How to catch live bait

[Flathead bream]

Does anyoneknows how to catch livebait ? It would be better if it is simple

[rjc123]

It depends what sort of live bait your after;

- Squid

- Yakkas

- Mullet

- Slimeys

- Garfish

- squid; you can either get a few squid jigs and find likely spots where rock/weed/reef is present. Some public wharves such as Balmoral can be good too.

- Yakkas; Either grab a bait jig from a tackle store or get a few small hooks and tiny splitshots/sinkers. BURLEY! Use pillie bits, prawn bits, pellets, tuna oil, bread and mix it together. With the jig, just slowly jig it off the bottom or wind it up through the water column. Sometimes if they are in your burley tril near the surface you can chuck out a tiny hook with a bit of pilli or chicken and no sinker.

- Mullet; Get a mullet trap from your local tackle store or make one yourself. Attach some weight to it and put bread inside. Leave it in water preferably about 30cm deep and wait. Don't try this on a windy day though, it never works out well..

- Slimeys; Same as yakkas but a slightly bigger hook and bait. Jigs are also good. Burley aswell!

- Garfish; light line/rod, float and small hook. Little bits of bread are what works from me but they are quite fragile and might not stay alive after handled for as long as mullet and yakkas.

Good luck!

[Spooooled]

Squidg with a squid jig.

Yakkas and tailor with a bait jig with little pieces of bait on the hooks.

Poddy mullet with a float and little hook or a lil bait trap cylinder and if you search around here there some posts that teach you how to make one