Always a few along the back of the five. They also prefer structure like nav markers, bridge pylons, rock jetties etc. If you're land-based a rocky environment like the moles, Hilarys marina or the Dawesville Cut are good places.
When I used to use bait for them it would normally be a bluebait (baby mulie?) on a gang of size 4 (not 4/0!) hooks with a running sinker, but a paternoster with squid/prawns/mulie pieces would also do the trick.
These days it's mainly soft plastics for me...neutral colours like browns and greens and a jighead as light as possible to suit the conditions...stay away from fine gauge bream style hooks...like all the trevs they pull hard and will easily straighten inferior metal.
Just a side note that may be useful...been getting a few on the shallow flats of the Peel, using floating stickbaits near channels/dropoffs...generally areas of less sand and more weed.
They respond really well to burley. Get some pollard and tuna oil in a bucket and get a good trail and oil slick going. Rig i use is as simple as it gets with about a metre of 15 pound fluro with a single 3/0 tied with a blood knot. They can be fussy at times at which i just drop down to 10lb fluro. Trick is to get your bait to slowly drift down at the same rate as the burley. They come and go pretty quick too so make sure you keep burleying when the chaos begins to keep them around.
Once they are around keep your gear a few metres off the bottom to keep out of the reach of the wrasse. They'll come right up to your boat for something to chomp on
Auslobster
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Date Joined: 03/05/08
Got a boat?
Always a few along the back of the five. They also prefer structure like nav markers, bridge pylons, rock jetties etc. If you're land-based a rocky environment like the moles, Hilarys marina or the Dawesville Cut are good places.
When I used to use bait for them it would normally be a bluebait (baby mulie?) on a gang of size 4 (not 4/0!) hooks with a running sinker, but a paternoster with squid/prawns/mulie pieces would also do the trick.
These days it's mainly soft plastics for me...neutral colours like browns and greens and a jighead as light as possible to suit the conditions...stay away from fine gauge bream style hooks...like all the trevs they pull hard and will easily straighten inferior metal.
Just a side note that may be useful...been getting a few on the shallow flats of the Peel, using floating stickbaits near channels/dropoffs...generally areas of less sand and more weed.
opsrey
Posts: 1200
Date Joined: 05/10/07
Coat hanger.
You will need a boat IMO. The coat hanger, bridge to Garden Is., at he mainland side of bridge Rockwall connection.
Just about anywhere on the 5 Fathom bank.
Kwinana beach jetty might provide one or two.
Commet bay / Long point area just off shore. There are a few spots with structure that hold them regularly.
Good luck, post a photo if you get onto them.
Tradewind
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Date Joined: 18/09/12
Seeing as you're mostly Land
Seeing as you're mostly Land based from what I remember Kingfisha, there is a jetty on the swan which can produce some
I remember seeing a video of someone putting a gopro down, but for the life of me I can't remember which jetty or which area
Someone is sure to let us know which one. The trick with them in most places is oily burley and if you don't want to bait up then try a halco twisty
Good luck!
Naitanui_
Posts: 80
Date Joined: 31/01/12
They respond really well to
They respond really well to burley. Get some pollard and tuna oil in a bucket and get a good trail and oil slick going. Rig i use is as simple as it gets with about a metre of 15 pound fluro with a single 3/0 tied with a blood knot. They can be fussy at times at which i just drop down to 10lb fluro. Trick is to get your bait to slowly drift down at the same rate as the burley. They come and go pretty quick too so make sure you keep burleying when the chaos begins to keep them around.
kingfisha1 (not verified)
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Date Joined: 01/01/70
thankyou guys i will post a
thankyou guys i will post a picture if a do catch on and what about woodmans point boat ramp?
TGMitchell
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Date Joined: 24/11/09
Once they are around keep
Once they are around keep your gear a few metres off the bottom to keep out of the reach of the wrasse. They'll come right up to your boat for something to chomp on
The Black Baron