Thread: Fussy/lazy trout

did my PM re how to deploy terrafirma terrors make sense???
the beauty of using a running rig is trout can take bait and start to move off before feeling line tension and if they manage to break line they ARENT attached to the sinker.

Cocabullies, use them like you would with a kahawai live bait.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Cocabullies, use them like you would with a kahawai live bait.

How do you catch them @Mathias? I've thought they would make great lives for salmon.

whitebait net.....or kids scoop net x2 and come at them from both directions at once. piece of cake to put WB net across small stream/creek and beat a few down into it....make good job of sorting wee fellas to weed out trout n salmon.

Originally Posted by Shearer

How do you catch them @Mathias? I've thought they would make great lives for salmon.

As mentioned, whitebait net or butterfly net. In actual fact bullies are getting harder to find now. Once they populated the stock water races and the likes, but they have suffered badly by water quality in this region.

Originally Posted by Mathias

As mentioned, whitebait net or butterfly net. In actual fact bullies are getting harder to find now. Once they populated the stock water races and the likes, but they have suffered badly by water quality in this region.

We used to live bait for sea run fish at the Selwyn river. You need to give the fish a long time from the take to setting the hook. We had a lot of drops before we figured that out. We also caught bullies in pastoral drains. Was a few years ago now though.

Any luck yet @Ryan_Songhurst ?

Tokoroa chicken will work