omo Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Beautiful sunrise as we hit the wharf with kingies on the mind! No yakkas around but heaps of garfish cruising by so we nabbed a few of them for livies. A few flicks with the squid jig also landed 2 good size calamari. Good eating size so we decided to keep them and catch some smaller models for livies. Got a little arrow squid just in time for the start of the run out. We sent out a live gar on a running sinker rig to fish the bottom and also the arrow squid under a float to fish the top but no hits. No pelagic action today… saw the odd bonito and frigate mackerel zooming past but not much else. Decided to keep trying for squid and got two more good size calamari bringing our total to 4. Definitely a feed now! Into the late afternoon, the yakkas suddenly turned up out of nowhere. We weren’t ready so we panicked and almost tripped ourselves up trying to tie a yakka paternoster in record time! Our burley kept them close, luckily, and soon our livie bucket had 10 yakkas in it. The evening was drawing to a close and nothing was interested in our live yakka. Got tired and decided to pack up. Anyone see any land based pelagic action on Monday? Pretty quiet from our end.. Anyway, calamari and garfish made for a great feed and saved the day. Thanks for reading. Cheers Omo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 yum greeneyes are awesome tucker..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Great report Omo, even if you didn't catch any pelagics. Still scored a feed...gotta be happy with that mate. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 6 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: yum greeneyes are awesome tucker..rick Well done on the squid. When I saw the title I was sure it was rickmarlin posting again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Nice job how do you target garfish I have never chased them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 12 hours ago, blaxland said: Nice job how do you target garfish I have never chased them. just burley up with small pieces of bread and they should arrive in a school. in terms of the rigs, a fixed float with a size 10 longshank hook with a small piece of prawn on it and very light FC leader should be fine, or just a weightless rig if the gars are within casting distance and seem to be shy. a bit of movement of the bait helps to attract a gar to the bait sometimes Good luck! Oli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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