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[Jules]

I bought a couple KGs of white bait few weeks ago from my local supermarket / seafood store - as the LFS was out.

Only to have noticed it says on the label, human grade white bait (its very plump, high quality and juicy fishes) however, also saying not suitable for fishing or animal consumption.

Could anybody think why? I would have thought Human safe is well and truly fish safe, it appears, smells and seems 10 x better quality then the early bird whiting bait packs I used to use.

[shayne]

Seems silly but is it an imported product perhaps? There might be concerns about the possible transfer of disease, if it is a local product its just nonsense.

[Jules]

possibly, ill check tonight, ill take a photo of the label too and post

[changy]

I know a guy who feeds his fish human grade whitebait and they are all fine.

[Jules]

Yeah I have many times before also. Just this label on the pack has pricked my curiosity.

[Jules]

Curious if anyone has any more knowledge on this, or could shed more light.

Ive read that human grade whitebait has chemicals in it for cleaning out the fish and preserving it a little longer.

 

Over past couple weeks I fed early bed bait white bait to my fish, and I can say the quality, feel, look and smell seemed nicer and fresher compared to the human grade stuff (even my fussiest fish ate it!!).

 

So I've come to the personal conclusion that for half the price, the quality seems twice as good to use fishing bait, especially when your fish power through a good 500 grams a week

 

What whitebait do you use?

[Buccal]

I use any brand white bait "actual fishing bait", for my ray pups.

And yes, with human consumption grade foods such as white bait, mulies and prawns,,,, they do have mild preservatives.
But these preservatives are said to totally disappear due to cooking processes.
Unfortunately our fish eat raw white bait.

Actual bait grade is fine, I've used it for yonks.

[bigjohnnofish]

my rtc eats bait grade yellow tail , herring and mullet.... whitebait is just too small now even when you carve the block into quarters.... 

but i used any type and grade of whitebait - didnt seem to matter.... 

 

but the thought of preservatives in human consumption almost makes me want to eat the stuff presented for bait lol

[Westie]

Looking at the title of this thread, I thought it was talking about lake tang cichlids

[Jules]

any form of cichlid could be used really.

[Westie]

At least cichlid keepers don't feel the need to overcompensate by keeping large fish

[bigjohnnofish]

thats because there isnt any real big cichlids      nothing that grows much above 75cm.... definitely nothing over a metre....