fishing with hot dogs as bait catches 50 Fish in 1 hour

fishing with hot dogs. Another fishing video and yes another experiment worth watching. This time I'm fishing using only a hotdog as bait. Fishing in the Yarra channel under the West Gate Bridge for just over 1 hour I manage to catch over 50 fish. Wow!! Surprising which house hold items make good bait and having no other bait available I decided to fish with hot dogs or skinless Frankfurt's on a paternoster rig and the results were very surprising.
So next time your keen to have a fish and don't have any pilchards, worms, blue bait, pipis or mussels hanging around why not give hot dogs or even bread a go. You will be pleasantly surprised.
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[@heathbonnici6972]

Another brilliant video, please keep them coming !!

[@fishingmad]

Thank you kindly Heath !!!

[@i_am_mcsee]

Great video that will be great for kids to watch and then get Dad to take them down to wet a line. Thanks Alan.

[@batmanforawhile]

Caught my biggest ever flathead on cut up hotdogs on Good Friday!

[@fishingmad]

Thats brilliant !!!

[@jamiejenkins4583]

Great vid Alan. I must try this out!

[@fishingmad]

Thanks Jamie !!!

[@beanfrankednow5391]

Thanks for the high quality content 👍

[@fishingmad]

Glad you enjoy it! Plenty of good stuff on the channel.

[@jaredbuttigieg]

👍 that’s pretty cool that something that most people have in their fridge can catch so much fish. Awesome video 👌

[@fishingmad]

Thanks Jared, agree 100%. I have had a few times that I had no bait and ended up using hotdogs or bread or something strange and always managed to catch a few fish. So it pays to get a little creative. As always thank you for watching and commenting !!!

[@joepsaila2837]

Great fun for kids there Allan cheers.

[@fishingmad]

Sure is, thanks for watching and commenting. !!

[@cuocsongnhasanomy5642]

hot dog is my shopping list now.. great video. thanks for sharing.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks for watching!

[@yetti4817]

Will definitely try it out.

[@aussie_angler824]

Another amazing video Alan, I swear the fish love you doesn’t matter what our using. Great vid, also is this video aswell as the whiting video this week? Loving it mate.

[@fishingmad]

Thank you very very much for the positive comment. I just love fishing and try to do my best to continually provide valuable videos for followers of the channel. The whiting video is a work in progress, Im hopeful it will be in a week or so. Its a very detailed vidoe with so many tips, techniques, in action footage that the final recordings and editing phase are quite lengthy for this one. I think its going to be a really informative one so im trying not to rush the editing process. Fingers crossed in a week it will be ready. If we go into lock down it may give me more time for editing. LOL. Thanks again !!

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

Right outside Boeing (I used to work there). Thanks for sharing mate.

[@fishingmad]

No problems Michael, glad you enjoyed it !!

[@TylerGoesFishing]

Great stuff man you deserve more subs.

[@fishingmad]

Thank you kindly. I agree !! LOL. Im working on producing a lot content at the moment hoping that sub count will start rocketing up soon. Thanks very much for your positive comments

[@sfg6446]

Great vid Alan, what a coincidence my dad and I were just talking about if hot dogs would work as bait a couple days ago, and they obviously do. Some nice catches there👍👍👍

[@fishingmad]

That's a classic, what a coincidence. At least if anything I have been able to answer your questions. Its a shame i didn't find any bigger fish, I certainly lost 1 decent fish, but it does prove that they work and quite well.

[@sfg6446]

Yeah it looked like a good fish. Did you keep any of the ones that were around 30cm?

[@fishingmad]

Nah, all catch and release buddy. I touched on that right at the end of the video. I catch so many fish I honestly only keep them if they are a good pan size around 40cm-50cm. I did managed to almost bag out on whiting yesterday, so ill be eating good this week. I hoep your going well, looks like many of the schools might close on Tuesday due to this Coronavirus, might be a good excuse for extra holidays and more fishing.

[@sfg6446]

Yeah mate, that’s the only good thing out of the coronavirus lol 😂

[@fishingmad]

Very true !!

[@kbfishingadventures604]

Great upload my little bro and I want to give this challenge a go 👍🏼😎🎣

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !!! Yeah you should give it a go. Its funny when you start thinking of the other possibilities you could try. My imagination tends to run away pretty quickly with some wacky ideas. If you do let us know how you go.

