how to catch garfish with flavoured maggots - Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2018
- I had a very good fishing session for garfish using flavoured maggots. They definitely worked a treat! Garfish can be finicky some times and if you try this for yourself, I would recomend doing it the same day you go fishing because the tuna oil may kill a few of your maggots over time. Dead maggots still catch fish though. In South Australia the bag limit for garfish is 30 and the minimum lenth is 23cm from the upper jaw to the end of the tail. THANKYOU for watching and tight lines!
thank you for the video and sharing the location!!! David, I learned a lot from you and you are the best teacher of fishing!!!
THANK YOU BRIAN!! Your comment is very much appreciated. Happy days fishing to you mate.
Very informative and well put together video Dave. Well done mate!
Thanks guys your comment means a lot. All the best, tight lines and good hunting.
This clip inspired me to do my first ever spot of gar fishing. We went off Marino rocks at low tide and caught 6! The local bait shop had your gents too so I have you to thank twice! Cheers Dave!
Hi RMSTV82. Thats great news well done, I bet you enjoyed yourself. Well you have now started and you will learn more and more every time you head out. My gents are available in all fishing tackle shops, thank you for supporting our family business and thank you for your comment fantastic to hear. I bet they tasted very nice.
Hi RMSTV82 where about at Marino did you fish
Love watching your videos David, they give me a sense of my youth well done. Your lovely weather is a lot better than here in the uk. In fact I’ve loved watching the videos so much it’s made me decide to do a lot of fishing when I visit my old buddy in Meadows for 12 weeks on 21st of this month can’t wait. Bob
Hi Bob happy to hear you enjoy my videos mate, and your comment thats cool. I agree about the weather over here its pretty good. Glad to hear your going to do a bit more fishing hope you catch a feed, wow 12 weeks thats nice I'm not surprised you can't wait. Hope you have a great holiday I'm sure you will. Cheers David.
David Sheldon Fishing thanks for getting back to me chap, could you tell me when the garfish season begins and ends Ide be very grateful. Bob
Gday Bob yes mate I answered that under your other comment, hope that helps. if you can't find it I shall right it again for you Cheers David
Appreciate and enjoy your videos mate and I’ve even learnt a thing or two lol.Liked and subscribed👍👍
G'day Lee thanks for your comment mate, and glad to hear you have picked up a tip or two. Also thank you for subscribing. All the best David
Absolute gun on the gars loved the vid great job
Thanks Fresh Plus. It was a good day, and they sure did taste good.
Glad I found your channel. I'm also a South Aussie been here for over 50 years and remember the good ol' days back in the 1960/70's going out in boats with the old man and his mates. Great info about flavouring gents, I must admit that I thought curry powder would kill them
Hi Antipodean33, glad your enjoying my channel. Ive been here since 1970 but we went back for 2 and a half years yes if only the young fishos of today could see what it use to be like, things have really changed. Funny you should mention the curry powder, sometimes it does upset the maggots a bit like the tuna oil. The fish do enjoy a bit of spice in life yum. Thank you for your comment and there are a few more video's to come
Cheers David.
Great stuff....have caught quite a few fish from the beach near there...flathead, mullet, tommies...all close to shore on the incoming tide.
Cheers South Aussie outdoors yep theres some good fishing to be had over here on the Fleurieu Perninsula .Just had a look at your home page looks like you have done some good stuff too. Thanks again
Tapley Shoals vs Offshore Marion Bay vs Offshore Wirrina Cove vs Inshore O'Sullivan Beach
your gents are great i had some in the fridge for ages went out in my boat still as good as the day i bought them now reliquished to beach and jetty fishing but i caught a lot of gar on your baits great video .
Thank you Crispernator your reply makes all my efforts worth while cheers mate
I like your vedio, I went to pt Turton 3 weeks ago, I saw some people fishing gar at the jetty. So the garfish everywhere, can I just simply fishing around shallow weed water?
