Slide Baiting for Bronzies

[smokin_reels]

Hey Guys,

Have been inspired by some of the bronze whalers caught off the surf lately.
Been doing a bit of reading into slide baiting and how to apply it to catch myself a shark.

Found an excellent blog post on slide baiting , well worth a flick if anyone is interested. Its got numerous applications, targetting sharks is just one of them.
http://blog.effectivefishing.com.au/slide-bait-rig/



I grabbed a Tekota 700 that was sitting unused in the shed and have paired it with a Daiwa Surf rod that can cast up to 5oz.
Ordered all the sinkers and slides from Busted fishing , cant wait for the long weekend.

I am heading up to Marlo and hopefully can get a livie or a big deadbait with a circle hook in it sitting in gutter somewhere.

comments on baits, tactics, rigs and leaders. welcome.
Wire or no wire?
the consensus i have come to is 150lb leader and single circle to a tailor hooked in the tail.

report to follow :water:

[4liters]

Good luck, I’ve been hoping to get a toothy over the summer but the winds around here haven’t been favourable - too much variation in wind direction throughout the day to make ballooning feasible.

[smokin_reels]

Good luck, I’ve been hoping to get a toothy over the summer but the winds around here haven’t been favourable - too much variation in wind direction throughout the day to make ballooning feasible.

Yes , its quite a tempting prospect.

[rb85]

There’s a lot of scad and slimies in western port been getting them when chasing whiting if you can get those vac sealed you will have good bait

[smokin_reels]

There’s a lot of scad and slimies in western port been getting them when chasing whiting if you can get those vac sealed you will have good bait

Thanks RB, Im gonna do some bait collection this weekend.
:thumbsup:

[smile0784]

So if I'm reading it right you loose your sinker each cast?

Good luck mate hope you get one or two

[smokin_reels]

So if I'm reading it right you loose your sinker each cast?

Good luck mate hope you get one or two

No , you wont. Because even the 20lb leader at the bottom is plenty to retrieve just the sinker.

The weaker mono at the bottom is just as a fail safe, in the happy eventuality that a big fish rips off with it and heads to a reef or something and gets the sinker stuck.

[Basti]

if you're coming past mine, grab my vac sealer if you need

[Johand]

If you slide dead baits try getting hold

[smokin_reels]

If you slide dead baits try getting hold of fresh kingfish heads.If you know somebody who catches kings ask them to stand them tail in air or tail up,this lets all the blood in the fish to run to the head area.Then freeze the heads till you use them.
We used 8 to 10 oz sinkers.
Good luck

Thats a handy tip! I thought about using the 8oz-10oz sinkers, but currently have a surf rod that can throw only 5oz . Hoping that is enough.
Will save up and get something heavier, those south african rods looks mighty nice.

What rod and reel do you run?