I find fresh whiting a great bait for Mullaway. Then again... they are spooky fish and will play with most anything. They are notorious for picking up and blowing out so a good couple off sharp hooks are necessary and some patience. Let the fish run. Don't strike until you think the fish has decided that's what he really want's to eat. A bit like watching my grandaughter play with food.. LOL

 All nighters are the way to go if you are serious but I have caught them during the day also and it comes back to patience. In the gutters is the place and often, that's 5 meters from where you are standing...Use a running sinker.. and as lite as you can depending on the conditions.

Merry Xmas

Cheers, Vince

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No mulloway i have ever caught has been from an all nighter, usually around 12-1am.

Fresh squid is my favourite bait followed by live slimies,scalies or yellowtail second. I dont bother with mulies or frozen baits i find them useless unless im going for tailor.

The rig i use is;

- about 4ft of 60lb leader 50lb or even 40lb to shy down or i am on a beach , i use jinkai plus as it is pretty supple and ok in abrasion resistance.

-2 snelled 6/0-8/0 circle hooks (gamakatsu ones as they are sharp strong and good price)

-Sinker always depends on spot and tide/current but i prefer to use weightless baits (usually on jetties,river,rocks or where conditions allow )  

-All this on 30lb braid, havnt been busted off yet.

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when live baiting try to match the hatch as they say as the mulloway will be switched on to hunting the fish that are in the area. Plenty of squid around, use squid, plenty of yakkas around, use yakkas.

When i live bait i Never powercast 50m and have my fish belly flopping on top of the water either coming off hook or getting knocked out, Instead (dont know if anyone else uses this apart from OT) I place the bait in the water, flcik the bail arm and allow it to swim out (no harm to the fish, no stunning effect and gives it a longer lifespan in my experience, i have live baits who survive 5 or 6 hours then i just let them go).

One hook at the head and one at the tail, with squid, dead baits and live baits.

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Just what i use, friends up north in canarvon prety much use the same and it works for them.

hope it helps

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You couln't wipe that grin fom my face even with a hammer.

cheers Uncut and flangies,

some gold info there boys!

gotta get myself to narrows ASAP

Narrows? 

The last two mulloway we got there were on live tailor at about 12:30am (bigger one) and 1:30am (10kg one) 

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You couln't wipe that grin fom my face even with a hammer.

not necessarily the answer. I caught two good mulloway in two nights once in Geraldton - both of them were hooked up just before dark. Live baits would certainly give you a better chance, but I have caught a few mulloway on mulies and others on fresh fillets. Tailor fillets would be my favourite.
The big thing is patience. Have the patience to wait it out and don't start worrying if you haven't hooked one yet. And as Vince said, having the patience to let the fish take your bait when it picks it up.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

are baitfeeder reels better for mulloway?

are the gero mullas just soapies or are they quite big?

The two I got in two nights went 16 kg and 20 kg.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

yeah ok, not going to go buy one

just thinking that maybe it would suit the style of fishing.

nice mullas!

hope i get the same luck

cheers for that colin 

overhead is even better.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

the best thing i hav had luck with is slimies

i hav only caught 2 in my life a month ago at jurien bay on the beach

the first 1 i got on the pilchard and the second which was 3kg on a slime

but wat u should do is hav a slime on 1 rod and leave it out there and hav a pilchard

that u r using for taylor any thats wat i do

bes tactic. i find.. get as many ppl as u can with 1-2 rods each.. then all cast at differnt distances along th same beach/rock line. make all riggs identical.. if no hookups in about 2 hours. then half of them change rigs around and baits.. get about 6 ppl for this to work.. any mulloway that even thinks of coming near is gonna get hooked

hey schecky. i'd be down at the narrows on the mill point side tmr at about 5. gonna try to get a tailor and send out as livey. hope to see u there! =D

Reuben, I live in Geraldton and chase mulloway all the time if you would like I would be happy to show you some of the locations when you are up this way. long nights are not required and most locals use mullet strips as well as tailor. most fish around town are around the twelve kg size with the odd bigger fish. Sharks often turn up along the beach as well and dont be surprised if you hook a Cobia or mackeral.