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Magical month in the Broadwater
* from P26
feeling the solid weight
Hold onto the point of the hook with one hand and slide the yabby tail over the eye of the hook and up the leader.
on the run-in tide.
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Fight the squid gently as you would a flathead or it can pull loose.
The yabby then sits straight like a lure, doesn’t spin and twist line and looks natural and attracts bigger fish as it bounces over the bottom.
Then net it and put it in a dry bucket for a while, otherwise it will keep squirting ink eve- rywhere if placed in a bucket of water.
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This beautiful moses perch took a liking to the new colour Ecogear ZX43 vibe.
Yabbies shouldn’t be overlooked as a successful bait in the Broadwater.
It will also stay on the hook better and the fish have to bite over the hook to get to the bait, thus greatly improving hook-up rate.
They catch every- thing and can easily be pumped on most of the big sandbanks.
If you’re planning on crabbing in the Broad- water, I believe an or- ange net colour on your pots attracts more crabs.
I use them like a lure, meaning I rig them in the tidiest possible presentation.
Also run the heavy- duty pots with bait pockets that open from the outside, and use fresh mullet for bait.
Gently thread the point of a size 4 baitholder hook through the un- derside of the tail, then continue through the body and push the hook out near the legs, just below the head.
For the best chance at snaring big male blue swimmer crabs, place your pots on the edge of sandbank drop-offs
JP with one of the bigger blue swimmer crabs of the day.
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Bush ’n Beach Fishing, August 2020 – Page 27