Cleaned up last year with big gars... Just used a prawn dab net and scooped them up on a warm calm night in warnbro sound. They were just sitting in groups of 6 so just cruise over in the boat and would manage two every time :) then use a spotlight to find more, I took my brother out fishing the night before and saw plenty around so decided to try scooping for them & worked a treat!! . Had our quota in 40 minutes and was a good laugh. Then headed out for the first sized dhu for the boat :) no idea how to upload pics on a comment.

 Sounds great. I am landbased as well, with no boat access I should mention. 

 You may need a longer net :) it was also around the start of May that they were plentiful

 Focus around weedy/reefy areas, and get a burley trail going, then keep.your eyes peeled for them cruising on the surface normally in groups, a float with probs a meter or so of light flurocarbon a small hook with a small bit of white flesh will do the damage, i seen heaps at that reef off hillaries on my yak a few weeks back, so if you burley hard enough the should follow it in. Gotta love a feed of gars. Merry Christmas 

Theyre suckers for burley and if they are close enough I just use an unweighted size 6 circle or size 12 long shank with a tiny bit of mulie fillet on ultralight gear. Let them take the bait for a bit an hook themselves then wind in slowly, otherwise under a float and wind slowly if theyre after the bait

 I used to do okay at Cottesloe Groyne during the summer months, using the same setup as I would for herring

Just wondering, what's the bag limit for Garfish per licence?

The Huts south of Bunbury, won't say much more than that on where this is but we use a scoop net and get between 5 and 10 in the net before putting them in the bucket.

Feb to March is the best time.

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