15-02-2006, 11:25 PM
Hi Glen
The only bait I use for Gars are maggots, I have tried silverfish on a few occasions when they came on the market but have never caught a gar on them
I was fishing for Gars at Swan bay one day and had prawn pippies silverfish and maggots and the maggots won hands down.Some blokes swear by the silverfish but I have never failed with maggots and its just not gars that go troppo over them ,Ive caught flathead salmon and gurnad too.
Flicking your rod back behind your head or slowly retreving and moving the bait will lift your strike rate greatly.Moving the bait around a bit faster also excites them
Sometimes the gars dont pull the float down and will swim with the bait in their mouths, gar fishing requires that you keep a very close eye on your float as just the slightest movement is most likely a gar having a pick at you bait.
An important thing too is DONT put tuna oil in your gar berley as it attracts prededtor fish and scares the gars away, this is a mistake alot of people make
The only bait I use for Gars are maggots, I have tried silverfish on a few occasions when they came on the market but have never caught a gar on them
I was fishing for Gars at Swan bay one day and had prawn pippies silverfish and maggots and the maggots won hands down.Some blokes swear by the silverfish but I have never failed with maggots and its just not gars that go troppo over them ,Ive caught flathead salmon and gurnad too.
Flicking your rod back behind your head or slowly retreving and moving the bait will lift your strike rate greatly.Moving the bait around a bit faster also excites them
Sometimes the gars dont pull the float down and will swim with the bait in their mouths, gar fishing requires that you keep a very close eye on your float as just the slightest movement is most likely a gar having a pick at you bait.
An important thing too is DONT put tuna oil in your gar berley as it attracts prededtor fish and scares the gars away, this is a mistake alot of people make