Garfish off a boat
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Garfish off a boat
Guys,
Just wondering where a good place to start looking around the frankston/mornington areas for some gars.
Been quite a while since I caught some, wouldn’t mind targeting a few for the table and for a bit of bait soon.
I know how to target them, but not so sure about areas where they can be targeted specifically from a boat. I reckon my dad and cousin will have a bit of fun catching them
cheers
Just wondering where a good place to start looking around the frankston/mornington areas for some gars.
Been quite a while since I caught some, wouldn’t mind targeting a few for the table and for a bit of bait soon.
I know how to target them, but not so sure about areas where they can be targeted specifically from a boat. I reckon my dad and cousin will have a bit of fun catching them
cheers
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Re: Garfish off a boat
I have found them over grassy areas around 10 to 15 feet depth , if they're around it won't take them long to hone in on the burley.
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Re: Garfish off a boat
yeah im guessing ill just have to burley up and see what happens, been a while since i used burley etc. will be an interesting outing
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They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
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what does your gar gear consist of out of interest?Scraglor wrote:They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
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Re: Garfish off a boat
2 to 4 kilo light trout rod does the trick. ( short rod for boats )
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Nice. Yeah always pays to have a spare outfit on hand. But in small boats its a hard ask.Scraglor wrote:They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
I will try around there soon when I'm chasing the snapper. Will be a good time pass while waiting
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I used to use my stradic etc. But I have since found my best gar combo is a $10 Big W combo, approx 6.5", with a small reel with mono all the way thru. Its bendy like a noodle, which doubled my catch rate when I started using it. (the extra bend stopped me pulling hooks on the strike) If I get a tangle, I slide the float along a bit, tie on a new hook, and some split shot and keep fishing. So much easier than fluro tied to braid, etc.4liters wrote:what does your gar gear consist of out of interest?Scraglor wrote:They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
The main reason I had no gear on the boat was I had just had it serviced and had pulled out all my gear and hadnt put back in floats, etc. Could probably have made it work on snapper combos if I had the terminal tackle.
Seriously if you havent got a cheap and nasty gar combo permanently rigged up with a sliding float, ur missing out, I freaking love that combo, it has caught hundreds of fish (which my GF LOVES for dinner) I highly recommend, best ten bucks I have ever spent.
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Yeah, we dont have a big boat either, but its a 5.3 mtr quintrex, so usually have a few extras just in case.purple5ive wrote:Nice. Yeah always pays to have a spare outfit on hand. But in small boats its a hard ask.Scraglor wrote:They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
I will try around there soon when I'm chasing the snapper. Will be a good time pass while waiting
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Squid rod will work goodpurple5ive wrote:Nice. Yeah always pays to have a spare outfit on hand. But in small boats its a hard ask.Scraglor wrote:They turn up at Frankston pier consistantly so they must be around. I have never targetted them directly, but there were huge schools of them in our berley trail last weekend, I was spewing I didnt have my gar gear on board.was out in 14mtrs off Carrum
I will try around there soon when I'm chasing the snapper. Will be a good time pass while waiting