Capo D'Orlando Drive/Garfish
Submitted by tadpole on Tue, 2014-08-05 08:14
Looking at taking the kids out to try and catch a few garfish today, will they come into the more protected waters at Capo D'Orlando Drive with a bit of berley or would somewhere like South or North Mole be a better bet? I've never caught a garfish before so hopefully we can get into a few. Any advice appreciated!
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trymyluck
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Go somewhere where others are
Go somewhere where others are fishing, you will learn a lot just watching how they do it. Especially the older guys. typical to see 10 people fishing with only one getting all the fish. Places like the rock wall at Cotts or either of the moles is place to start. The keys are your berley technique, small baits and appropriate sized hooks. You are more likely to get herring, but either way it doesnt matter. Just enjoy the day and try to learn a little for the next time, the fish will come if you do the time.
tadpole
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Cheers mate. Been doing a
Cheers mate. Been doing a bit of googling with the search function so I have a rig or 2 in mind, just hope they work. But herring would be fine. As long as I dont start catching blowfish, I'll be happy!
trymyluck
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Most of the successful guys
Most of the successful guys seem to use the berley spring with a couple of hooks 2 to 4 feet below baited with pieces of prawn on number 4 hooks or so. The tackle shops should also give you a bit of an idea. Even targeting these small fish takes time to learn what you need to learn to catch fish regularly.
crasny1
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Trick to gardies
When you get gardies around and can watch what they do you will learn a few tricks. I have watched them at the jetties on the seaside of the bridge in the cut, and they are sometimes very very fussy. They basically mouth the bait to check it before eating it. If they sense a hook they drop the bait.
I have learned that using a much smaller hook, covered with a small piece of bait (best prawn or wogs) so that only the sharp tip is slightly exposed works better. Berley is the key to them, but they like oil on the surface more. Have tried just pollard mixed with oil and this works well because it mostly floats on the surface. Packaged berley attracts herring better, which isnt bad because when fishing for gardies, you will end up catching more herring compared with gardies.
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mrwinta
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Oil for burley
To have a slow steady release of oil on the surface try tying a rag to a string then soaking it in tuna oil then simply hang it in the water from where you are fishing - boat or rocks...
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kknlk
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Is there gardie actually
Is there gardie actually around? Cant find much even in tackle shops as bait.