[@Doodsy1975]

Great video mate. Just shows when they're hungry and competing with each other for a feed, they will eat anything. Reminds me of when I was in my mid teens, (probably 1990-92), me and my mates, between four and six of us, used to have our own fishing comps in the Maribyrnong river, up around Kealba. Just catching carp, tench, roach and the odd redfin. I was always runner-up to my best mate, every time. He always won, and I always came second! Always! This one day, probably the fifth comp, he had three fish and everyone else, myself included, had zero. I was sitting back eating fish n chips, having given up basically, and on a whim, threw some chip on the hook, and bang, up came a fish. A roach. So it was 3-1. More chip on the hook. Then another roach! Now it was 3-2! All of a sudden, it was game on! In the end, I still came runner-up though. I never did beat him. (I always won the table tennis comps though!) But when maggots, worms, bread and corn don't work......how about some hot chips fishy's!!!

[@fishingmad]

Thanks Darren. Thats a classic about the chips and the roach. It really is amazing what baits fish will take and as you said when there in good numbers competing for food they'll take just about anything. I used to do the same near pipeworks many years ago but ran into a couple of very big snakes down there and havent been since. LOL

[@Doodsy1975]

@@fishingmad Yep, snakes were an occupational hazard of fishing those riverbanks. Had a couple of snake tales myself. I remember one sliding right past my rod holder that I obviously was nowhere near, as a fish was trying to drag my prized Juro quiver tip rod into the river! That was a tough decision to make. Lucky it wasn't a big fish, and i retrieved the rod after Mr.Brown snake had slid away.

[@fishingmad]

Yeah i get pretty weary of snakes at times. Close calls are always a tough thing, I once had a big tiger snake wrapped around my rod fishing along the barwon river, bugger stayed on the rod for a while so i had to sit and wait for it to leave and also had a few good bites on the rod that i had to just watch. Similar story fishing at Moorabool close encounter with a tiger snake there. Infact ive had a lot of encounters with tiger snakes. Just walking around near, keilor, cherry lake etc seems to be choc full of them. I think ill need to get myself some decent protective shoes and leg wraps this season. As no doubt ill put myself in some pretty vulnerable situations. Not sure if you have any suggestions ?

[@Doodsy1975]

@@fishingmad not sure sorry mate. The days of me traipsing around riverbanks are probably long gone. Maybe try Disposals or Anaconda.

[@fishingmad]

All good, ill check them out.

[@samernikho4872]

Hi mate this location is good in February Thank you for great video 👍

[@fishingmad]

100% Feb and March is the best times you get so many pinkies there

[@juvylennosotros1926]

Great video so interesting nice catch

[@fishingmad]

Thank you very much!

[@spyrolemonis8916]

love the hot dog haha

[@fishingmad]

100 % agreed. I was surprised with the results.

[@SinghFishing]

Ok that just blew my mind haha! I need to go fish docklands again that's if my parents will let me lol. The hero 8 also seems to handle the wind like its nothing!

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !!!!! Yeah its amazing what you can catch fish on. The Docklands has been going nuts with bream and pinkies the last few weeks so hopefully you can convince your parents to get you out there for a session. The GoPro 8 has been a great upgrade. Particular the audio. You can hear more such as line peeling from the reel and less noise. Video has been an improvement too. Thanks for the comment !!!

[@RaditzAus]

Why wouldn't they let you lmao it's fishing

[@goldentwilight1944]

Cleaned up on the old boiled frankfurt! Ha ha. I have heard that chicken works well also especially if flavored.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !!! Raw chicken is one of the best baits around PPB. Pinkies, whiting, flathead, bream will take it. the pinkies go nuts over it, no flavour required.

[@666percentfishing]

They work very well in my experience at night in estuaries. I haven't been able to use them in the surf, they just don't hold up through the swell and the pickers. A shame ! Good work !

[@fishingmad]

Excellent, I haven't tried them at night in the estuaries. ill have to give that one a go

[@666percentfishing]

@@fishingmad daytime the blowfish smash them in 5 seconds where I fish.

[@fishingmad]

Yeah the toadies are unbelievable

[@esoterictime]

this is epic

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !!

