How to Catch Barramundi Rigs and Techniques A 6-15kg braided mainline fished on a bait-casting outfit is a good setup. The most common fishing method with Barramundi is hard-bodied lures with a slow, twitching retrieve with occasional hard twitches. Anything from minnows to shads or rattling lures can be successful. [...]
How to Catch Cobia Rigs and Techniques When encountered, cobia are usually not hard to tempt. They will happily take mulies, squid, strips of fish and other baits, especially when fished with just a light weight or without any weight at all. They also respond well to lures, including bibbed lures that are trolled [...]
How to Catch Coral Trout Rigs and Techniques Trolling is the most common technique for fishing for coral trout and because of the potential for break-offs on reefs, heavy gear is recommended. A short trolling rod with an overhead reel, 15+kg braid line with a 24kg leader is recommended. Diving minnow lures and poppers [...]
How to Catch Giant Trevally Rigs and Techniques A good spinning rod and overhead reel with 20-40kg braid and up to 60kg mono leader is a good choice. The weight of the gear you use can vary, but the best advice is to not underestimate this fierce fighting fish- you don’t want a 40kg [...]
How to Catch Golden Trevally Rigs and Techniques Although their mouth appears to be largely designed for bottom feeding, golden trevally are a very aggressive predator that will hit a large range of baits and lures. They do respond well to berley if they are in the area and will take most fish baits. [...]
How to Catch Queenfish Rigs and Techniques Queenfish are not dirty fighters, often spending a lot of time in the air hooked. In fact, they are a fine sportfish, combining acrobatics with dogged determination. Braided or mono line around 6-8 kilos is ample for even the biggest queenfish. A light spin rod capable [...]
How to Catch Spanish Mackerel Rigs and Techniques An outfit with an over head reel, 6-15kg line (depending on the fishing method) and a meter or so of heavy wire trace (something like 25kg will do) to avoid and bust-offs on those sharp teeth. Chemically sharpened hooks are a good idea to get the [...]
HOW TO CATCH SQUID Squid fishing is fun for any age and is an absolutely great way to get younger kids into the fantastic out door sport that is fishing. The most common method for catching squid from a boat is to find a likely looking seagrass bed and drift across it [...]