If you’re going out to catch SBT, take the right gear. With super light tackle you have to fight them too long.
Most people would have two sets of treble hooks or event two singles on a lure, but it’s better to use single hooks if you’re letting SBT go. Our hook up rate is exactly the same when we run a single hook on the lure – and the fish don’t get damaged.
I’d rather just keep one or two 20kg school fish we can deal with on the boat. Because if you can’t kill them, bleed them, gut them and put them straight on ice it’s just not worth keeping them.
