Port Philip bay bait

[trueee]

Now that we have in future no netters in the bay . Where we are expecting to see our lovely fresh Phillies come from ?will we be able catch them ourselves ? That includes white bait,blue bait etc I am always a believer in having the bait that the fish are eating like fresh ppb phillies chase the big reds in the spring or squid though I catch my own when successful so the future holds more expensive baits and fewer suppliers ........

[4liters]

Use a bait jig

[CarlG]

Rarely use pillies tbh. Squid, salmon, yakkas, mullet, slimy's...catch all of these without too much trouble. And banana prawns are straight outta coles..

[cheaterparts]

Rarely use pillies tbh. Squid, salmon, yakkas, mullet, slimy's...catch all of these without too much trouble. And banana prawns are straight outta coles..

as above --

worth investing in a vacuum sealer if you haven't got one all of the above baits are easy enough to catch - vac them down and freeze

Couta , KGW ( the heads are good if you don't wont to waste the fillets ) and fresh flat head fillets that can be caught almost every where in the bay
are also great snapper baits

I don't think pillies will go off the shelves in the near future and they aren't the be all and end all of baits in ether bay

[bowl]

Thought a lot Pillies r form from W.A

[4liters]

Even if we do lose access to PPB bait, it seems most people agree that it's worth the sacrifice to not have the netters removing 400t of fish each year.

[Scraglor]

Yeah, most of the Pillies I have bought over the years are WA pillies. in fact, im pretty sure before WA pillies were available, most people used Garfish for bait.

[trueee]

so the popularity of port phillip bay pillies ,white bait ,blue bait is unknown? to you or is just prefer other baits

[trueee]

Yeah, most of the Pillies I have bought over the years are WA pillies. in fact, im pretty sure before WA pillies were available, most people used Garfish for bait.

Most and only bay pilchards were used in the bay long before I was around caugt off piers in port melbourne and from boats in the bay still some bait boaters in the bay but they will no longer be. probably been around as long as C.H smiths.

[poodoo]

I reckon most of the local pilchards hits the market as sardines as opposed to bait.