Gday trin cheers mate yes you sure can I recommend ribbon weed [sea grass] .Wade out at low tide fish in about 2-3ft of water and fish the incoming tide you can try of the beach or rocks as well and gently berley with the current give the berley chance to work.As you probably know gar season is coming to the end now but there are still a few cruising around good luck mate.
Cheers David, now the yellowfin and garfish session all will be finished. What can I catch during the winter time?
salmon trout will be coming on with the cooler weather their around at the moment but are still small , mullet are just two species that come to mind and of course the everlasting tommy .
no worries and thanks
The best maggots, thanks!
Thank you Chris, much appreciated mate.
Thanks for your patient concise gar fishing lesson.
Love all of your videos, keep them coming please.
Are your maggots stocked here in Upper North of SA port pirie or Wallaroo ??
G'day mate, thank you for your comment and glad you enjoy my videos. There will be more slowly but surly. We supply the complete angler Wallaroo we also supply a couple of bait suppliers so you just might find them at port Pirie, maybe give them a ring. Thanks for watching and go get them mmmyummy Garfish. Cheers David
Awesome video and jealous as lol
Thank you Paul. Yes it was a good day, all along that coast you can fish from the shore for garfish using that method between Normanville and wirrina cove. Also a lot of places Adelaide metro and of the reefs at low tide along Seaford.
I've used your bait for ever
Awesome Makai! I do hope you have been happy with it and have caught plenty of fish. I have just finished my maggot work and do try hard to produce a good quality bait for you fishos to use. thank you for your message and support mate.
ahhh sheldons bait that's awesome you do that, i was going to start keeping my own maggots then i saw maggots yesterday down in second valley :)
Hi Jake thanks mate yes not everyones cup of tea maggot breeding, it keeps me busy. I hope you get some fish, there have been a few garfish being caught off the jetty in the mornings and squid and my mate saw what he guessed at being 15ft white pointer down there last week early morning at the jetty he said it was massive.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 yeah doesn't smell the best haha, I ended getting one gar haha. Yes I saw that on the news, there's a few massive rays hanging around there atm tempted to try and catch a ray as they're really good eating
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 I always thought Second Valley looked sharkie.
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!Sheldon bait!!!!
you are such a good soul mate... thanks for the lesson and beautiful day fishing with ya! ... ps I am jealous of the clear skies,.. they spray us like bugs here in florida but... I still go fishing lol ...they wont keep me inside 😊💙🤙
Hi frank, thank you for your nice comments mate. It was a very enjoyable afternoons fishing and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I agree with you, its much better outside than inside even better by the water fishing. I hope you are all safe with that hurricane berring down on you guys. All the best....David
these and king George whiting are my fav eating fish
Delicious!!!
Thanks inspired me to try garfish-Ing !
Hi Phil, sorry late reply thank you for watching and happy to hear you are keen to have a go at gar fishing, it's fun and they are tasty and there are plenty around at the moment I don't know where you live but you can catch garfish all along our coastline including all of the metro jetties. This is one idea how I am fishing in this video in shallow water with ribbon weed present and rocks a very pleasant and enjoyable way to fish at low tide. you could maybe have a look at your local jetty early morning or a bit later in the afternoon and see how the local gar fishermen and ladies are fishing for them to help you learn a bit more, burley is very important but steady not to much I have a how to make burley for garfish and other fish if you would like to have a look. All the best with your fishing Phill.......David
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 We're near Victor, so all your South Coast stuff is great for us. Watched some of your older vids including the one where you caught multi species which looks near lady Bay, we caught a few squid at wirrina a couple of weeks ago that was good fun. Thanks your videos are perfect for us. Cheers!
@@phildecourcey7327 thats great you are local, nice to hear my videos are handy to you guys yes you know the area it's a top location with lots of good fishing. Thank's again for watching and letting me know. Cheers!
