Mulloway bait?
Submitted by dkonig82 on Fri, 2012-11-16 09:09
Planning to have a crack on some chunky structure around 80m to try and lure out a Mulloway.
Going to try jigs first, but failing that what's the preferred bait which is readily purchasable?
I know live tailor etc are often used off the shore, but I don't have the inclination to go and try find them as this is not a dedicated Mulla trip, just going to try quickly whilst out jigging. Was thinking maybe scalies?
Any thoughts appreciated.
Cheers
Dan
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Fossil
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Herring are number 1 in my
Herring are number 1 in my list of mulloway baits, followed by tailor, scalies & yellowtail. All live, forget dead baits & especially forget frozen dead baits. Herring, scalies & yellowtail are easy enough to get live in numbers.
catchalittle
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Another great bait is Mullet
Another great bait is Mullet have caught plenty on this in the past
Nathan
cudbfishn
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Jigs. Id stick to jigs
Jigs. Id stick to jigs
Ryan C
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offshore mulloway
in my experience the offshore (deep water 60-120m) mulloway are not too fussy , i have caught them on fillets , californian squid, occy etc , if they are there you shouldn't have too much trouble getting them to take a bait.
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cartera
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Do sharks eat stingrays?
Do Sharks Eat Stingrays??????
dkonig82
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Yeah no livewell on the boat
Yeah no livewell on the boat makes things hard.
I'll try and hit a fish monger the day before and get some fresh stuff, but never really know if it is actually that fresh. Should at least be able to jig a skippy and use a slab of that I guess.
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metroLBfisher
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out deeper i dont think they
out deeper i dont think they are too fussy, but the better baits to try are tailor fillets, half tailor (might attract sharks, herring, scalies, yellow tail, even some fresh snook/pike works well.
i'd try jigs though and go with a pilchard blue color! in that depth or some soft plastics on elevators.
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trav32
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Rule number one of fishing-
Rule number one of fishing- fish love mulies. Go a mulie! Gets them every time 90 per cent of the time
metroLBfisher
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problem with mulies and at
problem with mulies and at that depth is they dont last.. pickers or simply comes off on the way down. other baits like herring, yellow tail, tailor and scalies will at least have half a chance.
Don't get me wrong mulies are good for the shallow stuff and land based just IMO i wouldn't use them out in that depth
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sherbert
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Put the muile
Up the tube of the californina squid, It holds on better And still bleeds well
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Scotte
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Big scalies are good
Big scalies are good
metroLBfisher
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yeah as sherbs said that's
yeah as sherbs said that's also a good one! the fish just cant resist the good old "Juicy cocktail"
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dkonig82
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Cheers guysScalies seem
Cheers guys
Scalies seem pretty reliable for most other things, might grab some of them and some fresh tailor from a fish monger before I go
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
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6130jason
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skippy r gr8
Have found over the years small live skippy cant be resisted by mulloway.