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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Best way to improve stocks is stop catching them commercially.

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    whitebait should probably come under that category as well.
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    Smack it on the head,cut the tail on a 45degree angle to bleed it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Best way to improve stocks is stop catching them commercially.

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    Wish someone would eel out one of my duck ponds. Its filthy with them.
    Big buggers as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boaraxa View Post
    whitebait should probably come under that category as well.
    Might stop a few feuds as well.

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    Eels account for hundreds of ducklings and fish roe and little fish every year...yes, their massive journey to mate is extraordinary but no less than that of salmon et al Not all go...the big monsters with the curly whiskers who delight in harassing you when you're doing the dishes on the side of creek or river, are thought to be maidens/barren females who for whatever reason decide not to go...no one is quite sure about why they do not go.

    Smoked eel is divine and hell will freeze over before I stop taking the odd one...
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    I cannot understand why there are not licensing / catch restrictions on whitebait. The "Take all you can" culture is not sustainable and something that should have been addressed a few years ago. Unfortunatly it will take a fishery collapse for something to change.... go clean green NZ!!!!

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    Not MORE licences !!! theres not many things you can do for free these days...but maybe like you say a limit on the catch or slightly shorter season would help along with some cleaner rivers!

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    @Boaraxa

    Just what is the annual take of whitebait...? Does any one know this...? As far as I have been able to ascertain from personal experience and that of others is that whitebaiting, not unlike Opening Day on the pond is more of a culture thing than a harvest, well that too, I grant you but...also in my experience you are pretty much limited to catch anyway due to the vagrancies of the wonderful pastime...
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    I believe whitebait decline is mostly habitat destruction and secondly fishing.
    most swamps have been drained for farming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
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    So are you it seems😊

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Old people have a lot to answer for if they are to be believed
    Old people should always be believed Toby. None of us talk shit or take the piss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rs200nz View Post
    Lol thanks for that. But I seem to think there was a less messier version that didn't scare the kids is the tail cut thing just a myth
    A cut behind the head down threw spinal cord stuffs them up pretty quick, don't understand why you'd want to throw perfectly good food away .They're very good smoked or baked with a little garlic butter

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