anyone target wrasse?

[kaleidonova]

didnt know where to put this so ill put ti here, does anyone target wrasse? we can get some pretty giant wrasse in cockburn sound here around 2-3kg and on bream gear its good fun

[tomd]

don't target them but catch plenty in SA when targeting snapper

[yellow door 1]

I dont target them often - but the Victorian Blue Throats can put a bend in a bream rod

[rooboy]

Yep. Same as above. I don't target them, but see plenty as a bycatch. The blue throats go alright on my whiting combo. At least they are easy to find so they would be a good species to go and chase.

[surfcoastkid]

there a very underated fish and are bloody good fun on bream gear. turtlebacks or 100mm wrigglers over shallow reefs are a great way of catching them and i would love to try hardsd on them soon. blue throats pull some line and are great fun trying to get out of the reefon bream tackle and actully are pretty good eating aswell.

[Madeye]

Im yetto understand why wrasse arnt targeted more.

They are plentifull, hit lures, put up a good fight on light gear and can be found from boat or shore.

Sure they taste like crap, but we catch and release bream anyways

Long live the mighty wrasse.

Send me a pm as im always keen for a WRASSE BASH

Im laughing in this pic cause im getting "payed out" for wanting to take a photo of a wrasse

[Madeye]

[viking1]

good fun on 1lb braid around rocky headlandsusing a modified fly rod

[echo1]

Never targeted them either but the big ones go hard. I think some European HRF guys target their species of wrasse.

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

I dont target them often - but the Victorian Blue Throats can put a bend in a bream rod

The W.A. Wrasse can put a bend in a Surf Rod

[cr@zy_deep]

Haha I don't normally 'target' wrasse as such, but i remember when I was a kid I spent a day catching Western Kings out of a reef hole at rotto on placcies. That was just when I was just learning to bream fish with lures, and still hadn't mastered it, so catching 30 or 40 wrasse on placcies was great fun.

[BoofHed]

Did you eat them 2 YD, I reckon they are all right to eat.
Bruce

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by BoofHed

Did you eat them 2 YD, I reckon they are all right to eat.
Bruce

I rate them highly when done in a light beer batter.

IMHO - Better than bald chin, cray or gar

[Jules01]

Ive never caught a blue throat but ive caught plenty of wrasse. Any wiggly plastic should do the job.

Great thread im loving this!!! i really want a blue throat. I was talking to a guy in a tackle shop about them and he was looking at me like i was mad. Idoit lol