What is the best rig for mulloway?

Rigging for bait fishing Cut 1m of leader line and snell a 10/0 and 6/0 hook to one end and a three-way swivel to the other end. Use a cross-lock snap clip to attach a star sinker to the swivel dropper. Tie your mainline to the top eye of the swivel. Bait up with a live or slab bait and you’re in business.

Where do you put live bait on a hook?

To make a bait swim away yet stay near the surface, hook the jack through the back, just forward of the dorsal fin. Placing the hook through the back, but forward of the tail, causes the fish to swim deep and away from the boat.

Do you use weights with live bait?

Use a split-shot rig with a sinker. To keep the live bait at an appropriate depth and control the line for the kind of fish you want to catch, it’s usually common to rig your line up with a split-shot sinker to weight things down.

How do you target mulloway?

Try to cast toward shallower water working back toward the deep as active fish will move to shallower margins where the bait is to feed and ambush prey. A good sounder is invaluable if lure or bait fishing. Always keep a keen eye out for bait and of course larger predators trailing them.

What are the best baits for a mulloway?

A salmon or tailor of about 1 kg is perfect for a big mulloway, though baits of these magnitudes need heavy tackle and plenty of energy on the part of the angler to fish for lengthy periods. It’s reasonable to say that you have to be committed to stick at live baiting in the surf for hour after hour.

How do you catch your mulloway?

I catch mulloway on standard surf rigs. A set of gang hooks on a wire trace and a big star sinker to keep the rig out in the surf. No special arrangements, no sliding sinkers, no dedicated live bait setups. Slap my mullie or pilchard on and throw it in. Wire trace is handy in case you hook up a shark.

Can the average Joe do mulloway fishing?

Fishing for mulloway does present opportunities for you to refine your gear and techniques and become a specialist if that’s the way you want to go. These special arrangements will improve you’re chances of landing a big mulloway. That doesn’t mean the average Joe can’t give it a go! This article is targeted at the average Joe.

What is the best mulloway fishing gear for surf fishing?

Perhaps the most handy outfit for mulloway in the surf consists of a Shimano Saragosa SW 10000 which can handle the rigours of continually retrieving baits in a harsh salt drenched environment, on a 3.5 meter medium to quick taper rod.