[@TheHuski]

Nice fishing session Alan. Can't say I have ever tried Hot Dogs Before... Just one question do I remove the Bread Bun and clean all the Tomato Sauce off my Hot Dog?? :)

[@dj9lives_brf]

Awesome 💯💯💯💯🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🐳💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@fishingmad]

Thanks for watching !!

[@angusbutler8352]

Great video Alan, I was just wondering what size reel you used in this video.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks Angus. Both Rods had a Savage Gear Stealth 2000 reel with 9 pound braid. Video details of the reel and setup can be seen here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWHHoKBrf898q68

[@peternohlmans4588]

Great video Alan soak them in tuna oil,,,,,, chicken works as well ,,,,,,,

[@fishingmad]

Good tip! Thank you ill give that a try next time

[@afterzer0]

Great vid and great catch there! I’m from Perth and will definitely try those hotdogs soon! May I know what are those reels you were using? Thanks!

[@fishingmad]

Thanks a lot !!! There is certainly plenty of good fishing up around Perth, so get those hot dogs ready. The reels I am using are the Savage Gear Stealth reels. I've used them prior release into aussie market and since there release a year or so ago. There really good reels, BCF have sales on them all the time. i did a full video product review of them which can be seen here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWHHoKBrf898q68 hope that helps

[@afterzer0]

@@fishingmad Awesome! I have a cheap MPP2 Savage gear combo I had picked up from BCF when I started fishing last year and it had caught a lot more fish than my relatively more expensive gears. Thanks for sharing mate! Continue to share quality content like these!

[@fishingmad]

That's great to hear. Yeah those MPP2 rods go pretty good. I caught a 10 kilo carp on one of them a few weeks ago and it handled well. As I said keep an eye out on the specials especially now with retail in a bad way expect to see some really aggressive pricing. Lots more good content on the way so stay tuned and subed.

[@geop5365]

Hi, great vid, how long ago was it filmed? PS Was any tomato sauce used with the hot dogs lol?

[@fishingmad]

Was filmed a few days ago, fished from 7.00 to around 8:20 I belive high tide was around 9.00am. I love the idea about the tomato sauce ( why didnt I think of that ). Hope that helps.

[@karenwalters1211]

Yes! We used nothing but hot dogs as a kid. Always caught fish in the river

[@bowks1o_o669]

Just started watching your channel and subbed. I have only gone river fishing up on the Buffalo River for trout, but never actually caught anything, LOL. I want to start doing some bayside fishing but no idea where to start! Are the fish edible from that part of the Yarra? Are there any other spots there or around to the east of the bay that is worth dropping a line in? I love the thought of catching my own table fish, but obviously want to do it safely and within legal bounds (size, limits and season). Complete noob, but would love to learn.

[@fishingmad]

Glad to hear you getting into fishing. There are many good fishing systems close to metro Melbourne. It will be personal preference on whether you think the fish are safe to eat from those systems but you also have the bay close by and lots of land base fishing options where the water is clean and some good species like snapper. Places around port Melb example are terrific, We do have a FishingMad Members website which was built to really help beginners fast track there skills with workshops, rigging guides, maps, etc. So might be worth looking at that,

[@bowks1o_o669]

@@fishingmad Thank you, will have a look.

[@3YearsApart1613]

It 5:30 am and about to take .y 8 years old fishing in an inlet in North Carolina. Thanks for the great video for inspiration. I might have to bring some hot dogs for fun.

[@fishingmad]

Awesome, so good to see people getting their kids involved in fishing. Good luck out there.

[@kiqnkf]

So, the question remains, "How did you go"?

[@3YearsApart1613]

@@kiqnkf We had an amazing day. My son caught a really nice Pompano, as well as many other fish. That pompano was a beast, my son fought that thing for a while, but he was so proud when he finally landed it. THanks for asking.

[@3YearsApart1613]

@@fishingmad My son is hooked...and I have to say, I am now too. I can't stop thinking about when he and I can go out again.

[@fishingmad]

Thats brilliant !!

[@neil9274]

Thanks Alan have to keep hot dogs in the tackle box l wonder how they will go in fresh water

[@IainHMcLean]

Tried this yesterday with my son because we live just around the corner from Lorimer St but the hotdog pieces kept coming off. How'd you keep the bait on the hook mate?

