Garfish Dramas

deepblack · Post by **deepblack** » Sat May 08, 2010 8:42 am

Hi All,
I'm sure I'm not the only one with dramas sourcing good Gars up here at the moment, I rigged 45 last night and of them none were what I would call in A1 condition with maybe a quarter being so poor that I decided to cross stitch the body and reserve them for the pitch bait because I doubted they would last as skip baits. The price is becoming an issue too with the price coming in at a dollar each unuseable baits are unacceptable!

So, with that in mind does anyone know any good spots for catching Gars they would be willing to share? Landbased would be preferable so I can sneak out after work during the week, but at the moment anywhere will do!

Cheers,

John.

NathanL · Post by **NathanL** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:14 am

Just about anywhere dude?
Nightcliff beach/Jetty/behind the pool.
Larrakeyah/Lamaroo beach.
Myily Point/Cullen bay rock walls.
Prob not too many big ones around at the moment, june/july the big ones seem to move in.

Bill Collector · Post by **Bill Collector** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:38 am

Lee Point.
Chicken Pellets for berley
Peeled Prawn on a size 12 hook
Can't go wrong!
Gars should be there in numbers now, and will only get better

deepblack · Post by **deepblack** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:53 am

Thanks for the replies guys,
Will go and check it out with the wind the way it is today I've got nothing better on now!

Cheers,

John.

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:54 am

Lee Point.
Chicken Pellets for berley
Peeled Prawn on a size 12 hook
Can't go wrong!
Gars should be there in numbers now, and will only get better

Yep!

And you can dab them with a spotlight at night from a boat in the shallows.

Better check that its legal though

punter · Post by **punter** » Sat May 08, 2010 10:54 am

As NathanL said, I used to get them off the Nightcliff jetty. Try a light down there off the steps at night

Ernie · Post by **Ernie** » Sat May 08, 2010 11:07 am

Can get them just about anywhere, I use bread for berly and squash some onto a hook.If you want bigger ones we had hundreds of em around 300 mm around the boat (berly) off Lee Pnt last week end,mate was catchen em 2-3 at a time on a bait jig and you can always chuck out for a chance at a mack.East Pnt of the rocks to the left of the gun turrets on the in comming is also another good place, can get some thumper black spots at times as well.

double haul · Post by **double haul** » Sun May 09, 2010 3:44 pm

Go get ya own mate the difference in bought bait n freshly caught will put ya catch rate through the roof. Last season i mixed them up a little n after the first trip they only came out when the local baits where used up. The reaction to frozen smelly mushy gars has to been seen to be belived.
I was a bit lazy first up this year n out of the 3 trips we did only 1 was on bait the other 3 were on lures. Im in the process of setting up a bait tank and im in the process of setting up to throw livies at the fussy buggers.

Dex38 · Post by **Dex38** » Sun May 09, 2010 6:33 pm

I spent most of my childhood catching garfish in Sth Aus.

A pencil float with 1 to 1.5 meters of line under it with a small split shot and two - size 10 or 12 hooks is all that is needed.

Use bread and tuna oil and burley. Place the mix in an onion bag which will let out a bit at a time. They will sit out the back of your boat about 15 -20m back. With the pencil float they literally catch themselves.

We used maggots as bait, but squid will do.

Dex

seano · Post by **seano** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:32 am

Plenty of gars at east point from the ledge to the left of the gun turrent early morning high, bread for berley and bait, just hang on if one of the resident milkys grab your bait!