fraser island rig - suggestions

[millerjo]

A couple of mates and i are heading to fraser island for a couple of days. We were planning to buy a rig for some sharking.

Can anybody suggest a setup, we need a whole new rig and suggestions on bait as well.

many thanks

Josh

[username_taken]

Personally I'd probably get a cheap beach combo ( spin or alvey ), fill it with 15kg low stretch platypus and some steel leader. Not sure on bait, probably live fish caught from nearby.

I'm not a shark fisherman though, so I could be off track here.

[Angus]

Ellicats advice to me: Alvey, heavy mono, long wire trace and a live dart freshly caught. It has caught plenty of whalers from the surf for him

Angus

[millerjo]

keep the hook fairly high on the Darts back?

Large or reasonably small hook?

Thanks

[ellicat]

I use two circles snelled - one just in front of tail and one forward of the dorsal.

[ellicat]

Total length of 130lb plastic coated wire is 90cm. Usually tied to 2 - 3 metres of 80lb mono leader with 30lb main line. Circles are 8/0.

Might need to go a bit heavier for the ones at Fraser though.

Don't swim on the calm side at dusk night or dawn. Have witnessed a monster tiger there about 5 metres from the dry sand. I was about 50 metres from the sand and wont forget the experience in a hurry (nor the speed I made it to shore:woohoo: ). That was between Mckenzies Jetty and Kingfisher (before Kingfisher was there though)

If you spend enough time overlooking the champagne pools you are likely to witness a few noahs cruising around there.

Haven't been back since about 5 years ago when I discovered the backpackers have ruined the place. [img size=483]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sharkrig.JPG

[benno573]

they certainly have runied fraser - it's not the same at all. dam rental 4wd's. towed a few of them out in my days up there and at double island.

in agreeance totally on the rig, i'd go better than 30lb myself coz i hate losing and live tailor are the absolute bomb as bait. dart do work on sharks but i have had some pleasent surprises or the mackeral variety fishing live tailor out the back of the break. always good for the barbie!!! :laugh: hook them high on the back above the lat line and through either the top or bottom jaw not both as they need to open mouth to breathe. sharks usually shallow things head first so always good to have a hook in the vicinity.

ellicat - you saw a 5m tiger and didn't try to chuck a bait in front of it? WHY????? :laugh:

[Biggles]

ellicat wrote:

Haven't been back since about 5 years ago when I discovered the backpackers have ruined the place. [img size=483]

There's your bait :woohoo: :woohoo:

Regards

Al

[ellicat]

benno573 wrote:

they certainly have runied fraser - it's not the same at all. dam rental 4wd's. towed a few of them out in my days up there and at double island.

in agreeance totally on the rig, i'd go better than 30lb myself coz i hate losing and live tailor are the absolute bomb as bait. dart do work on sharks but i have had some pleasent surprises or the mackeral variety fishing live tailor out the back of the break. always good for the barbie!!! :laugh: hook them high on the back above the lat line and through either the top or bottom jaw not both as they need to open mouth to breathe. sharks usually shallow things head first so always good to have a hook in the vicinity.

ellicat - you saw a 5m tiger and didn't try to chuck a bait in front of it? WHY????? :laugh:

I did when I got back to shore lol

Agree - a tailor would be a better livie, but a dart is almost a certainty for availability.

[Do$tylz]

I'm heading to frazer this weekend for work. Don't think I'll be shark fishing, but hopefully i'll do a report on anything else I'll catch.

Theres a special on motackle site right now on a TLD combo for around $225.

[jeff f]

i allwayse used a 10' gutsbut uglystick with a tld 25 loaded with 40lb line on the beach and in hervey bay

still got the rod