Fishing fremantle
Hi everyone , brand new to this site and tbh new to the fishing scene bar all the years as a nipper the old man took us around the UK. I'm just looking for some advice in regards to fishing at the e shed docks , now I know a lot of people turn their noses up at the place and I do understand but it's just a good spot for myself to get back into the swing of things. I went down tonight bowt 4pm - 8pm .. Have bought a small 6ft light rod for which I thought I'd catch the live baits on which I attempted with some success before getting the thing snagged under the pier doh ! And on my larger rod I stuck the little fella on a 3 gang set and instantly caught what I think was a juvenile pink snap ( could be and probably am wrong ) but as it was small I tossed it back. Can you use anything small you catch for live ? Also should I weight my live or use a float or cast it free .. If I do lose all my bait catching jigs what's the best way to grab a few .. Tried just with a small ball lead small hook and abit of prawn and caught what the fella next to me said was a herring but had no joy with said fish .. Anyway good to be back rod in hand any advice on fishing the shed would be class .. Just trying to see as much action to fully reignite the passion
trymyluck
Posts: 908
Date Joined: 06/05/12
Hi mate ,welcome to the
Hi mate ,welcome to the forum. May I suggest you use the search button and read back through all the threads on here over the last few years. You will gain heaps of knowledge not only about Freo, but many others places as well.
Hope to see the photos up here soon !
Auslobster
Posts: 1901
Date Joined: 03/05/08
Live bait...
...there are a number of species found around jettys/wharves/piers that DO have minimum size limits so therefore can't be kept, even for bait, if they aren't big enough. Pink snapper, silver trevally (skippy), silver bream (tarwhine), and tailor immediately come to mind.
Another thing to be aware of is the number of hooks you're allowed to use...many of the pre-packaged bait chaser rigs have more than the maximum amount of three.
As said above, use the search function on the site...eshed, herring, slimies, scalies, all good search words! And chase up the rules and regulations on the Fisheries WA website as well. In fact, some of the other members a bit more computer-savy than me can probably post up a link!
crasny1
Posts: 7029
Date Joined: 16/10/08
Not that savy AusL
But here is the link for our new member.
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/fishing-and-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/recreational-fishing-rules/Pages/default.aspx
Neels
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KevHuntley
Posts: 29
Date Joined: 23/03/14
Cheers lads yer read up as
Cheers lads yer read up as much as I could , chopped the jig down to 3 n threw the snap back .. I'll get searching before heading back out Sunday morning
Tradewind
Posts: 754
Date Joined: 18/09/12
Look up the images for:-
Look up the images for:
- Slimey Mackerel
- Scaley Mackeral
- Yellowtail Scad (Yakkas)
- Herring
They'd be your primary live bait you can use at any size, and the trick of course to catching lots of them is persistant burleying (Pollard/Oil mix).
Use the very small hook bait chasers and if you're not getting anything then put on very small pieces of blood worm/squid/prawn
KevHuntley
Posts: 29
Date Joined: 23/03/14
Cheers tradey , just been
Cheers tradey , just been and got few more bait chasing sets including the smallest and plenty burley .. heading down soon as I get an early finish try them out !!!