Never (0)
Rarely (once or twice a year)
Often (50% of trips)
Always (50-100%)
Just a question of your catch rates. I probably fish between 15 and 20 times a year on average but have only bagged out with 50 winter whiting once and 5 snapper twice. All on separate occasions.
I tend to catch a big fish and then have to go home and tell someone, or struggle to catch anything at all.
How do you do?
Cheers
Chris
I'm not threatening many species of fish either Chris............
We are just in the same league Mick.Originally Posted by trueblue
Cheers
Chris
mind you, I have had a very singular species focus over summer.......
Have bagged out on Snapper twice in the five years I have been up here. I think i have been close with flathead a couple of times....but then I only keep the 55 - 65cm ones.
I just voted "often", at least 50% of the time. That may sound impressive
( or greedy ) but with a combined demersal species bag limit of only TWO fish, it aint all that hard to do over here in Western Australia !
Cheers, Taz.
The statics are very low on fisherman bagging out, less than 1% of all trips. I cant remember the exact numbers but its something like 0.02% for offshore and even less for estuary.
Its for that very reason that reducing bag limits has minimal impact on fish stocks.
If your sole aim was to 'bag out' everytime you went fishing, i am sure there would be a thriving specialist business out there for 'counsellors or therapists' to 'treat' the hordes who indulge in this practice (fishing). OOHH hang on...there is a couple of businesses doing that.....XXXX and Bundy..forgot about them.
Greg
I prefer to catch my fish with light gear its more of a challenge
Bagging out is not at the top of the TO do list
Catching fish on very light equipment is the go with enough for a feed
Also its quite satisfying to see the look on the crews faces when they catch a big one
"light gear big fish big fun"
Depends what time of year and species really to Chris. Spano's and Cobia are quick to reach bag limits when they are on. We have gotten then alot and the odd species of reefy but most of all a good mixed bag to
JT
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There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges
Up here we Use Hussar as baits for real RED FISHS (SHSIIFDER)
I'd say there are quite a few blokes on here who bag out, but would never admit it due to being "bagged" on this site!
I've seen a lot of reports with a load of fish and pretty soon someone is toweling them up" LOL
Flatzie
I was gunna say.............
The only bagging out I ever get is from Kdog.....................
Don.
"Magpie Navy." VHF 73.
It was a Woman who drove me to Drink......
....and I never gave her money for the Petrol......
Once on mulloway, 5 fish.
Only fish I would be interested in bagging out on, and then only because apart from being great to eat and freezing well, they are also easy to clean.
I hate cleaning and preparing more than one or two fish especially big ones, so I always have this in mind on those occasions when I might strike a purple patch. I would bag out on tailor and sea mullet if I could, but only because I could freeze most of them for bait.
It's yet to happen though, I tend not to fish for choppers and 3 or 4 1/2 decent greenbacks is plenty enough for my familys' immediate needs.
Cheers.
A few times with marsupials while on a road trip, I wonder when given natural progression we will be required to stop and count windscreen and radiator bugs
once or twice a year on spottys if we are lucky
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