pilly. Almost good enough to eat!! Wish we had a topcatch in Hawkes Bay. Sick of **** yellow bellied pillies!!! |
Posted By: mickylb
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 11:33am
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We used Salty Dog pillys on our last 3 NZ LB trips to the east cape, Bloody good bait, Would not bother with the South African ones, Good for burley at best |
Posted By: DAVE_
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 11:57am
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Yeah the South African pillies are low quality but great if you salt them. I get them for $3.25 p/kg and & they work great for that. You cant use em thawed without a ton of bait cotton.
My salted pillies outfished my mate using fresh NZ pillies on the weekend, we both used tuna oil so you never really know I guess.
I even do a batch of really stinky salted pillies, the kind that makes your hands smell for days. Snapper love em!!
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Posted By: fishliss
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 12:34pm
| yea $30 is average price I think top catch which used to be stumpys sometimes has them on special for $25 would it be cheapper to buy them directly from salty dog in hikurangi? |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 12:36pm
I use them as well BigJim. Great quality baits! ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: EditB
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 1:06pm
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Leigh pillies or freshly caught pillies for me. I buy the 5kg box and break it down into smaller amounts and leave in the freezer. ------------- I do not lie about fishing, I willingly participate in a campaign of misinformation. |
Posted By: borntofish
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 10:30am
| I do believe that ther are no more NZ pillies in the shops as the local guys havent been catching any. |
Posted By: Nebula
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 10:54am
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I used to use any pillies,then heard about salty dogs after watching matts show lol, and they pillies i was using sucked at the time so went up yehha got a bag shot off to the nearest point about 15 mins later 3 kwai 3 other fisho's i had meet down there about 3 weeks before hand were near also an had been there for 2 hours using pillies (not saltydog) caught 1 kwai between em so if im getting pillies its NZ all the ways.. ------------- When it's all over, it's not who you were. It's whether you made a difference. - Layzie Bone |
Posted By: Nebula
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 10:59am
 ------------- When it's all over, it's not who you were. It's whether you made a difference. - Layzie Bone |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 11:01am
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Ive always found the salty dog stuff crap imo, Yeah the top catch whangaparoa does have good prices on bait good stuff to aswell as the silverdale bait n tackle ------------- http://www.facebook.com/groups/hibiscus.coast.fishing/ |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 11:08am
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The SA stuff is ****ing ****! Heard from on of the H&F that nz pillies where in short supply at the mo. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Nebula
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 11:16am
------------- When it's all over, it's not who you were. It's whether you made a difference. - Layzie Bone |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 11:16am
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no idea
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Posted By: Jet_ski_fisher
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 12:32pm
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The key to good pillies as bait is to get them caught and iced down with a salt ice slurry and snap frozen asap. SA pilchards are hauled out transported then frozen, and the waiting bait can be in the holds for hours and hours if not a few days at most. you know SA pilchards cause they sell em as red eye pilchards. nz pilchards are best so are the usa ones. the Canada herrings have twice as much oil as pilchards and they throw them away after getting the eggs out. wonder what they would be like as bait? ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">  MH... Catch measure release...<*))))< |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 12:49pm
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If they we're red eye we'd be paying alot more then we do. Most of the stuff that ends up here are run of the mill pillies. Red eye's are bigger and waaaay more oily. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 12:50pm
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I lie actually, I know what they are good for. We use them cubing at the back of the berley trails. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: 1Daz
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 12:50pm
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When ever i'm fishing in Northland I pretty much always use salty dog pillies and have never had a problem as long as you keep them on ice in the chilli bin like any other pillie. Was using penguin pillies for a while as I can get those cheaper but was finding that the pillies were just way too BIG! ------------- Go the Warriors! |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 2:23pm
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penguin pillies good for strayling for big snapper ------------- http://www.facebook.com/groups/hibiscus.coast.fishing/ |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 2:24pm
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Posted By: toasta
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 8:29pm
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Posted By: Jet_ski_fisher
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2011 at 10:49pm
we get em here in whakatane 5kg for 25 bucks of redeye ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> MH... Catch measure release...<*))))< |
Posted By: borntofish
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 2:07pm
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Dont think the NZ pillies have been caught to extinction as only a couple of small boats have been fishing for them out of whangarei and the qouta limit is very low and never gets caught. I have heard that another boat has recently started up that is trying to bring an even higher quality nz pilchard by individualy quick freezing them on board the vessel as soon as there caught. When the pillies pick up it will be interesting to see what the product is like. I bought a bag of salty dog pillies the other day and they seemed suspiciously similar to the south african pillies!!!!! |
Posted By: borntofish
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 2:12pm
| NZ penguin pillies and NZ salty dog pillies come from the same place. |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 2:58pm
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seriously bahaha ------------- http://www.facebook.com/groups/hibiscus.coast.fishing/ |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm
yeah the sea.....strange that aint it
 Prefer those NZ pillies usually sold in top catch with leigh something or other on the box. Always good quality and size but have had trouble getting 5kg boxes over the last 6months or so. Means 10kg boxes or 3kg bags. ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: borntofish
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 3:34pm
| Theyre the same as well, all caught by the same boats and processed at same factory. |
Posted By: levinlarge
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 5:34pm
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Just say no to skippers choice pillies!
------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 6:02pm
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Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 8:18pm
Apart from those you had the other day though eh that were suspiciously like the SA pillies....  ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: borntofish
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2011 at 8:44pm
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Exactly JK |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2011 at 3:05pm
Just to pass on that I have always found that Mitre 10 in Whangarei is the cheapest bait source in town, dunno what it is like at other Mitre10's. But $6.99 for a kilo of Pillies, penguin and salty dog, two pack of Mullet for $9.99 ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |