I got my first Gummy In WP on a yakka head :thumbsup: . I’ve tried Whiting heads but the bloody rays seem to love em too..rb85 wrote:Agree throw yakka, slimies even whiting heads into the mix.STriplett1997 wrote:Fair enough mate. Each to their own, whenever I useKimtown wrote:100% agree with the big girls, but getting a feed of 3.5-4ft flake I have most luck with IQF's I feel. Looking at your WPB posts though I'm sure you will find the fish!STriplett1997 wrote:I always have pillies on board incase, that stuff doesn’t compare to fresh Trevally salmon yakkas squid, I don’t fish for bigger species without the fresh stuff hahaKimtown wrote:Worth grabbing some fresh banana prawns from the supermarket too mate. Dont be afraid to throw on a dirty frozen servo pilchard either, a hungry gummy will happily take it.
Pillies I come up with bobcus. Yet as soon as fresh squid or trevally/salmon go on the hook I come up trumps. All based on experience I suppose
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What time you heading out from the harbour tomorrow? I must’ve bumped into you at some point mate. I might catch a few ting and hopefully some trevally the last 2hrs of the outgoing, might try using the Whiting as bait providing they aren’t big, those r for dinner :cheers: .Scraglor wrote:Good luck mate, I will be launching at Yaringa tomorrow morning too, but will be having a look around for the whiting. I am planning to spend a bit of time nutting out the Gummies myself over the next few weeks.
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Yeah the old Yakka is great I have caught them on whiting when I've struggled for bait. Might do a gummy bash myself after the weekend.STriplett1997 wrote:I got my first Gummy In WP on a yakka head :thumbsup: . I’ve tried Whiting heads but the bloody rays seem to love em too..rb85 wrote:Agree throw yakka, slimies even whiting heads into the mix.STriplett1997 wrote:Fair enough mate. Each to their own, whenever I useKimtown wrote:100% agree with the big girls, but getting a feed of 3.5-4ft flake I have most luck with IQF's I feel. Looking at your WPB posts though I'm sure you will find the fish!STriplett1997 wrote:
I always have pillies on board incase, that stuff doesn’t compare to fresh Trevally salmon yakkas squid, I don’t fish for bigger species without the fresh stuff haha
Pillies I come up with bobcus. Yet as soon as fresh squid or trevally/salmon go on the hook I come up trumps. All based on experience I suppose
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just wondering how many are still using food grade prawn atm with fisheries asking people not toKimtown wrote:Worth grabbing some fresh banana prawns from the supermarket too mate. Dont be afraid to throw on a dirty frozen servo pilchard either, a hungry gummy will happily take it.
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Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
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Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
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Normally launch about 4:30 but taking the better half tomorrow so have a sleep in and launching approx 7:30-8am. Have a spot that fishes well the hour or two before low tide so that should work OK anyhow.STriplett1997 wrote:What time you heading out from the harbour tomorrow? I must’ve bumped into you at some point mate. I might catch a few ting and hopefully some trevally the last 2hrs of the outgoing, might try using the Whiting as bait providing they aren’t big, those r for dinner :cheers: .Scraglor wrote:Good luck mate, I will be launching at Yaringa tomorrow morning too, but will be having a look around for the whiting. I am planning to spend a bit of time nutting out the Gummies myself over the next few weeks.
Plenty of big ones about hey! been funny this year tho with a lot of smaller ones mixed in, gives you a surprise when you get the 47/48cm ones on a 2500 reel though.
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The ones at that size are awesome fun. Fight great and plug away under the boat. I think the Whiting willScraglor wrote:Normally launch about 4:30 but taking the better half tomorrow so have a sleep in and launching approx 7:30-8am. Have a spot that fishes well the hour or two before low tide so that should work OK anyhow.STriplett1997 wrote:What time you heading out from the harbour tomorrow? I must’ve bumped into you at some point mate. I might catch a few ting and hopefully some trevally the last 2hrs of the outgoing, might try using the Whiting as bait providing they aren’t big, those r for dinner :cheers: .Scraglor wrote:Good luck mate, I will be launching at Yaringa tomorrow morning too, but will be having a look around for the whiting. I am planning to spend a bit of time nutting out the Gummies myself over the next few weeks.
Plenty of big ones about hey! been funny this year tho with a lot of smaller ones mixed in, gives you a surprise when you get the 47/48cm ones on a 2500 reel though.
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Mate of mine swears by squid heads for them, but so far I haven’t caught one on fresh squid, so I have a bit more confidence in fresh flesh baits despite the by catch sometimes. Fresh squid has done wonders on the snapper for me tho. I’ll put out some squid toosmile0784 wrote:I got all my gummys on squid heads
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Good thread - I am yet to actively target gummies out of WP but it's on my list to do.
Are you running your standard circle hook, leader, swivel, Ezi rig with dropper loop/sinker on the mainline rigs? I've put this out a few times without much luck (everything but gummies on it).
Are you running your standard circle hook, leader, swivel, Ezi rig with dropper loop/sinker on the mainline rigs? I've put this out a few times without much luck (everything but gummies on it).
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How did you go mate? We had a slow day, really have to grind out a catch, only ended with 7 whiting so my worst trip in quite a while