Thread: Rudd, perch and cat fish in the Auckland waikato area

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Re. the carp for snapper bait - have you used it successfully? I remember we speared a large carp and salted it down once, that stuff was legendary in it's ability to go a whole fishing trip without a fish ever touching it. But entirely possible we had the preparation wrong.

Probably bringing this thread off course. I use the Rudd as cut chunks and carp as a straight fillet. No salting or additives. Did the bizo for me in the centre of Waitemata harbour. Could I have used traditional baits? Sure. But this was free to me, straight from Takapuna lake. I found Rudd to be easier to catch since they were more prolific.