Sweet and Sour maggots 😉
Hi David! Great video. I tried to use the same rig as shown in the video but it seems that the pencil float sinks. Is that a problem? Thanks
Hi Thomas. Yes defiantly a problem, normally means there is too much weight under the float. In this video I'm using a bought burley spring cut in half have you tryed that, if not give it a go, if you have then I would have to say the float you have got isn't good enough to use with a burley spring only a bit of split shot you can experiment at home before heading out fishing with a bucket of water and see what weight your float will handle without sinking take a look at my Tommy ruff cape Jervis video if you haven't at the start of that I go through my float set up a bit better. Hope that has helped you out a bit Thomas. All the best David
I landed a 46cm bream in the shallows there this summer no gar for me that day though, great spot!
Yes it's a beautiful area, we are lucky. That is a ripper bream well done
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thought it was a snapper to start with :)
Nice video. So it's great to see how garfish fishing can be enjoyable with the right bait. So how do you grow maggots to the large size in the video ?
Hi Phillip firstly you need the correct fly the golden haired blow fly I have a shed full of them. They lay there eggs when they hatch I give them plenty of food, try not too over crowd and so many days later depending on the temperature they are fully grown. If I have done a good job they are generally a good size. I am featured on a ABC show called The Great Australian Fly I don't say or show much because of secrecy but it gives a look at what I do. Cheers David
I was rewatching your Garfish video. I caught my bag-limit of Garfish yesterday off a local pier. I used punched bread. (My brother sent me a bread-punch kit from the UK.) I was thinking you should do a Garfish fillet-and-cook video. They are difficult to fillet. 😩
G'day David, that was a good idea using a bread punch nice particle bait for a garfish, I use to have one in the UK when we went back for a couple of years back in the 70s. Garfish are delicious, they are tricky to fillet I got use to it eventually, I do them like salmon and cut around the ribs some people slice through the ribs when filleting and remove off the fillet after, there are a lot of pin bones but I don't remove them any more they don't bother me after cooked when eating them. Next garfish video I shall fillet and cook some I do have a winter spot where I have caught some beauties.
Cheer David......David
Hi Dave, really enjoying all of your video's.. I've got a couple of mate's who would get crook on "Popeye " , though are into fishing..Really appreciating the great tips on shore fishing here in Sth Aus. A few of us are planning a day down that way on the back of your vids this summer..What rod and reel do you recommend for the Gar off the beach ..Cheers
Hi mate, thank you for watching and commenting. The fishing reel I'm using is a 2000SH Daiwa Aird nice and light and small, in the video I think I say I'm using a 6lb leader connected to my fine light braid straight nylon is fine but as you probably know the lighter it is the better it is for casting especially for this sort of fishing. My fishing rod is also very light with a fast taper and a very fine tip around 9ft long you could easily use a 6ft-7ft-8ft fishing rod but similar to the action of my fishing rod I would recommend, also would be great for mullet, yellow fin whiting, Tommy ruff, bream all light fishing even fresh water fishing. This particular area I will recommend choosing a very low tide and get there before low tide and work your way out to the edge of the reef and find a area with ribbon weed it is a large area and real good fun when you get to know the area called Lady Bay. My videos fishing with live and fresh beach worms also my mullet mince video were filmed in this area. All the best and have a great day out with your mates and choose a not to windy day and use my burly recipe or similar.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Wow Dave , thanks for the detailed reply , really appreciated and great advice. We'll definately be using your burly recipe and your Gents.. I'll let you know how we go.. Look forward to more video's in the future and all the best for 2024.
Hi David, thanks for your great videos. I’ve tried for the last few days to catch gar at this spot in the weed, low tide. No luck at all, couldn’t even get them around with your burley mix. Using your lively maggots. Could it be that they are just not in the area? Thanks
Hi mate, I will have to say there mustn't have been any around, I recon you would have got onto a few if there was, it is a well known local area for gar. As soon as I can get out I will be there, hope they show up when I am. Thanks for letting me know, that is interesting. All the best for next time. Cheers David
Thanks for your reply, I was a bit disappointed. I did get some small mullet following the berley, but nothing of a decent size.
