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Fishing around the yabby banks is fun for kids and you may nd a big star sh like Kaiden did.
Joshua was stoked to catch his biggest ever at- head, which took a soft plastic lure.
To start, you need on- ly basic fishing equip- ment – which might be gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree – in- cluding a simple 2-4kg spin outfit with light 6-8lb braid on it.
This might sound like a strange call as these areas do hold a lot of fish, but for years I have watched dads and their little kids try to fish these areas and it is hard work.
This would give mum or dad a chance to have a fish with yabbies or lures.
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Gold Coast Guide
by BRAD SMITH
give you and your fam- ily a few holiday fish- ing tips.
To start, I would stay away from rock walls that have a lot of tidal flow along them.
fishing – they can run around on the sand or have a swim in the shal- lows.
When it comes to lures, a few small plas- tics, matching light jig heads, a few small sur- face lures and a couple of blades will suffice.
The kids either wind their lines into the rocks or the current washes the lines into the rocks and the dads spend more time rety- ing hooks than enjoying the fishing.
The way to fish the yabby banks is to pump them at the bottom of the tide then fish the run-in tide.
For bait, all you need are a few small different sized sinkers, a packet of swivels, a couple of No. 4 long shank hooks and a yabby pump.
Most fish take the op- portunity to move out of the deeper channels to feed over the banks with the rising tide.
The yabby pump would be a perfect Christmas present, as pumping yabbies is fun for the whole family and yabbies are the best all-round bait you can use.
The first place I would suggest would be around the banks that you are pumping your yabbies.
This is also a good time to give everyone a cast with the surface poppers mentioned ear- lier, as the shallow wa- ter covering the yabby banks is one of the best places for surface fish- ing for whiting.
Let’s look at several lo- cations that might put a bend in the rods for you.
The sandy banks here hold fish such as whit- ing, bream and flat- head, and if the kids get a bit bored – as they occasionally do when
Another small tip is to purchase a couple of sand spike rod holders
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Mark caught this quality whiting on an MMD Splash Prawn in shallow water over a yabby bank.
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