Greg James

Getting Started with Greg James - Bait


There is one important rule regarding fishing bait - always use fresh bait!

Search around your local fishing area until you find a retail fishing tackle shop that reliably has multiple types of bait for sale. Most bail will be frozen, so it is important to check that it has only been frozen once. Constant thawing and refreezing artificially ages the bait, making it less effective.

To help you get started in this area, Greg James has compiled a list of the types of bait he commonly uses for most fish species in S.A. waters.

Fish

Greg James' Recommended Bait

Whiting

softened squid, cockles/pipis, clickers

Snapper

lumps of squid, whiting heads, pilchards, fish fillets

Garfish

gents, small cockles/pipis

Tommy ruffs
(Australian herring)

gents, small cockles, fish flesh

Mullet

gents, cockles/pipis

Salmon (trout)

lures, softened squid, pilchards

Squid

jigs (lures), small whole fish or a peeled potato on a jig

Trevalley

fish, pilchards, squid

Snook

trolling/casting with a moving bait or lure

Mulloway

whole pilchards, garfish fillets, softened octopus

Blue crabs

fish heads/frames, pilchards

Rock lobster

fish heads/frames