Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
Kingfish needs to be eaten fresh it doesn't freeze well it goes mushy
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
exactly the same as most pelagics....eg Spanish mack, queenies, ...shir when frozenNude up wrote:Kingfish needs to be eaten fresh it doesn't freeze well it goes mushy
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
Kingfish grow exceptionally fast in their early years. A legal fish even in Nsw is only a few years old at best. They're prolific breeders too and without digging through the internet, fairly sure I read a study that egg batches per fish were fairly large in number. 3-4 minimum 65cm would sit right with me. Depletion now isn't as much of an issue as it was with zero limits and rampant commercial netting/trapping.
To put it all into perspective, a 60cm Snapper is roughly the same age as a 115cm Kingfish. A 30cm snapper as old as a 70cm Kingfish. No one kicks up a fuss with 10 pinkies at 30cm each in photos that pop up every day...
To put it all into perspective, a 60cm Snapper is roughly the same age as a 115cm Kingfish. A 30cm snapper as old as a 70cm Kingfish. No one kicks up a fuss with 10 pinkies at 30cm each in photos that pop up every day...
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
Personally only like kingfish done sashimi style and fresh.
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
Most bag limits are at least double what they need to be....
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
I agree Douglas most salt water fish you are able to take 10 to 20 of each species, so you could legally take home 100 mixed species or more.DougieK wrote:Most bag limits are at least double what they need to be....
I find this incredible regardless of the scientific data that states it's ok to do so.
Most dedicated fisho's take a feed home, where as others take excess fish just because it's legal to do so.
If you need to freeze your catch because you can't eat it all in a couple of nights you have taken to many IMO.
http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/fisheries ... scale-fish
He who has the most fishing rods WINS !
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
I don't really see a problem with 5 fish per day, from my experiences the kingfish have been rebounding exponentially, and there are thousands upon thousands of them kicking around.
Saying that, I never usually keep more than 2-4 between the boat, that is plenty for a feed (or a few) and they are definitely best as sushimi, so fresh is best.
Saying that, I never usually keep more than 2-4 between the boat, that is plenty for a feed (or a few) and they are definitely best as sushimi, so fresh is best.
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
Do not agree.DougieK wrote:Most bag limits are at least double what they need to be....
Most bag limits are about right.
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Re: Is 5 Kingfish at 60cm per person per day to many ?
There's not many bag limits I disagree with. Only minimum sizes. If you can get 5 kings and aren't going to waste them so be it. For most fishos those stars align only a few times.