Banjo Sharks- The almighty PEST

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Banjo Sharks- The almighty PEST

Post by Robbie1950 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:11 am

I was out yesterday trying to chase gummies, these pests are seriously in plague proportions. It's so damn frustrating!! I literally caught 6 in an hour or so. God forbid you throw a burley bucket overboard... :oo:

I'll be the first to lobby to have them exterminated from this bay... Victoria.. Australia.. Planet.. Universe!

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Post by purple5ive » Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:54 am

The banjo slayer :gj:

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Post by Aimless » Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:08 am

Natural selection... from what I read, people don't eat them and (hopefully) throw them back most of the time.

Meanwhile they take out all the delicious snapper and other better eating fish. That = more banjos out in the wild!

There's a story about samurai crabs in Japan... there's a species they fish for there, and every now and then one would have a shell that looked like a Samurai mask / helmet, and they'd throw those back for good luck. Eventually, there were far more crabs with samurai looking shells than not, all breeding, and now the whole species pretty much has that particular look.

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Post by ducky » Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:03 pm

So do your bit for the bay and eat them. They taste like gummy...

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Post by hornet » Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:19 pm

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/wp-conte ... Banjos.pdf

https://vfa.vic.gov.au/recreational-fis ... hing-rules

Which means only boat anglers and divers can keep ONE banjo per angler under 1.5 metres wide. Pier / land based anglers are out of luck.

The new rules will:
 Prohibit the take or possession of stingrays, skates or guitarfish greater than 1.5 metres in wide
 Reduce the combined daily bag limit for rays, skates and guitarfish less than 1.5 metres wide from 5 to 1
 Prohibit the take of these species within 400 metres of any pier, jetty, wharf or breakwater
 Require these species to be landed whole so they can be measured by Fisheries Officers.

NO mention of length ? only width... so does this mean any banjo under 1.5 metres in width can be kept ? which would be 99 % of bajo's...
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Post by Sebb » Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:33 pm

I feel you. My last trip was looking for gummy and landed three banjo in one hour.
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Post by Robbie1950 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:13 pm

Seb85 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:33 pm
I feel you. My last trip was looking for gummy and landed three banjo in one hour.
In all seriousness its frigen disheartening when you're on the water constantly re-baiting and untangling rods becaudse of these mutts. I really don't understand why the hell they would be protected.

Out of anger and frustration I was very close from 'taking things into my own hands' but lucky common sense prevailed. :o_0:

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Post by Robbie1950 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:14 pm

ducky wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:03 pm
So do your bit for the bay and eat them. They taste like gummy...
EEWWW

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Post by bowl » Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:14 pm

Robbie1950 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:13 pm
Seb85 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:33 pm
I feel you. My last trip was looking for gummy and landed three banjo in one hour.
In all seriousness its frigen disheartening when you're on the water constantly re-baiting and untangling rods becaudse of these mutts. I really don't understand why the hell they would be protected.

Out of anger and frustration I was very close from 'taking things into my own hands' but lucky common sense prevailed. :o_0:
Mmm sounds like a touchof lack of experience to me imo
Would not bother with a burly cage ( they attract to may sh.t fish).
Catch some fresh salmon ,trev, pike, yakka ect cut into chunk baits and have baits sitting about a half to meter off bottom.

Ussaly gummy will get scent first b4 stingrays.

Stingrays r apart of fizhing...no biggie.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish

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Post by Robbie1950 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:16 pm

bowl wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:14 pm
Robbie1950 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:13 pm
Seb85 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 1:33 pm
I feel you. My last trip was looking for gummy and landed three banjo in one hour.
In all seriousness its frigen disheartening when you're on the water constantly re-baiting and untangling rods becaudse of these mutts. I really don't understand why the hell they would be protected.

Out of anger and frustration I was very close from 'taking things into my own hands' but lucky common sense prevailed. :o_0:
Mmm sounds like a touchof lack of experience to me imo
Would not bother with a burly cage ( they attract to may sh.t fish).
Catch some fresh salmon ,trev, pike, yakka ect cut into chunk baits and have baits sitting about a half to meter off bottom.

Ussaly gummy will get scent first b4 stingrays.

Stingrays r apart of fizhing...no biggie.
Not using burley I have heard of, keeping the baits that high off the bottom I haven’t. And yes I am definitely inexperienced in gummy fishing, I haven’t ever even caught one!

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