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Will with a ne giant trevally, which have been pre- sent in the local rivers during winter.
Brent with a nice arrow squid that was caught in the Broadwater on an Ecogear ZX40 blade.
Keep the yabbies in cool, shallow water in a bucket in the shade.
This makes it easier to handle and easier for fish to swallow it.
Yabbies getting it done
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the rope to keep the
the leader end.
When rigging yabbies
plastic lure – the better it’s presented, the bet- ter and more fish you’ll catch.
sieve still.
Once you have enough
on hooks, presentation is everything.
This also keeps the yabby on the hook se- curely, tempts bigger fish and results in a bet- ter hook-up rate with the hook point exposed.
medium to large-size yabbies, it’s time to go fishing!
Grab a yabby and snap its big claw off.
I’d say it’s impossible to not catch fish in the Gold Coast Broadwater if you apply the fol- lowing.
Fish such as bream will nip at bigger claws to disarm them, which can result in getting bites and not hooking up.
The next step is drop- ping the bait into the water.
Use a light bait rod around 7’ long with 2500 size reel, rigged with 10lb braid, then a running size 2-ball sinker, then braid tied to a small swivel with a uni knot.
Once you have snapped the big nipper off, hold the yabby up- side down and gently slide the point of the hook under the little rib near the tail.
The aim is to get that bait into the strike zone and just reach the bot- tom without letting too much line out and snag- ging.
Be sure to go eight or more times around, through the bottom loop and then through the top loop to ensure the braid knot doesn’t slip.
If you watch the line closely, you’ll see the rod tip quiver as the sinkers rolls over the bottom.
Tie 1m of clear mono or fluorocarbon leader onto the other end of the swivel, then a size 4 baitholder hook onto
The crucial part at this stage is to hold onto the point of the hook with one hand and gently wriggle the tail up over the eye of the hook and onto the leader.
Don’t strike straight away when getting a bite, just allow the fish to eat the bait and wait for the rod to load up.
Then slide the hook through the body fol- lowing the bend of the hook around and then pass the point through just below the yabby’s head.
A 45-degree line an- gle into the water is sufficient.
Half the yabby should be on the leader and half covering the hook.
Drift anywhere there’s tidal flow, making sure you drift parallel to the direction of the flow at a speed of 0.5-1 knot.
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This way the yabby sits straight on the hook and doesn’t spin and twist your line while drifting and fishing.
If wind is affecting the drift, you’ll need to constantly use your mo- tor to counteract it.
If in doubt, drift near main channel markers.
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Lloyd with a beautiful tusk sh from the Gold Coast
Broadwater.
Think of it as the same as rigging a soft
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