[@fishingmad]

I never really had any issues with the hot dogs falling off. These were the pre cooked ones. What I would say is try using raw chicken, and salted pilchards that's probably the best bait option in that area. The hot dogs was more of an experiment which worked well but the other baits mentioned are tired and trusted

[@alexsss79]

hahah hotdogs work great as yabby bait

[@fishingmad]

Yes very true, they sure do.

[@David-st8te]

What month Alan. Must go back there.

[@jasonvuong6908]

Hi Alan! I was wondering what would you recommend if I wanted to do a lot fishing like in this video and also a lot of pier fishing. The savage gear 1dfr inshore 6 ft or 6 ft 6? Cheers man. Keep up the great video content man!

[@fishingmad]

Hi Jason, My goto rod for some time now have been the Savage 1DFR 3-5 kilo rod 6 foot 6 in lenght. Its very versatile. Light enough for small fish and ive also caught big fish on it such as 6 kilo snapper. I use it with lures and bait. Honestly its a very good option. The white colour is also really good for noticing the nibbles. Really good for piers and land based stuff. Keep an eye out when BCF have specials on some time ago they had a free reel with every rod purcahse which was amazing value. I hope that helps, good luck out there

[@jasonvuong6908]

@@fishingmad Thanks for the recommendation Alan! Will keep an eye out for the deals! Right now BCF has the 6 foot inshore 6-10kg model for $80 so tempted.

[@fishingmad]

Your very welcome, I saw that one one speccial personally i wrecok the 6-10 k version is to heavy for piers unless your specifically targeting bigger snapper and gummy sharks. Its prob a bit to heavy for pinkies, bream, flathead, salmon etc

[@jasonvuong6908]

@@fishingmad Cheers Alan! big help, glad I asked.

[@fishingmad]

No problems anytime. Trust me the 3-5 kilo version can handle some big fish.

[@kenezos]

Good vid mate. Would you eat fish from there?

[@fishingmad]

Yeah it should be OK, most of those pinkies will continually move up and down the channel. Moving between PPB and the yarra channel. They look quite healthy. I usually only take pinkies home that are a bit bigger. There are resident bream there that mainly stay in the channel and that would be a personal call as the water there is a little dirty and polluted but only a few hundred meters from the mouth of PPB. Hope that helps.

[@kenezos]

fishingmad that’s cool. I’d catch and release from there and also try for bigger fish elsewhere

[@fishingmad]

Prob a smart idea. Land base you can fish only just down the road a princess pier, lagoon pier, station pier and you know they are straight from the bay and should be OK.

[@collowood]

Great video mate. How deep is it at high and low tide?

[@fishingmad]

From the banks only about 4 meters on high and 2 meters at low

[@collowood]

@@fishingmad thanks Alan. You got one of the best KZbin channel on fishing Victorian waters.

[@fishingmad]

Thank you very much, i really appreciate kind comments like that.

[@jenflorin3158]

Hey Alan! were u using circle hooks in this video? cheers

[@fishingmad]

Sure was, premade paternoster rigs with small circle hooks. Makes it easy to catch and release them. If you need a link to the rigs let me know, or i have vids on the channel on how to make up your own paternoster rigs.

[@jenflorin3158]

@@fishingmad Thanks for the reply Alan! Yes I have been on your channel for a while now. Quality content thanks a lot Alan!

[@fishingmad]

Thanks heaps for the positive feedback !!!

[@mitchcartablancakenworth3681]

We’re they cooked al or straight out of the packet? Brand of hot dog/ cocktail frank that stays on the hook better?

[@fishingmad]

Don skinless Frankfurt straight from the Deli

[@mitchcartablancakenworth3681]

Thanks al. 😎👍🏻

[@fishingmad]

no worries

[@geoffcohen613]

@@fishingmad do you think it's the smell of hotdogs that sends fish wild. I have a mate who uses mozzarella cheese cubes.

[@Christopher8827]

Hey Alan - what rod are you using?

[@fishingmad]

These are the Savage Gear 1DFR rods. These have been superseded with the Savage Gear Stealth 1DFR

[@bashka5743]

Awesome mate whereabouts is the spot mate what street is it off Lorimer

[@fishingmad]

It actually is Lorimar street, all the way at the end past pier 35 and park near the bridge where the little punt jetty is.

[@bashka5743]

Thank you so much I'll take some hot dogs with me cheers what time in the morning do you recommend??

[@fishingmad]

Fishing there i like mornings when it is high tide. Also take some raw chicken, or strips of blue bait. They both work a treat down there. Its getting colder now so hopefully the pinkies are still around.

