henryinnis Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Have tried with ok results for bait fish with a small hook and mince. How do you guys do it and is there a better way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 what kind of bait fish are you targeting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
femalefisho Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 For yellow tail - we burley lots with bread, swishing the burley bucket every couple of minutes, use little hooks and stick a bit of bread or pilchard on the end (depends what they are biting on, on the day) For mullet - Jim learnt off a chinese man how to nail them - long rod with no bait, just a duck feather near the hook and when they are on they nail them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielinbyron Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 $2 baitjigs are a great tool.. and v effective with the above listed advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DV8 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Rice also makes great burley. I always save my leftovers. Fish light (6lb), no sinker, and small (size 12 or 14) hook. Some days though, they just willl not bite. If they did there would be no fish in the ocean. davo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryinnis Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Thanks a lot guys you really have helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettingaline Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Hey mate, bait jigs are the way to go.....i burley up with pellets bought from the tackle shop, slice up little pillie pieces about the size of your small fingernail and put them on the bait jig hooks, this method landed me about 35 livies before the jew social, highly recomend it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah bait jigs are the way to go, get the quality ones, not the cheapo's, Crazy john put me onto some recently and they are great No bait needed.....just throw them out and you will have 6 Yakka's or slimies on board, caught well over 30 in 10 minutes last week with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah bait jigs are the way to go, get the quality ones, not the cheapo's, Crazy john put me onto some recently and they are great No bait needed.....just throw them out and you will have 6 Yakka's or slimies on board, caught well over 30 in 10 minutes last week with them come on oz spill? these sound rather special hehe stevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costello Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Wish i could help mate. I went out Monday, burley'd heavy, had two lines with four hook setup's, different size hooks, everything from prawns to pilchards to squid, thought i was sweet. Got nothing but pissy little red snapper everywhere i went, tried four different spots. My big overhead rod never got to release a cast Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 (edited) There are always some yellow tails and slimeys hanging around Lion island. I always catch a dozen of them. Use the bait jig like mentioned before. I just grab the ones from *****, they work really good or a small hook witha small sinker and drop it about 5 meters down with a pinch of pilchard on the hook and wollah! Why did <**** > come out in asterisks? Edited December 6, 2006 by Flightmanager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 The store you mention is basically in competition with some of our sponsors , and as they dont pay for advertising space with us , we dont plug 'em . Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Bait Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Bait jigs come with different size hooks. When I first bought 1 I didn't know what size hook to go for. Over time i've had best success with size 8 or smaller. I've found the smaller the piece of bait i put on the hook the better the hook up rate. Pieces of peeled prawn hang on to the hook better than pilchard. If they go off the bite with pieces of prawn or pilchard i try pieces of yellowtail. A very light rod tip helps so they don't pull the hook when they thrash around. Don't get stuck on 1 bait cause their preference can change from minute to minute. If they keep stealing the bait, sharpen your hooks, try giving them more slack line. Use mimimum weight. I find 6 hooks hard to handle so I cut them in half & fish with 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylo Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 How would this be different if land based ? Does time of day make a difference, or is it just a matter of getting out there and finding a school of baitfish on the bite ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryinnis Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hey all, Finally mastered the buggers..... In regard to your question stylo, its just a matter of finding a school.. Land Based would be similiar, small hook with TINY bit of prawn off so if they nibble, the nibble the hook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 There is a Japanese brand of bait jig they sell, (Himatsu ? or Sabiyaki ? - all those Japanese names look the same!!!) can't think of the name that are pale pink in size 6 or 8 that work well. Watto's and Fishfinder Tony both have them. We were having trouble on the weekend and had plenty of them swimming around the boat. We burleyed with bread - nada, used bread crumbs - nada, used pellets - nada. I mixed the bread crumbs with water and tuna oil and dropped it in. The yakkas went crazy and if you held the jig near the burley ball we caught fish. We ended up with around 30 of them. Only 2 were caught with bait on small hooks, the rest were caught with the jig. My son had the jig in the water and I tossed the burley in - great teamwork. My 7 yr old son also likes the fact that he caught 28 and I caught 2. PS I also tried a different bait jig that was on a hand line - different brand and the feathers were green - nada. Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 For burley I use cat food!! Fish variety in the purple tin , into the burley bucket , and in seconds there are hundreds of hungry diners !! I think the jigs you are talking about Greg are Hyabusa brand . The hooks a very tiny ( look about the size you would hook goldfish on ) and super sharp. Tony and Sean both carry them in stock. Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MRS WATTO Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 For burley I use cat food!! Fish variety in the purple tin , into the burley bucket , and in seconds there are hundreds of hungry diners !! I think the jigs you are talking about Greg are Hyabusa brand . The hooks a very tiny ( look about the size you would hook goldfish on ) and super sharp. Tony and Sean both carry them in stock. Ross spot on ROSS, the HYABUSA jigs are great we used them for the first time last weekend and landed about 40+ YAKKAS IN 30min,other bait jigs dont compare they are only $5 a pkt and well worth the money for what you can catch with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I have been using the Hyabusa jigs for 12 months with great results.,..have ,mentioned them a few times....good to see they are getting people results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 do they work only on yakkas? or mullet as well maybe i can take advantage of the current mullet run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I to can vouch for the hyabussa jigs, i got a few packs from wattos and they work great!!!! My only problem is that we can only ever get yakkas..... I haven't yet scored a slimie out of sydney harbour or the heads.... Anyone got any spots or tricks to target slimies cause we have the yakkas down pat!!! Can even pick which size we want just need to go to a different place for each one!!!!! Any help with the slimies would be great!!! Thanks guys!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I have only caught yakkas as well, however a couple of times they have been smashed by something else but know idea what it was. Someone on here posted up that they landed a kingie on one!!! Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Pasha Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I like to use the black magic ones with the lumo beads on top, they suck to store though like all bait jigs. Le Pasha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I have only caught yakkas as well, however a couple of times they have been smashed by something else but know idea what it was. Someone on here posted up that they landed a kingie on one!!! Cheers Greg Yeah i had a kingie bust me off and cut my finger in the process in near balmoral when i had tiny bits of bread on the hook!!!! Saw it happen and couldn't believe my eyes!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick59 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yeah i had a kingie bust me off and cut my finger in the process in near balmoral when i had tiny bits of bread on the hook!!!! Saw it happen and couldn't believe my eyes!!!! if you can see the yakkas in the burley and they wont bite try grated raw potato [1 handfull ] its worked for me sends them into a feeding frenzy peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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