Hi David. When does the gar season start and finish in SA
Hi Bob generaly when the weather warms up late October early November and can go through to Easter even later some places. there are some nice garfish caught at winter time at Victor Harbour and some other spots
Hi David, my brothers, old man, and I have used your gents for over two decades. Thanks for supplying them to the Normy servo! It's great to get to know the business owner behind the product. Loving your videos and thanks for not giving away your spots (even though I know exactly where you are each time ;) - question, I have seen bigger things than snook chase those gar (I reckon I saw two snapper once do it), not that shallow though. What would you use to target them? I have tried trolling with a paravane but have found it hit and miss (more miss to be honest).
Hi mince07. Firstly thank you for commenting in regards to the gents thats nice. Yes with this CZcams I try not to give too much away to easily in respect for the local fishos. if its the Snapper you are referring to I would burley with mushed and finely broken pilchard and try drifting unweighted pilchard, cubed, half or whole pilchard back with the burley behind the boat, you could add small running sinkers if the current is strong. That method also works good for snook. Snook also love frog mouth pilchards rigged on 3 number 4 suicide or Limerick hook or a skinny strip of gar fillet with a piece of split shot and cast and retrieve slowly or also fished under a float, my biggest snook 5and a half pound whole pilchard float fishing. Hard bodied lures 2 inch and small metal lures both in pilchard colours also work well. And thank you for subscribing. Hope thats helpful. I shall be doing some snook fishing later maggots are busy at the moment.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks for the detailed response! I'll give those techniques a go for sure. It would be awesome to see one of your videos targeting snook!
Hello David great bait mate just wondering if the gar are down that way during winter look forward to hearing from you regards Johno.
Hi Johno, thanks mate. Yes there are a few gar down this way during winter I haven't tried out where I am in this video during winter, if you did try this area and burley you would probably catch some tommies if not gar. Boat fishermen catch a few winter gar down this way, also a few can be caught of Rapid bay jetty some times, also Deep creek can produce a few gar winter time, another good area for winter gar is Victor Harbour off the causeway and the old mans wharf on Granite island Hope this helps you Johno.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks for the reply many of us enjoy you videos and all use your bait,I will give it a go over the next good tides and keep you informed cheers Johno.
Just a question can trumpeter fish be used as bait also.
Sure can, they use to be popular in the port river system for live bait and a mate asked me to keep him some for snapper bait they are just so spiny and really sharp gill plates
Hello David love your videos. Use your maggots whenever I can but have a lot of trouble getting them around Mannum. Was just wondering if you do mail order. Thanks for your time
Hi Nigel, send me a email to contact@sheldonsbait.com.au and I will get back to you. Nice to hear you enjoy my videos and thanks for watching.
hey dave, how do you make your burley more thick so it doesnt just disperse in the spring? more oil?
Hi ak pt, have you been adding a bit of water if not add a bit of water and mix in the burley, mix just enough so that it will squeeze into a firm ball if you add too much water it will be too sloppy. When this is done you should be able to squeeze it into your spring as firm as you like so that it doesn't disperse to quick. I have just noticed that I didn't explain that on my how to make my burley video silly me, but on my fishing for bream with bait part 2 at 4:54 I do show how I mix my burley. Hope this helps you out. This burley is very good and worth the effort. Cheers David
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks for the reply! One of the best fishing youtuber out there for sure!
DAVID, REALLY GOOD VIDEO WITH ACCOMPANYING COMMENTS.
QUESTION: I have been puzzled by choosing the location for garfish fishing. I am used to seeing people fish from jetty's with depth but yor video is in the shallows. Whats the Idea? Is it the matter of actually attracting the garfish with burley and not worry about the depth of water? Does water need to eb calm and not choppy/waves?
