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  2. Southern Garfish - Best Baits. Can You Match the Hatch?

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    I enjoy fishing for gar. It is often a challenge of balancing a finesse presentation with just the right amount of burley and right size bait and hook and size of float. Landbased its even more tricky as you need to factor in casting weight to get your rig out a good distance while still showing bites and not tangling.

    Often I go down to 4lb line and a tiny short shank hook to get the bite.

    I also like using alternative baits and have had some great success on stuff no one else uses.

    Silver fish is very popular as a gar bait in Vic and occasionally sold here in tackle stores. Most fish flesh works well and I like using tuna offcuts, pilchards and carp.

    Tiny livebaits are deadly and almost always work even if the gar won't touch live maggots. Single small seaweed worm and tiny shrimp are my favourite.

     

     

  13. Advice on a reel?

    in Bait & Tackle

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    As long as the rod has no trigger grip it will be fine for boat fishing.

     

    Heaps of reels in the price range. What do you fish for and what line strength do you use? braid or mono?

     

    I like Shimano for midrange and Daiwa for high end threadlines. Penn are also very nice in the mid price range but heavy. I've picked up a Penn Slammer 3 recently at a good price as they are discounting to make way for version 4.

  15. Myponga Ressie Landbased help

    in General Fishing

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    Hard work fishing land based. The first km or two of shoreline is really shallow and weedy. From the yak I go to a long thin 3inch soft plastic and slow drift with the lure just above bottom. 

    Another option is to use a shallow diving hardbody minnow and fish over the top of the weeds. This only works when the fish move in shallow when the water warms more.

  18. Best Whiting rod?

    in How to guides and DIY projects

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    From a boat casting is not as important. I value lightness so you can hold it all day, a soft tip so it will show bites but enough backbone to handle any bigger fish. I use a few high end rods for specific uses but mostly prefer mid range gear these days. I really like the gomoku rods for boat fishing for whiting as they tick all of these boxes.

    For landbased bait fishing for whiting it is a balance between length for casting distance and lightness. I use a pair of Daiwa seajiggers for most of my jetty work.

    For extreme distance I have pair of SFC Surf Tiger rods and a pair of Century TTUL ST. Matched to a pair of Daiwa Surf Basia reels these will cast over 100m easily.

    For lure fishing I am lucky enough to own a Black Diamond Flats Ranger 1 to 3kg rod that works great for small hardbodies and plastics. Although I mainly use it for baitfishing from the Yak.

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