Inshore bottom bashn baits
Submitted by barneyboy on Sun, 2009-01-11 16:57
Would anybody on here care to share there favourite bait for inshore bottom bashing, for things like snapper, KGW and mainly dhufish. are the usual baits like pillies and squid the go or is there a rare (WA only) bait going around that I will brain it on?
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damo6230
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bashin baits
pillies and squid are prob top two baits but fresh is best so if you get some small whiting, wrasse, skippy etc then throw one over as a livie.
I suppose you are not familiar with sambo's (samson fish)yet? . good thing about bunno is the lack of decent structure so you can go light and still getem in......don't eat them though mate.
the new occy jigs are working well and have caught snapper on SP myself
most guys this end anchor and burley or drift.
just gota find the fish this end of town.
If ya need some pointers with the GPS feel free to PM me
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wrassinator
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Catch yer own freshies as
Catch yer own freshies as Damo suggested. Got a thumper KG this morn on snelled and DB'd herring fillet. I can asl attest that wrasse make a top bait as they have been known to frequent my catch list on an all to regular basis ;-)
Oh yeah and poddy whiting/sandies piss easy to catch (great to eat) but also great bait.
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Pilllies???
Pillies,no pillies over here mulies, yes pillies noOne of the best baits is fresh mullet,if its been frozen it loses its skin too easily.If you have to freeze it,fillet itand layer it with coarse/butchers salt.This dries it out but leaves a lot of oil in it.
Sargent baker is one of the best around,fresh cuttlefish is up there as wellIf you get a small live parrotfish,just drop him straight back down again,even if its 30cm long a dhuey is going to have it that far down its neck you will need to pull the hooks out through it bum
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HuggyB
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Dont ask for pillies
you'll get looked at funny. Ask for mulies.
And apart from catching your own baits like squaid and herring, octopus also works well.
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Andy Mac
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Apart from the above
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Tim
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Scaler
Thats where the scaler bag comes in Andy - Quick tow while resetting the drift = No Mess.
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eddie
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Tim, where can you get one
Tim, where can you get one of those bags? reckon they'd be worth a go from what I've heard!
chezza
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have to agree there Andy,
have to agree there Andy, cuttlefish make great bait
Andy if you cut down one side off the cuttlefish ( got deep ) and remove the ink sack that stops all the mess
Tim
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Tackle Shop
Tackle Shop will have them Eddie.
They work great on the Cuttlys and Squid. Just tow them for a short while then head them and turn them inside out and another short tow and you wont have to clean them anymore.
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cheers for that!
cheers for that!
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Thanks for the replies.
Thanks for the replies. Thats food for thought. I meant to say mullies, but I guess 30 odd years of pillies just sort of flowed out. Gotta get out. Goin mental. AAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
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Scaly mackerel
Scaly macks are awesome inshore baits for pinkies, definately take a few along if you want to drift bait as they are extremely oily and things come for miles to eat them.
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wrassinator
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And scale bags also great
And scale bags also great for small but tasty B&B species like poddy sandies. Get 100 or so of them and you don;t wann be scaling the little felllas ;-)
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Skinned octopus seems to be popular if you can
get some fresh occy.
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