[@craigwhyte1873]

Hey Alan what is parking like around this area?

[@fishingmad]

Heaps of parking available especially on weekends as some of the parking is taken by workers in the area during mid week. Just of lorimar street near the pier 35 signs. you can park about 1 minute walk away from where you will fish which is great.

[@David-st8te]

Alan, I am back to make a comment. It looks like low tide. Spicy or Plain Hot Dog like Bunnings ones...?

[@marx875]

Cooked or raw hotdog? What size hook?

[@fishingmad]

They were the small skinless Frankfurts not cooked. Size 4 and size 6 hooks. These are the rigs that I was using kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6vHkK2chKaef68

[@AMaidenlessRunt]

Is it okay to microwave them since they get that extra scent? I think fish would be attracted to it.

[@fishingmad]

Cant see why that wouldnt work, a lot of the ones from the stores are precooked anyways.

[@tailslapexplore6887]

Nice experiment and that mean they eat everythin that smell AKA my socks LOl...

[@fishingmad]

Yes, very true. Especially when there schooled up fighting for food.

[@zeineldaouk4987]

Mate can you tell me what hooks you were using in your rig? By putting a link to them or something that would be much appreciated 😊

[@fishingmad]

Pretty sure these were the hooks here www.rigmastertackle.com.au/product/whiting-hairy-hooks/ cheers

[@zeineldaouk4987]

@@fishingmad thanks mate

[@fishingmad]

no worries

[@balaji.viswanathan]

Wow great video. What kind of hot dog you used?

[@fishingmad]

Thanks, just a standard skinless Frankfurt from the deli

[@balaji.viswanathan]

@@fishingmad Thank you. I tried to fish today with weiner with hooks. Blue gill literally stole all bites. not able to hook them. any sugesitons on hook size and type?

[@fishingmad]

Perhaps try a smaller hook and embed it completely in the hot dog, or even try using trebles ( 3 hooks ) which also works really well. I used to this this technique with carp using bread as the bait and it was very effective

[@balaji.viswanathan]

@@fishingmad Thank you for the tips.

[@beery52]

are there bag limits in Victoria

[@fishingmad]

100% the Min size is 28cm and cant keep more than 3 over 40cm

[@labzakdxb28]

Hey Alan, the kids loved that! Hot dogs are now on the shopping list. Question, do you think the pinkies would be biting at this time of year?

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !!! I have noticed that the pinkies have been much harder to find right now when fishing land based because the water temp has really dropped. peak times there are usually between Jan-Apr. You'll still get them but its just slower at the moment. Even quite slow in the boat and kayak at times

[@labzakdxb28]

@@fishingmad thanks for that. The kids are pumped so I think we will give it a crack. Cheers

[@fishingmad]

Good luck !! Hope they're biting. Last time I was in that spot I used worms and got these aswell kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHnJcn1_a9CDl6M hope that helps

[@cormickwilson69]

we were catching pinkys on cooked yabbys

[@fishingmad]

That's awesome. The mind starts wondering when you think of all the different weird and wonderful baits that you can use.

[@kee489]

Did ya managed to take home any?😂 Nice work btw 👌

[@fishingmad]

Nah, was purely a catch and release session. Must have caught 60 fish and only 10 of them were over 30cm. I ended up going for a fish yesterday for whiting and got a real good feed of whiting for this week. That being said I have caught some good size fish under the west gate bridge. Once caught a 5 kilo snapper and a 1 meter gummy shark. But most of the catches are quite small.

[@kee489]

I was midway watching the video when making this comment and heard last that you released all of them. Might try the hotdogs this week mate. As always, nice content. Cheers mate

[@fishingmad]

Its no problem at all, im always happy to answer questions. Hot tip raw chicken and blue bait are also dynamite baits there too.

[@holydriver8319]

fishingmad Hey Alan, as I mostly fish for just Redfin and in the salt mainly just flatty and pinkies, I’d like to try something new, have you got any good locations for bream or whiting?

[@fishingmad]

Sure do have a look at the weblink. fishingmad.com.au/locations I have spent literally hundreds of hours putting this together. Roughly what area do you live near and i can be a little more specific on some spots to try.