Hi Sasha. Garfish are a species of fish that can be caught quite far off shore boat fishing, from a jetty and also from the shore in quite shallow water. The location you choose from the shore will make a big difference to your catch i.e.the presence of ribbon weed and broken bottom meaning reef, you can also catch them over a sandy bottom I have caught them when fishing for mullet. Non surf beaches are the best choice, both rising tide and ebb tide are good and the choppy water doesn't bother them. Using burley for all types of fishing plays a very important role, Garfish, Mullet, Tommy Ruff all respond extremely well to burley and is a must to use.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 David, thank you for the advice. So pretty much they can be anywhere but presence of seaweed and burley is probably an optimal combination. I am thinking of trying a pier in Melbourne. One thing - gonna need luck finding a shop with maggots as I won't have time to breed them for the next couple of days :). Thanks again and havea good day!
Hi Sasha we supply a bait supplier over there he supplies a hand full of fishing shops with maggots you might get lucky.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks David. I tried my luck fishing on Princes Pier in Melbourne. Caught a coupel of pinkies, but otherwise it;s been a quiet evening. Full moon made it very quiet too. Unfortunately I saw no sign of garfish :) haha, but still had fun.
and maybe if you could tell me the supplier or a shop so I can keep it in mind for my next fishing trip.
well done. where was that taken?
G'day mate thank you. I won't give the exact location, but I will say it's between Normanville and Wirina Cove.
Ha ha ha ha ha its great video!!!
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.
Hi David, what’s the best bait for multi-species fishing?
High Tommy"s wild fish, I am going to have to say bungum worms (beach worms) Tom, I'm guessing your name is Tom, so if you can't catch them it's best to learn how to its fun and free bait, the cockles, prawns and gents all do have there place but worms will catch every thing they will
then its pilchards, squid and live bait for your bigger fish also smaller fish, mulloway also love worms.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Thankyou, I always thought that cockles and pilchard were the best, garden worms also work well if they are on a float. I will use worms more!
@@tommyswildfishing no worries mate, yes along our coast worms are very good for tempting a lot of fish species, give them a go and more importantly learn how to catch and keep trying till you can. Happy Worming.
hi dave nice mate ,,,,,,,how do you put flavouring to your maggots,,,,,,
G'day Peter, thanks mate. I add a little less than half a teaspoon of garlic powder 2 thirds teaspoon of curry powder and about a teaspoon and a half tuna oil to a packet of maggots and mix it in it can kill the maggots sometimes but its generally ok. Or you can make a dip with the same ingredients and dip your maggots as you cast in, thats good too
thank you dave
Did u say u used tuna oil and curry powder to flavour ur maggots
Yep. Tuna oil, garlic powder and curry powder, on my fishing for Tommy Ruff Cape Jervis video at the start I show how much garlic powder and tuna oil I put in with the maggots I don't put any curry powder in though, just put the same amount curry powder in as I do the garlic powder. tight lines mate
Hi Dave what other species can you catch with maggots
Hi Vinh maggots are generally used for tommies and garfish, also good for bream and mullet, they are also good for so many other fish, and can be used with confidence, there are many different species of fly and all of them lay maggots in dead animals, rotting sea weed on the beach, in animal manure, fruit etc. So at some point of a lot of fishes lives they have come across maggots.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 I just had a little Bronzie scoff my garfish setup with your gents on it, on the Moonta Bay jetty. I don't think the bugger even felt me on the other end. I had a number 10 hook and stayed attached for 10 seconds. LOL. Isn't fishing fun? You never know what weird thing is going to happen next.
That is so funny thanks for sharing that with me. I have a long time friend who lives at Broome I was visiting him and took some frozen gents with me and the same thing happened to his son on Broome jetty well I never thought I would hear that again. I was winding in my bait squid jag once and just about to lift it out of the water and 6-7ft shark grabbed it lucky my drag was set or I would have lost my rod I did lose the shark after a good fight. yes fishing is so much fun and so full of surprises.
Where is this spot dave? Cheers
Howdy mate I won't say exactly where but its between Carrickalinga and wirrina cove.
