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Live Yakkas - Please Help


Armpits

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I have caught live Yakkas one time before and I have seen them around at night time near the wharf though on Sunday I went out to go catch them, arrived at the wharf at 1pm but I could not see any in sight. Why is this? Are Yakkas only a night time fish or? Anyone who has experience please give me some info on this.

Another question, I want to try somewhere close by to catch Yakkas so I have some bait for the weekend and I don’t want to goto the same wharf as it is abit of a drive out. Does anyone know the closest and successful place to catch them at? I live in Liverpool so somewhere that is close by would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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I've used underwater lights and plenty of burley to catch them at night, there are plenty of these led underwater fish attracting lights available these days just have a google search. Yakkas are pretty sturdy if you don't put to many in a bucket and regularly keep changing the water, don't bother trying to keep slimeys this way though as they soon go pear shaped.

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Yeah they seem to be a lot at night time around wharf with light. Though can you only catch them at night? Do they only come out at night or anytime? Hence I tried catching them in the day but non in sight. Can someone who knows a fair bit about catching these fellas shed some info.

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Yakkas are available during the day but can rarely be seen unless they rise in your burly.   I get them off wharves and inshore reefs when in my boat.  Best method is to burly with well mashed wet bread or mashed pilliies.  I usually use small pieces of chicken breast for bait with a tiny split shot sinker that allows the bait to sink slowly.  Throw out about same distance as depth so you fish the whole water column.  Bites usually come as bait sinks out of sight. 

Liverpool area is a bit too far upstream for yakkas.  Good  luck.

Ron 

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I normally use a sabiki with diced chicken or prawn and if they're biting hard just jig the bare sabikis and they will also bite. In terms of spots in the harbour I like balmoral or clifton and most wharfs in the mosman area are infested with them. Very fun for beginning anglers cus the action almost never stops!

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In personal experience, yakkas are very fussy during the day but once in a feeding frenzy, they will not hesitate to hit a bait-less sabiki. As for yakkas in the night, they are usually very active and it will not take that long to fill the bucket up with a couple livies. Usually i use a couple slices of cheapo bread to ONLY BURLEY then use either mince meat mixed with flour (to help it stay on the hook) or chicken breast. I don't find bread to be that effective with yakkas. Pretty much anywhere that has structure (wharfs, rock ledges, under boats) will hold yakkas. Remember either hit the livie spot at either very early in the morning or in the late arvo/night. 

Tight lines,

KR

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On 06/12/2017 at 0:22 PM, Armpits said:

Yeah they seem to be a lot at night time around wharf with light. Though can you only catch them at night? Do they only come out at night or anytime? Hence I tried catching them in the day but non in sight. Can someone who knows a fair bit about catching these fellas shed some info.

You can catch them anytime but between late afternoon to early morning is the best. They are much more difficult to impossible when the sun is up high. 

Heavily fished areas like Clifton are more difficult again. Use no weight, just feed the line out for the best chance. 

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