mako wrote:Matt, have caught heaps on bait jigs off stokes hill wharf. Dynamite bait for fishing Vernon Islands.
Found putting a drop of tuna oil on the jig 'feathers' would do the trick, regular by-catch when jigging sards.
Use a fine wire Gamagatsu circle and pin through the nostrils, either under a float or with a sinker to keep it about 3m down in the current.
Deadly for skinny.
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