David Sheldon Fishing cheers mate appreciate it. Love your vids keep them coming
Use your bait mate....gold! 👍
Thank you, means a lot mate.
Just watched this again mate.....how much curry powder do you put in and do you use garlic powder or minced fresh garlic? Cheers mate.
Gotta say you long life gents last a looooonnnng time.
Edit ....All good mate just watched your making burley video. Bloody excellent! Cheers
Hi David, can I ask where this is?
Hi Annie, I have just accidentally found this message, sometimes I don't get notified by youtube. This spot is just down the road from Normanville heading towards Wirrina its a large area where you can fish for garfish on a reasonable low tide. Happy adventuring.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks for that
I wish I knew where this was so i could go.
Hi mate, I just stumbled across your message youtube never notified me. This spot is heading towards Wirrina from Normanville not far down the road at low tide there is a lot of exposed reef walk out on there like I do find a nice spot to stand out in the water and fish like I do and you will catch some garfish when you are there you shall learn more about the area.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Hi mate, thanks for getting back to me. I ended up going to carackalinga. I got about 2 dozen mullet. All too small. I came from Tea Tree Plaza way so it was a big slog but it was nice.
Where do i buy ur gents
Hi Ruby gents are available in all fishing tackle shops in South Australia
Who Taste Em!!!
Yes mate, loving your maggots, they last a long time, if only i could catch some more fish... do you mind me asking what beach you are at here? Cheers. Tight lines. ;)
G'day Darren, thanks and happy to hear you are loving the maggots its been a busy summer and looking forward to wetting a line myself. This fishing location is near Normanville heading towards Wirrina, there is a large reefy area that exposes at low tide. Walk out there and have a go there has been a new house built there so now you have to park your car at either side and walk in you will find where. Its a top looking area.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 i tried to post a screen shot of a map of the area to see where exactly you meant but i cant post a picture. Is it along Williss drive where the ocean runs parallel to the road then the road almost meets the ocean, is it just there where the road is closer to the ocean, before you veer left a little and it turns into south road and you start heading more inland towards Wirrina? Haha sorry mate, but not the best with directions.
I just cant quite picture the house you are talking about.
Hi Darren, that is so confusing where they have two names for the same road but yes you are in the right area. Where the overtaking lane is, is the area the new house is there on a large sandy area and there is some bamboo near the house in front of that house is a large reef area quite large, thats the spot.
Use your bait.....gold!
Thanks mate, means a lot to us.
Why the curry powder and garlic, have the gar fish gone vegetarian
Gday fishmut the curry and garlic additives is something I have been using for long time and the fish defiantly seem to like it. There is nothing wrong with good old maggots but sometimes even with other baits its good to wack in a bit of extra flavour. Hmm don't now about vegetarian but they sure do like a bit of spice in life. Thanks for the question fishmut good fishing mate.
David Sheldon cheers buddy, I don’t mind the maggots at all actually it fun making them even tho it’s a bit gross sometimes, I’ll try the garlic and curry powders next time see how I go, thanks for The reply happy fishing mate.
yes Fishmut have a play around with garlic and curry powder and try just straight garlic powder on your maggots before fishing And yes Maggots are nature's gift.thanks mate tight lines
Where about’s can you catch garfish never caught one before
Gday Vinh Ha. Garfish are generally a summer time fish showing up in quite large schools that can be caught out in boats, of Adelaide metro jetties, over quite shallow reefs and especially where there is a lot of sea grass wading like I do in this video on a nice calm summers day. low tide is fine can be good fun and very productive start out fishing the way I do and see how you go. As always burley is very important used properly and be patient give it a chance to work. Hope this is helpful.
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I used ur maggots
Hope you caught a few fish.
David Sheldon Fishing yea I got 10 gar and like 5 Tommy riffs and I am going fishing today✨
Thats a nice catch. Have a nice time today.
David Sheldon Fishing thanks got 10 gar