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Went to tackle world mornington this evening to pick up some garfish tackle. Went to get some silver fish and they said its no longer available or for sale at tackle shops. He said you may still find places with old stock but other wise its not being sold. This apparently is due to the smaller type being imported from Asia somwhere and it has disease which cannot be put into our waters. Anyway I grabbed some puddy like white dough bait which I'll try tomorrow. Going to try for snapper too around mount Martha on high tide.

FishHunter81 wrote:Went to tackle world mornington this evening to pick up some garfish tackle. Went to get some silver fish and they said its no longer available or for sale at tackle shops. He said you may still find places with old stock but other wise its not being sold. This apparently is due to the smaller type being imported from Asia somwhere and it has disease which cannot be put into our waters. Anyway I grabbed some puddy like white dough bait which I'll try tomorrow. Going to try for snapper too around mount Martha on high tide.

First mistake visiting that shop

OK... Can you elaborate? Lol. Don't normally go there

Might be unavailable there but I have no problem getting it at a nearby servo

That's funny, the supply chain hasn't changed and there's been no news via aqis about silverfish to my knowledge.

Could've driven 2 minutes down the road and picked some up...

Yeah I was surprised aswell and I will pick up some also. If anyone else goes into tackle world maybe ask about this. The attendant at the shop was prob in his early 30s with a thickish beard.

Plumbers Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu2OQE1L_EI

I’ve seen that vid before but wonder if it will actually work...

Lightningx wrote:I’ve seen that vid before but wonder if it will actually work...

Might work if dipped in tuna oil before casting it out ?

FishHunter81 wrote:Went to tackle world mornington this evening to pick up some garfish tackle. Went to get some silver fish and they said its no longer available or for sale at tackle shops. He said you may still find places with old stock but other wise its not being sold. This apparently is due to the smaller type being imported from Asia somwhere and it has disease which cannot be put into our waters. Anyway I grabbed some puddy like white dough bait which I'll try tomorrow. Going to try for snapper too around mount Martha on high tide.

Recently I went to BCF after some silverfish only to be told, that they were no longer available as they were not being imported