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If you have a Yak then bream in Westlakes are easy and plentiful. All the pontoons hold bream. If you are struggling with lures then throw on a bit of bait on the jighead and throw it near the pontoon like a lure. Pilchard, worm, prawn and squid all work. If you don't want to use bait then throw on a gulp. Trolling also produces a lot of bream for me. I use duel hardcore, Bushy's stiffy minnow and SX40 trolling for ST every winter and usually pick up a few bream bycatch.

I do a single hitch to stop slipping and then a Rizzuto finish. The Rizutto locks in very tight if pre-tightened and will not slip.

Similar to this. No tools needed. I use a lot more tension than the video. Also Rizzuto finish is far superior to half hitches. Need to pretension after. I just use some wooden dowel or pvc pipe.

Similar technique but just leave the reel on the rod with 2kg of drag and tie the braid to the first guide. Rizzuto finish rather than half hitches,

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http://secretbarramundi.blogspot.com/ Heap of info Hiro is the local landbased barra expert

Not sure what species seaweed worms are. I agree they look very similar to common earthworms, and hence I am quite sure they are in the class oligocheata. I have used garden worms (tiger worms and earthworms) for bream successfully in the salt but haven't got any whiting on them yet. These days I catch my own beach worms usually. It is a steep learning curve and it took 10 trips before I could get my first one. I can usually get 8 to 10 worms an hour.

Seaweed worms belong to the phylum Annelida subclass oligocheata. I suspect the term "garden worm" is used to denote the subclass oligocheata and differentiate them from the polychaete subgroup (tube worms, beach worms, blood worms etc). "Aquatic oligochaetes are closely related, and quite similar, to earthworms. There are over 3100 species of terrestrial, marine and freshwater oligochaetes worldwide. Ten families of freshwater oligochaetes occur in Australia, represented by over 90 species. In South Australia, there are at least 35 known species." https://www.ep

But they can use 4 rods and we can only use 2

One way slides work better. Risk of burnoff if a fish takes the bait and its not at the end of the line

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Where are you located and what sort of volume are we talking?

Box of TD Minnow 95SP at the Tackle Buster stand at the boat show. Great price as well.

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okuma and shimano will be fine

Another 21 jigs here. Most were $5 each

Gave a lot of jigs away to family and friends so my collection sits at about 110 jigs now. I usually buy up big when there is a sale on. Plenty of duplicated jigs here

I like the DJP green and yellow and a white warm jacket I like larger sizes, especially off the jetty or with and wind blowing. I prefer size 3.0 and I usually have a 3.5 jig with me. The larger jigs will cast further and even small squid hit a big jig. If it is really clear or the squid are just touching the jig and scooting away I drop down to a 2.0 or even a 1.5 size. Abit of wear and tear in the jig is good as it makes the jig look like an injured fish. I also like adding a bit of abalone shell sticker near the back of the jig.

Are you a charter owner or broker?

http://www.bransfords.com.au/blog/palm-cove-jetty-mudmap/ Looks like Palm Cove Jetty is the pick of the landbased spots. Are you going during mackerel season? 65g and 85g raiders work as good as anything else on the mackerel and are cheap. Fish without wire if the fish are spooky.

Fishing landbased is really hard up there. It seems like a lot of the best spots in Cairns Marina are now no fishing areas. I saw cod caught up there on bait and heard of a few barra but the locals that do well usually fish livebait and put in a lot of hours between fish. If you don't have access to a cast net, try a bait jig to jig up some herring. Get out on a charter out to the reef if you can, it is a great experience and the fishing is very different from what we get here. Micro jigging is great fun and Spanish Mackeral and reef fish are much better eating than our snapper.

You might struggle to find slide baits in SA. Plenty of online retailers in Australia stock them however. I make my own from a coathanger. A pair of pliers and a steady hand is all you need.