Beginning in the Salt

[simon2g]

Hey fellas,

I'm generally a fresh water fisho but looking to learn how to fish in the salt. Where there is fish I will go :a_goodjob:
I've only ever pier fished a couple of times, caught one 40cm flatty before, and been on a charter yesterday and had a good day.
Gotten me interested in occasionally fishing in the salt.

When I begin, I'll be fishing land based, as I don't have access to a boat to often. I'll be able to get to PPB more often thatn WP, but will go for both.

Are there any books, sources of information you guys would reccomend that are quite comprehensive and cover alot of points to beginning in the salt? I have already been researching a while, and now wanted to tuck into maybe a book or few sites that I can learn from aswell which someone here knows has quality information.

Not too fussed at what I am targeting, but I think landbased would probably be looking at flathead, whiting, salmon, squid, garfish, snapper.

Once, I learn a bit, I will begin to research specific species and start targeting a single one, start catching that and then later focus on others. To learn, as I understand each different species comes with different techniques.

Also, if anyone already fishes landbased and is interested in having a fish or looking for someone to regularly fish with and doesn't mind me tagging along and bugging ya with questions :rofl: , that would be awesome! As first hand information is always complimentary to research!

Cheers,

Simon.

[DougieK]

What kind of gear do you have and what area do you want to fish mate?

[Bar002811]

What kind of gear do you have and what area do you want to fish mate?

If your gonna rock fish at Phillip island or red point then dougies the guy I can also give you tips about rock fishing and surf fish there also are other landbased gurus you can chat too first I will need to know what style of landbased fishing u want to do and the speicies you want to target cheers
Bar

[DougieK]

^ I'm not going to recommend someone who has never fished salt water go anywhere near a rock ledge.

[bowl]

7ft soft plastics rod 2500 reel.
9-10ft spin rod 4500 reel
11-13 ft surf rd 6000 reel.

[davek]

^ I'm not going to recommend someone who has never fished salt water go anywhere near a rock ledge.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[4liters]

Get the landbased guides to WPB and PPB, those have a heap of spots to try and give you a lot of tips as well.

Coming into winter you could do worse than pick up a 902 Catana combo and a pile of slugs.

[Bar002811]

^ I'm not going to recommend someone who has never fished salt water go anywhere near a rock ledge.

True its better to start off a pier as four litres said get the ports guides and don't target speicies like snapper first cheers
Bar

[poppy62]

Morning Simon..this site has a wealth of knowledge into all aspects of fishing that is available.. including mine on how not to fish....

I see you have been a member for quite some time so you'd have a reasonable idea as to who delves into the form of fishing you wish to pursue.
Give that person a PM and you'll most likely get the information that you wishing for.

Good luck

[4liters]

I forgot you mentioned you had a kayak for fishing Blue Rock, would that be suitable for salt water fishing? You'll catch a lot more fish from out on the water than landbased.