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Family holiday fishing tips
* from P30
to put your rods in if you are not fishing, as placing your rods on the sand will destroy the reels in no time.
from jetties, throw up- current and hop them back with the tide, as this will keep your lure on the bottom where most fish feed.
bait called pipis. Wiggling your feet
You can easily and cheaply make your own rod holder by purchas- ing a length of 50mm poly pipe, hack saw- ing it to an appropriate length and pushing it into the sand.
The summer holiday period is one of the best times to take the fam- ily to fish the beautiful beaches we are blessed with along our coast- line.
along the shallow beach water until you can feel the pipis with your feet is known as the ‘pipi twist’.
There are public jet- ties and wharves in our rivers and creeks, and these are great plat- forms for the family to fish from because they provide good structure for fish.
When fishing beaches, always look for deep water running parallel along the shoreline, of- ten called beach gutters.
In fact, I find most of the fish are in close range, particularly when fishing beach gutters on the run-in tide.
Once again, you could mix it up and try bait as well as casting and slowly hopping a soft plastic or blade lure along the bottom.
These gutters hold whiting, bream, flat- head and swallowtail dart through summer.
Once again you can mix it up and try cast- ing soft plastics or blade lures into the beach gut- ters, but remember to take your sand spike rod holders in case the kids decide to ditch the rods for the boogie boards.
When casting lures
Yabbies work well here, as do live beach- worms, and you can even get the kids to wiggle their feet into the sand in the shallow water for another great
That’s it, and merry Christmas!
Catching a nice athead on a lure or bait will al- ways put a smile on your face.
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