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Heading out off Mooloolaba tomorrow morning, and have never tried fishing with live bait.
Any kind hearted fisho's out there mind imparting a bit of wisdom on me?
From what I understand, you jig for bait with one of those Sabiki rig things very close to a marker bouy.
How close do you get though? How close is too close? How big do you take them?
How do you hook them when you are fishing with them? Do you weight them down (as in bottom bashing) or do you just let em float around the back of the boat doing their own thing?
Most importantly, is there such a thing as a "live bait ground" on the way to the banks?
Hope there arent too many questions in there - and hopefully some kind soul will help me!
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Well, isnt that lovely.
64 views and not a single reply.
I guess I was way off mark about this forum.
Thanks.
Originally Posted by Volcano
Was about to comment, but now i think i wont.
Get one of those bait jig rigs you mention and put a 2oz or so snapper sinker (depending on water/ depth conditions) on one end and attach the other end to the rod you want to use for bait jigging (a rod with a bit of flex is often best as it gives the jig nice movement).
Find the bouy or baitgrounds you want to jig for bait and try and look for some bait shows on the sounder.
When the bait shows up on the sounder, stop the boat and drop the Jig to the bottom.
The idea is to have the bait jig vertical so only the sinker (if anything) is hitting the bottom. Then simply lift the rod and drop it in a slow smooth motion to make the jig do its thing. Try different jigging speeds, and depths if you aren't getting results, a change in method often helps. If its real tough going you can try putting some squid on the hooks.
If your still confused check the sunken trawler baitgrounds a little north outside of the Gold Coast seaway on a Saturday morning and watch some others jigging for bait.
You can also jig for bait off Point Carwright provided the waves aren't too big. Apparently there are also some spots out at the banks, but I've never tried any.
Some days the bait will jump all over the bait jigs, other days it will take more patience.
Good Luck with it.
oddbudman
Depending on where you fish, I dont think you can have a live bait too big, I have hooked up livies as big as a 3lb tailor, never got to see what took that one.
Only thing I have to add is, use a sinker around 1lb or more, if you hook 6 livies on one rig with a 2oz sinker you will have a bunch of grapes & your jig will be finished, the sinker weight will help to avoid tangles.
Muzz
Agree with Muzz on this - make sure you have enough weight. I haven't yet been out through Mooloolaba (only just got the new boat after 9 years without one) but I never have any problem getting livies - just have to try a few spots. Often times, I can leave the jig in the water with a small, flexible rod in the boats rod holder. Leaves me time to organise everything else on board before heading out.
Rigging livies is also another question you may have if you haven't fished with them before. Different guys have different methods here. I simply rig a 7/0 through the fish's back in front of the dorsal fin (use bigger hooks depending on the size of the bait and fish intended). Caught a 4 foot Longtail off Bribie a couple of weeks ago using this method. Caught the livie, stuck the hook in, set it out, waited around 10 minutes, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, let the tuna take around 50 metres of line and struck hard, 30 minutes later - sushi.
Now that it's Monday evening, did you catch any?
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