[@pinballguy7863]

What is the legal size for snapper

[@fishingmad]

Hi Pete have a look at this guide fishingmad.com.au/specie/snapper basically the min legal size is 28 cm, and only allowed to keep 3 over 40 cm. I know there are often discussions of increasing the min size to a little bigger.

[@Styla78]

Time to hoard on those frankies!

[@fishingmad]

I know they'll be sold out everywhere tomorrow and the news will blame CoronaVirus LOL

[@Styla78]

@@fishingmad surely the canned hotdogs will still be on the shelf. What size and type of hook did you use? Might have to give it a go. I tried spam but didn't work as well as I'd expected lol. But it could be because of the place I fished. I'm sure flatty and pinkie won't mind abit of spam. Who doesn't like spam!!

[@fishingmad]

SPAM that's a classic. Youll have to try that again and let us know how you go. Probably fall of the hook a bit. I was using a premade paternoster rig. Pretty sure they had size 6 circle hooks on them.

[@Styla78]

@@fishingmad yea I'll give it another go where there are heaps of pinkies ie Mornington. Have a good feeling it will work well on those hungry pinkies. Yes...they do come off quite easily.

[@fishingmad]

That will be a ripper. Good luck and well done

[@engraftedword4554]

Hi. Well done! We've been there last night, but only under sized pinkies. Still fun. Question, I've noticed that in that area many keep under sized fish. One person even was surprised in seeing us put back a 21 cm. I see a lot of this happening. Should I report this to the fisheries so they can keep an eye?

[@fishingmad]

Thanks heaps for you comment. Unfortunately you are 100% right too often we see people keep undersize pinkies. Port melb seems to be a hot spot for this. Many of these people that keep undersized pinkies are well aware of the rules. Best thing to do is to call the VFA on 13FISH 133474 and report the incident. Those guys do a great job, unfortunately there often aren't enough fisheries offices so many incidents will not be dealt with in a timely manner. You can always note down the offenders licence plates and that will help the offices get them should they not arrive in time, or take some photos or video as evidence. I see people posting a lot of this activity on social media, which is great but does have some negative effects. so where possible certainly report it to the VFA and dont be afraid to call people out on it. I have done this on several occasions and my calls have seen some people have there gear ceased and fines issued.

[@engraftedword4554]

@@fishingmad Thanks for ypur response! It's hard to take pictures and to be honest many people seem very unfriendly. I am a female and usually I fish with my son. I am scare to tell them off. I was wondering if I could tell fisheries to go to the area more often. It's revolting. Many of these guys take their children with them and they are teaching them wrong. Thanks again and keep your excellent vids!

[@fishingmad]

Thank you for you very honest response. In that case simply discretely call fisheries and go on fishing. Hopefully with a bit of luck fisheries will act quickly and get there quickly and stop them in there tracks. You are right there are a lot of rude and aggressive people when fishing. People who take undersize fish, people who think they own spots etc. One of the main reasons why i created the channel and website was to have a friendly environment where people can learn and share ideas. I hope this helps, Its awesome to see people just like you out fishing with your son. Im a big advocate for the work fisheries do, but they are under resourced. I have told them this first hand and hope in time they have more officers available who are readily available to help those that call for these exact reasons.

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

Take photos and forward to Fisheries. My wife is from Asia...oh did I just bring up Asians? My bad.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks

[@marcvalmyr6794]

What city is this? And what kind of water ?!

[@Stuckinthen9neties]

Is that at the warmies

[@fishingmad]

Opposite side of the warmies. This is of Lorimar street.

[@Stuckinthen9neties]

@@fishingmad never caught anything there mate well done

[@fishingmad]

I prefer the Lorimar side, less snags and less people. Lots of fish from good size bream flathead, even caught salmon and gummy sharks.

[@georgepana4905]

Can you eat these if over 30cm?

[@fishingmad]

yes 100% good pan size pinkie snapper

[@angeloalogaras6555]

is it safe to take some home for eating ?

[@fishingmad]

Yeah it should be fine, most of those pinkies will continually move up and down the channel into the Bay. Moving between PPB and the yarra channel. There are resident bream there that mainly stay in the channel and that would be a personal call as the water there is a little dirty and polluted but only a few hundred meters from the mouth of PPB. Hope that helps.

[@angeloalogaras6555]

Thank you mate take care

[@fishingmad]

No worries anytime !!

