First fish

[DAGGA]

Well i cought my first fish on lure today and im damn happy i cought 6 redfin on a small bloodworm squidgie i cought 2 over 30cm nice and jucy 2 ruffly 24cm and the other 2 were miniture.

But i regret doin what i did now i let the 24 cm ones go and kept the smaller ones to put in my fish tank witch isnt so bad but i also kept the big ones and when i was filliting them eggs came out :( :(

i feel really bad about it now and it recked my day.
tommorow im goin back and if i catch i aint taking none home

[Geoff R]

Mate If it was Redfin you were catching Fisheries want you to Not throw them back as they are a pest, so don't feel too bad. congratulations on starting a very rewarding style of fishing and on your first fish, I think you'll find your life will soon be over Just weight till you pull a horse Bream. Come to think about it, any size bream is worth getting on a lure, good luck to ya mate
Regards Geoff

[DAGGA]

Thanks mate ;)
Im gonna go down there tommorow hopefully to test out some HB. That way i can learn the basics for when i have to go out for some Bream :D

[SWANK-E]

geoff, redfins are not declared noxious fish in victoria

[DAGGA]

Oh yeah iv cought fish before but it was my first fish on a lure

[faro]

even though they are not declared noxious, they are still around in huge numbers... even enough to be annoying when you are trying to catch other species. i dont think keeping a few for the dinner plate will do any harm, even if they had eggs in them!!

[the_hide]

Since I usually like to take a couple of mid size pan fish for the plate when fishing for any species (obviously I don't keep certain species) , I absolutely love larger reddies that accidentally pop on by. Not only are Reddies good eating, but I feel absolutely no remorse in taking them for the plate and that means all the other species get lucky.I wouldn't feel two bad about egg bound redfin they breed like almost as prolifically as carp.