Bread and butter fish?
Submitted by buschy on Fri, 2010-09-17 18:23
Hi guys, just looking for up to date reports on b&b fish in the metro area and north. Preferably inshore but wandering what baitfish people are catching?
It seems a bit quiet for herring (migration) and even gardies now. Are there still plenty of yellowtail around? Any slimeys? Mullet?
Cheers
Buschy
TonyT
Posts: 501
Date Joined: 09/07/10
i havent caught anything
i havent caught anything decent for weeks except for small stuff, getting fed up with it...... hopefully with the warmer weather coming in should get better.
cuthbad
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Date Joined: 22/04/09
i saw a school of mullet at
i saw a school of mullet at north beach yesterday mate, fishing has been really quiet recently though.
JakeB
Posts: 262
Date Joined: 12/12/09
Plenty of yellowtail around
Plenty of yellowtail around the southern end of the sound..... lots of sand whiting and theres still some Pilch about, have been picking up some nice Tailor and school Mulloway the past few days also.
buschy
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Date Joined: 27/11/09
Thanks all
By the replies (and also lack of) it sounds like the fish are pretty patchy. Good to know there are a few mullet and whiting around - I've also seen a few pilch schools but they seem to be few and far between.
Good to know it's not just me though. Hopefully Cervantes on Monday arvo has the goods :-)
UncutTriggerInWA
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Date Joined: 05/09/08
Burley Up
I've been a bit frustrated at the inconsistency lately when looking for larger species. I still don't have a problem catching Herring in the usual spots. The trick is to burley up and keep the baits off the bottom.
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
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fisherboy
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Date Joined: 27/01/10
cervates is insane at night
cervates is insane at night blue bait un weight gets me skippy and chopper tailor really good up there herring aswell
SQUIDGYS for the win!!
wicked game
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Date Joined: 13/11/08
always heaps of herring,
always heaps of herring, gardies and skippy in cervantes. just head to the jetty and try to get the northen corner about an hour before sunset. make sure you use burley