[@650Justin]

I tried using hotdogs and got nothing... what are you doing where they’re biting so fast?

[@fishingmad]

Hi Justin, probably more to do with the time of year, The water temprature has dropped significantly since this was filed so landbase fishing at the moment is quite tough. Wait until it warms up a bit and you will catch plenty. Also try using pilchards, pipis and raw chicken if your not getting any bites on the hot dogs. Cheers

[@650Justin]

thank you! I’m still pretty new to fishing so this helps a lot!

[@fishingmad]

No problems at all. Hope our vids can help you out as you continue fishing.

[@pegasus6724]

German also the twins know him from dude perfect

[@osmantiba5674]

What size hooks?

[@fishingmad]

size 1 or 2, smaller size hooks

[@saephanl916]

That’s a lot of fish for an hr! I’ve only recently discovered your channel and in the few that I have watched thus far, I noticed that you don’t really set the hook on a fish bite. You tend to just lift to put pressure on the fish instead of hard jerks like many others including myself. Why is that? I think you might be on to something.

[@fishingmad]

It sure was a frantic session. When Im confident the fish are smaller I dont try and set the hook too hard as im happy to catch and release them as quick as possible. When its a bigger fish you can tell and then i try and set the hook harder. Also most of the time using quite light gear.

[@thebaker8681]

All the while we been eating fish bait

[@fishingmad]

LOL true

[@sduggy9223]

Cheese has worked before, for me

[@fishingmad]

Yeah cheese can be a ripping bait. COD love cheese but never tried cheese in saltwater. Where did you try with cheese salt or fresh ?

[@Blues9542]

I don’t think this is ever possible for someone in Sydney to catch 50 fishes in a day

[@christopherrussell1677]

Try Pizza 🍕 next time ?

[@nanditapalit4768]

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[@fishingmad]

Classic !!

[@weldertv847]

How to access here?

[@fishingmad]

Lorimar street

[@konstantinobelezi4498]

Whats the location

[@fishingmad]

near the west gate bridge which you can see in the background

[@THEFISHINGMAFIA]

Well done mate. Do you think they'd work in fresh water lol?

[@fishingmad]

Really good question, honestly not to sure. Only one way to find out. I know cod will eat just about anything. Same with redin, I have caught reddies on some really weird stuff over the years. I remember once catching redfin just flicking jig heads with no plastics attached. what freshwater fish would you try with ?

[@davidcox9674]

@@fishingmad most processed meats will catch fish in freshwater. Back in the UK where I come from, Spam and similar is a very popular bait and will catch most species.

[@fishingmad]

Wow, thanks for the insight David !!!

[@THEFISHINGMAFIA]

Possibly carp or redfin. Might try it in the barwon river one day as im in Geelong.

[@fishingmad]

That's a good idea, there is some massive carp in the barwon river

[@bota1036]

I bet you were praying to catch some other species other than pinky lol

[@fishingmad]

yeah 100%, ive caught a couple of decent size snapper and gummy sharks from that spot before.

[@user-vh6ty5sw1e]

At 9 min 18 seconds bigger fish almost ate ya pinky...

[@davidlee7174]

Wow really?? For real?? Hotdogs???

[@fishingmad]

Yes 100%. Lots of pinkies around that area, im sure they would have happily taken other baits too.

[@davidlee7174]

@@fishingmad I have seen this video b4, but i was a bit on the skeptic side :p kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3PckpmDa7Ogi9E

[@fishingmad]

Yeah it does work, especially when fish are around in good numbers and feeding. I would still be sticking with the staple baits such as pilchards and squid before ever choosing hot dogs, this was more of an experiment which did work.

[@davidlee7174]

@@fishingmad r u keen on some crazy experiments?? 1)kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIfan2dod9V8odU This japanese guy used grapes to catch snapper. 2)kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3_do4enfNJssKs The same japanese guy used fried chicken for snapper bait. The possibilities are endless 🤣🤣🤣

[@fishingmad]

They sure are. Does get me thinking sometimes what crazy ideas we can come up with. many times you see these videos with people fishing near reefs which have hundreds of fish that would take anything. To do it locally on our tough waters would be something.

[@NoTaboos]

Not surprising at all. Baby snapper will take cheese or cockroaches. Just about anything.

[@fishingmad]

100% agreed, we have caught them on many strange things over the years too

[@paultaylor3517]

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