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Post by Mattblack » Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:01 am

Heard an old fisherman's tale recently that fresh rabbit is dynamite on pretty much everything. If you have ever cleaned a rabbit, you'll know the meat has quite a smell to it, so it quite plausible I guess.
I'd be interested to know if anyone has had success using rabbit for bait?

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Re: Rabbit

Post by Wolly Bugger » Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:44 am

Mattblack wrote:Heard an old fisherman's tale recently that fresh rabbit is dynamite on pretty much everything. If you have ever cleaned a rabbit, you'll know the meat has quite a smell to it, so it quite plausible I guess.
I'd be interested to know if anyone has had success using rabbit for bait?
I think that the use of a rabbit for bait, might be illegal now, but in the past I think I can recall the old timers using it for bait. As kids we would use it to catch yabbies.

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Re: Rabbit

Post by Mattblack » Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:06 am

Wolly Bugger wrote:
Mattblack wrote:Heard an old fisherman's tale recently that fresh rabbit is dynamite on pretty much everything. If you have ever cleaned a rabbit, you'll know the meat has quite a smell to it, so it quite plausible I guess.
I'd be interested to know if anyone has had success using rabbit for bait?
I think that the use of a rabbit for bait, might be illegal now, but in the past I think I can recall the old timers using it for bait. As kids we would use it to catch yabbies.[/quote

That's a shame considering that rabbits are considered vermin.... it would have been a good environmentally friendly source of bait

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Re: Rabbit

Post by azkay » Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:19 am

I remember many years ago i bumped into the someone on Cunningham Pier who was using Rabbit and Duck (I think) from his hunting trip as bait.

Was slaughtering Pinkies that day!
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Re: Rabbit

Post by Boonanza » Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:32 am

It is legal to use Rabbit as bait :thumbsup:
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Re: Rabbit

Post by 4liters » Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:32 pm

Isn't it just offal that is banned?
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Re: Rabbit

Post by denis barden » Thu Jun 08, 2017 1:54 pm

Yumie Wild Wabbit is best

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Re: Rabbit

Post by Spook » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:01 pm

From Rec Fishing Guide;

"Mammal Blood or offal

The use of berley that contains mammal blood or offal in Victorian waters to attract any species of fish is prohibited. This does not apply to bait pellets that contain mammal blood or offal."

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Re: Rabbit

Post by 4liters » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:11 pm

Are jetskiers mammals?
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Re: Rabbit

Post by Spook » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:12 pm

They are certainly not humans!

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