NEED ADVICE - Catching live bait
Can someone please shed some light on where I can catch herring, skippy, scalies, etc for live baiting.
I usually leave from Woodies Point and head straight out to the Sth side of Rotto. I know there are bait fish around the Ammo jetty but it's a bit of a detour and time is always of the essence when fishing. I've tried numerous times around GI and CI but caught bugger all except for trumpeter which suck as a live bait.
If someone could PM me some decent locations, bait and rigs to use, technique and burlying tips it would be greatly appreciated. I only want to spend say 1/2 an hour getting live bait and then heading off to fish.
On another topic, which of the FADS are firing at the moment, I'm thinking of taking advantage of the flat conditions tomorrow and going for some Dollies, Wahoo and YFT?
Cheers guys/gals...
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joe amato
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try 20 mtr along five fathom bank
find some sand weey patches on the five fathom bank,you might get some sand whitting,or reefy areas for wrass
chris raff
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Trumpys and Butter Fish
are thick in the sound atm...however I think the squid are picking up...I'd be more inclined to go inside of the 5 halfway down the back of GI thereabouts been reasonably reliable for sandwhiting for us ....not too sure I've had that many in the bucket within half a hour though...
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squidvicious1
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one of the main channel
one of the main channel markers (structure) that go down into the sound, just use a lot of burley in a cage.
Brock O
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Whiting Spot
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snappermiles
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anyone of the reefs
out from woodies will hold herring with a little burly they should be boiling! for scalies try the 20 metre mark in the sandy areas where you would usually fish for sand whiting! just use a bait chaser rig. sand whiting atre great bait but they wont stay alive too long in a bait tank!
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Faulkner Family
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scad amongst the sandies.
scad amongst the sandies. always got them when the burley was flowing. anywhere fro just inside the 5 to just outside in any sand patch. even if the whiting die they are still top bait, small wrasse are good as well even a slab of the bigger wrasse work well
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justmyluck
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Hey everyone, I'm new here so
Hey everyone, I'm new here so would like some advice too. is there a good area to catch herring, skippy, scalies, etc for live baiting that doesnt require a boat?? and like the types of rigs to use??
PM me if you can
cheers
sunshine
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The sand patches in 8-10 metres
NW of Carnac so on the way ...........chockers with skippy and herring with plenty of sand whiting as well !
justmyluck
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is carnac in wa???
is carnac in wa???
Andy_b
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yeh mate, west of wa to be
yeh mate, west of wa to be honest