I have been able to catch them all year. i go to mccarrs creek wharf and make a burley using tuna oil, bread, canned pilchard and sea water and i mash it with a potato masher until. i also make bait with flour, canned pilchard and tuna oil. i make it into a dough not too soggy. and they go crazy over it. mid winter i have taken over 20 in less then an hour.