Catching livies in the rivers When they are dirty?

[Sean]

Is it just as easy to get Herring when the water is as dirty as it is at the moment? If not What bait should I be trying to get for jewies? Any tips on where to find/how to catch bigger mullet, I think there is a fair few in the river at the mnoment. Thanks, Sean

[jewies]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

YOu probably wont get any jewies if the river is full of freshwater

[banshee]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

Try to burly them(poddies)up with dry bread crumbs in the little boat harbour behind the cop shop,then fish for them with a fly hook under a float baited with fresh bread balls.There's a good hole about thirty yards out from the entrance that holds Jew,try your livie there or head around about halfway out the north wall where they are getting a few schoolies on lures at preseant(towards the top of the tide).

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

Sean,
Was fishing up near Wardell bridge about this time last year. Water was dirty and no luck jigging herring around the bridge piers. My brother reckons they are nearly always there, so looks like the fresh had flushed them.
There were heaps of prawns around though and there were fish busting around on the surface at night. All we got were forktailed catfish though on some frozen prawns. Didn't have a net with me to scoop live ones. I threw a small slug around for a while and my brother had a go on fly, but could get a touch on whatever was breaking the surface. Guess whatever it was, was hitting prawns up near the surface.
So if there are prawns around, you might be better scooping a few of them for live bait, coz thats what the fish will be eating.

Will be interested to know if you find some mullet and manage to catch some. They gotta be around soon, coz they start up the coast at easter.
Fished over at Patch's Beach a few times (also about this time last year) pulled a few whiting and flathead out of some beach holes in the afternoons, but wished I had brought some gear with me to catch the mullet I could see hanging on the surface in the holes. They were getting smashed by something big occassionally, so I'm guessing jewies. This was afternoon and I think just on turn of low tide. Probably should have put a whiting on and gave it a swim. Bloody hind sight's 20/20 eh. I was having such a good session on the whiting, and was thinking about how to catch the mullet, and the thought didn't occur to me to put a whiting on a hook until after I had got home. DOH! > Not sure I had the bigger gear with me anyway.
Might be worth a look if the seas have settled and the beach has had time to get some features back on them.
Cheers
Jeff

[agnes_jack]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

Sean
Mullet never seem to mind the fresh water, we always have no trouble cast netting a few of those after rain. Herring too dont seem to be bothered that much by the fresh. I dare say the mullet are a good way to go for the jewies around the river mouths.

Regards, Tony

[banshee]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

No cast nets allowed in the land of the cockroach.

[basserman]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

yep but must say it must be alot easyer to catch your bait with one!

[agnes_jack]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

Sean
Sorry forgot that you were in the land of "good things are banned"
Spose ya just have to fish for mullet (pain) or jig for herring?
Geez it must suck to live south of the border

Regards, Tony

[basserman]

Re: Catching livies in the rivers When they are di

some times it does tony espec when you can see thousands of prawns or bait and just can catch them