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.
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...:D:D
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!!!!
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!
@Boaraxa :thumbsup:
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...
Old people have a lot to answer for from the story's they tell me on the river if they are to be believed
I believe whitebait decline is mostly habitat destruction and secondly fishing.
most swamps have been drained for farming.
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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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