What type of bait should i use ?

[jeremy d R]

Hi everyone , what bait should i use near a brokon jetty they is a drop off near a shallow rock wall . It is in cabbage tree creek. Im not chasing any perticular fish i was thinking prawns or squid ?

jeremy

[wags on the water]

If you can catch live herring/ poddy mullet, I'd probably dangle a livie over the dropoff.

My estuary fishing techniques are limited, so maybe someone else can help Jeremy out with some pointers.

Cheers,
Wags

[tropicrows]

When fishing these type of spots I always head down on the low tide and gather bait. Crabs, worms bait fish what ever is in the area. That seems to work most times.

[b j p]

Chicken gut for bream down there works well. I have fished around the back boat ramp from the shore a few times the weather has been bad and always caught fish.

[kingkev]

Mullet strips or herring baits

[uglyfish]

give ya prawns a go mate, theres nothing in the ocean that can refuse a nice fresh well presented prawn

[jeremy d R]

Thanks everyone, ill try to get some livies (how long will herring survive in a bucket of sea water ) because i was thinking of fishing with some plastics before useing bait incase of a double hook up.I am going to buy some bait before hand incase i don't get any thing in the net.

thanks jeremy

[jeremy d R]

What land base spot new shorncliff to cast net (landbase) i've try near the small jetty and got 2 mullet last week.

jeremy

[wags on the water]

If you pick up a small aerator and clip it to the top of the bucket your livies should last 3 times longer than if you had no aerator.

[Creek Vermin]

Keep the water cool and use an aerator mate. Most fish die in the bucket from warm water. Freeze a water bottle and put it in the bucket and try to keep it in the shade.
Cheers. Keith

[jeremy d R]

Thanks everyone, ill try to get some live mullet if i can't ill just buy some prawns. Will dead prawns stay fresher in cold and aeratored bucket or not .

Jeremy

[jeremy d R]

Thanks everyone for you're help . I think i will just buy some prawns . I shall report my results in the estuary section. I'll see if i have luck tomorrow of catching a fish.

thanks jeremy

[BaitThrower]

prawns mate. I have always caught the most using prawns. Frozen or fresh doesnt seem to matter. Present them as naturally as possible for best effect. I use a paternoster style rig with a small size 6 long shank hook (or 1/0 baitholder or similar) and feed them on from just under the tail. Bit tricky but as mentioned, works great for bream, whiting, small flatties, tailor, and many others.