Hi all i am after a feed of gar.I live Northside of Brissy.Can anyone help?
Hi all i am after a feed of gar.I live Northside of Brissy.Can anyone help?
North Pine Dam is full of them and easily caught in all the publicly accessible areas.
Jack.
Burley trail and a bait jig works well. About 8 bucks a kilo at Morgans seafood at Scarborough if you don't want to get drenched.
Might be a bit early yet for NPD, but as mentioned burley up with bread, no 12 long shank and a tiny bit of prawn on the hook. Suspended under a float works best.
I've used bait jigs in salt to catch them quick, (tiny bit of prawn on each hook once again) never been game to use a jig in fresh, even though theoretically it is classed as one hook if you read the glossy brochures.
The Gar were thick up in the Mooloolah river but when the dredge started working they p""""d off, Peter.
"We gave Howard the Arse now we have to fix Rudd"
"Now we have to sort Gillard" F@?k me RUDD again
Abbott and Newman what a great next few years "NOT"
Agree - North Pine Dam has always worked for me - but requires a stocked impoundment permit!
Cheers Freeeedom
Freedom, if you dont have an SIP, I reckon Youngs crossing below the dam would be worth a shot.
I have a SIP Feral, but basically only chase the NPD gar when I want to give the grandkids a bit of fun. I usually get my gar (for eating and trolling baits) when I'm out at Mud, berleying them up close in to the island. The gar you get out there are huge.
I often fish Young's Crossing from the canoe in summer time, mainly chasing mullet using the same rig that you use for gar. I also catch a lot of bream and the odd bass there as bycatch but I've never caught a single gar. Go figure!
Cheers Freeeedom
Would they be freshwater gar in the dam?
randell
The gar in the dam are snub-nose gar which can live and breed in the freshwater of the dam, even though they are normally found in the bays and estuaries along the coast.
Cheers Freeeedom
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