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Or baby Marlin as I call them.
While fishing off the rocks yesterday, a huge shoal of Piper came into my Burley. I know they are a good snapper and king bait, so tried to catch some on ultra fine line and tiny single hook, just handlining as no spare rod. I managed to get just one, and about twenty bloody sweep, using squid tentacle as bait. I am thinking of setting up to target them to stock up bait, but as I don't have a net, I am looking for suggestions.
How about your beak:D
I walked right into that one for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Thanks Tommy. I do usually carry sabikis and would have used them if they had been in my bag at the time. Just restocked this morning :)
They are a sucker for bread. I used to catch heaps of them off the Mount. Get a small float. The old porcupine type ones were excellent. Tiny hooks too. Size 16 trout hooks are ideal. I also found a little bit of movement would help.
Always wanted to try a dry ice bomb
How about a fine mesh catch net on a longer pole?
One really gross thing was a lot of them would have a louse or other parasite firmly stuck in their mouths I would find. About 1-10.
I was utterly rubbish a using a throwing net while I lived in the Carribean but it still worked. These would be very effective here. Don't really see anyone using them though.Quote:
Originally Posted by sako75
Yeah, those nets are effective, but look pretty hard to master.
Also, the spot I have in mind is a very narrow and deep gut, so would be tricky to use a throw net.
I have built a bait trap which I will load with bread and bran. I have plenty of relics from my course fishing days in pomgolia that should do the trick on rod and line. VERY small hooks, floats etc.
I agree on those louse....gross in the extreme :O_O:
They feed off the surface most often. Therefore use a float with say 250mm trace to tiny hook.
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Actually, now that I think about it the best bait for piper was piper. I really enjoyed chasing them the evening before a good days kingi fishing.
I use a cast net. Easy to throw, now I know how and I can get a couple days bait in one throw near my burley trail.
Kids love catching them using small hooks and squid or mussel for bait.
They don't seem to work on snapper in the Marlborough sounds for some reason.
Pillies or squid work best there for me.
thought I had posted. I used to use a fly rod with a floating line, I had a small fly hook on the end and used bits of pillie for bait, off the wharf at Tauranga's Sulphur point. Best bait for most fish.
When floundering we would get piper on the surface now and then. Smack them with the spear and in the bag. Maybe take some burley or bread crumbs and try it some time
I did see somewhere that someone would put a berley bag in the general area piper are known to be then leave it for a while then drag a net thru
I sure could do with a bait freezer full of piper or any of the small bait fish variety
the do taste nice rolled in flour and fried in butter, very similar to flounder
to be honest I don't fish much anymore ,,, but if I pulled in a little fish with that hideous looking louse as a tongue.... I would scream .... drop the fish..... scream again then shoot the shit out of it , until I had sunk the boat ....
Ive caught tonnes of yellow mackerel with louse in there mouths. They won't hurt ya :pacman:
Small hook, small bait, 500 mm super light trace, quill float.
They taste like flounder.
