Dhuie heads
Submitted by sea-kem on Tue, 2009-12-22 12:14
Just wondering if Dhuie heads are any good as craypot bait, I heard a story the day that the're no good as they are a cray predator not sure if this is a wives tale or not. Got a few stored in my freezer so would be a shame to waste them.
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Mick
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Great bait Tiger. Old wives
Great bait Tiger. Old wives tale for sure. We use them with great results. Not as good as mackie heads and frames or tuna but still an effective bait. Macks and tuna are sooo much more oily. Herring is another good oily fish to use.
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nothing wrong with
Nothing wrong with them at all, but yeah as mick said the oilier the better.
One thing have noticed over the years tho is if using whole shiny skippy for bait your prone to getting a lot more wobbygongs in your pots can always chop the skippy up a bit make them less visual for the wobbys.
Must be one of there favourite meals?
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Funny you should say that
Funny you should say that I've got a heap of Herring and Skippy heads in the freezer as well will try different baits in each pot results will be interesting.
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Hey Mick the boys in
Hey Mick the boys in Kalbarri told me not to use mullet as its too oily and only catches wobbies. I tryed it and sure enough wobbie in both pots. So just wondering why other oily fish ie Tuna , Herring work so well.
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Well Tapout
It shows that oils aint oils.
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LOL Jersy
Good one :D
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Dhu's, baldies heads are good for crays
Wobbys love skippy (silver trevally)
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I'm guessing you can keep
I'm guessing you can keep and eat wobbies?
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yeah you can keep and eat
yeah you can keep and eat wobbies but i think they would be a pain to get out of the pot.they are good eating but a pain in the a@# to prepare
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The thing you need to watch
The thing you need to watch out for whith the heads ,is if it is a big head it can be eaten from the outside of pots,the best way to attach the head in the pot is with electrical wire through the eyes and fix it to the bottom of the pot ,if you hang the haed in the pot and there is a little swell the head will move in the current ,this will put the crays of ,we use to fix them in the bottom so they couldn't move right in the middle of the pot ,this way the crays couldn't getto them from the outside and have to get in the pot for a feed.
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Yeah Tapout, heard that.
Yeah Tapout, heard that. Gave it a try though at the beginning of the season as we couldn't get any decent bait up here. Ended up with one in a pot. But that was for a weeks worth of crays and 4 pots. Had another in a pot coupla days ago and we were using orange ruffy and jack mackeral. I think its just luck of the draw. Pain in the ass to get the buggers out though. One of the few sharks that can bite their own tail.
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Well this keeps getting more
Well this keeps getting more interesting, as one of the heads is from a 19kg speciman (not an italian astronaut) so will try to chop it in half. Now for the winds to drop.
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