Page 10 - BNB Fishing mag | May 2020

Robert Miles with a 65cm grassy.
Attached is a picture and instructions on how to rig sandies using 7/0 or 8/0 circle hooks.
Magnificent
Moreton Bay
blackspots
* from P9
You need to get your bait close to the bot- tom to have a chance of enticing one and you need to use heavy gear.
In fast-flowing areas, a downrigger comes in handy.
Otherwise, a single paternoster rig with 30-50lb braid and a 3m leader around 30- 40kg will work.
For blackspot tuskfish, Shimano TLD 20 and Shimano Baitrunner 6500 are reels generally used.
ThewayIhookthecrabistomakea hole through the back of the crab near the flap, feed the line through, attach the hook and stick it in near the eyes – this makes the bait sit more natural when on the bottom.
The same three areas in the Bay hold spangled perch, so some squid onboard will help.
Grass sweetlip are also common in these areas.
While on northern Moreton Bay, Robert Miles sent me a photo of grassies he and two fishos caught off isolated structures near Moreton Island.
They came home with 10 grassies each.
Just goes to show, if you search around over time you will come across areas others don’t fish and haven’t bothered to investigate.
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How to rig sand crabs and Cranka Crab lures.
The differences in mouth structure of parrot- fish and tuskfish.