The Humble Pilchard: an AMAZING, Effective + Simple Bait!

(4) EFFECTIVE ways to rig Pilchards/Mulies/Sardines for Fishing off the beach or ANYWHERE! Roger Osborne walks you through everything he does when he goes fishing off the beach.
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[@danssv8]

Big thanks to your camera person , great job.Good filming

[@alfredboswell2161]

I am 60 and live about 80% of the time now near Corpus Christi and started fishing the 60 miles of Padre Island National Seashore. It seems like the fishing there is killer! I found your channel and have been watching the old videos the last couple weeks. Great content!

[@pakde8002]

You should check out Thresher Fishing. He is a corpus Christi native and has a great KZbin channel.

[@alfredboswell2161]

@@pakde8002 Thanks.

[@user-cr2mf3rb2s]

​@@pakde8002 tell us about your equipment please 💕

[@johnsmith-mm1vt]

My New Years resolution is to do more fishing . Good stuff Roger

[@robmarshall956]

Great resolution I will join you on that resolution 🙏

[@waterlife.1905]

​@@robmarshall956 I agree on that too. Joining in lol. Hoping for a big one this year. Have not caught a fish here in NC USA over 4 pounds. There are some beasts at Wrightsville beach. But I have yet to catch one. I am new to saltwater. Been a freshwater fisherman half my life. Totally different. I had high hopes moving down here but have been humbled.

[@MaZ-tg7ch]

I came across your channel by accident and I can't stop watching. Thank you for all the videos. I hope your channel grows even more because you fully deserve it.

[@rogerstackhouse3832]

Jealous! Watching your great video while it is snowing in Pennsylvania! Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@aussienebula8331]

Pilly Paradise.Nice catch Roger.🍻

[@jarrodsorensen2270]

We love when Roger diversifies with the bait and rig set ups when beach fishing!!!🙌🎣🙏

[@danssv8]

Gotta love Roger , so informative explaining the beach , wind , waves and what rigs he used. Thank you very much appreciated. Keep up these awesome video's going.

[@fredflintstome6532]

Moving down to NSW this week and looking at starting to fish off a beach. Never tried it so looking forward to it. Love the pace of these videos and the explanations. Thanks Roger.

[@bertlindsay]

Hi mate, Brisbane here. Looks indeed like fishing is much better in NSW. Where are you from and how did you go?

[@lynnandleescott6165]

Hi Roger, I so enjoy watching your show. Thank you🎉

[@gino55yo]

Hello Mr Osborne, beautiful video with the editing I love the simplest and the light cane. Happy new year and health.

[@malfirth705]

Hi Roger. Would you talk about your reel maintenance after going out fishing. . Love your work.

[@michaelpaul5498]

Hi Roger, Michael from Melbourne here. I really enjoyed watching your video cooking Thai fish cakes. I am looking forward to trying them. I don't understand why some people don't appreciate salmon, I think it is a lovely tasting fish. Once again thanks for sharing. Kind regards MP

[@deriserudder5098]

That was very interesting do you use mono or brad and what was the light rod outfit looking forward to your next vid 👍👍

[@barrytribe2097]

nice information thank you Roger

[@donald6688]

Love it ❤, thanks Roger👍👍👍

[@lesfredericks4232]

Great video thankyou for your tips 👍🎣

[@huntinfishin7214]

Great channel really enjoying the content and tips thanks

[@alistairmills7608]

Gosh that's a nice deep inshore gutter. Beautiful colour deep green.

[@MakeAsylumsGre4tAgain]

Love this cube bait!

[@thienle1682]

Much appreciated for your helpful clip. I learned a lot from it👍

[@johnkeynes8873]

Well done Roger a great.insight on the varying use of pilchards.

[@patrickt1372]

Love the videos, mate. I have used your tips and tricks and have improved my fishing 10 times over. Keep em coming, please. 😊

[@jonlee7039]

I really like the way you leave all the things that go wrong as well!

[@carloscanul1083]

Excellent presentation Roger! Enjoyed your video.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching

[@dannidoods]

Cheers once again ya legend! 🙏🏽🍻👍🏽

[@anthonypradeepalles7330]

Great commentary

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@petersingh1655]

Once again thanking you for teaching me how to eat fish 🐠…now I eat fish 🐟 3 times a day…great technique and camera 🎥 work…great way to fish from my bed 🛌…cheers ☕️

[@bubaks2]

Hahahaha i think a million people feel the same

[@MakeAsylumsGre4tAgain]

😂

[@benjaminwesercreative]

3 times a day dafuq 😅

[@itllkeal]

I seem to be dreaming about fishing more since watching this in the bed myself.

[@jeremyhearne3499]

Is there any way you could highlight where your cast lands sometimes? Your descriptions are pretty good, but it'd be handy to know where you're hitting the water. Also, could you include some more info on reading beaches and identifying features. I discovered your videos a couple of months ago and have tried some beaches, but struggle compared to jetty fishing. Thank you

[@pakde8002]

That's a master's class topic called "reading a beach" There are several good videos on KZbin discussing this subject, some with whiteboard drawings or a drone shot with diagrams overlaid. Most will suggest going to your chosen fishing area at low tide and look for the channels, holes and troughs. These will be the deeper areas where fish accumulate during high tide on sand beaches.

[@jeremyhearne3499]

Thank you for that@@pakde8002

[@user-su7xr1ls1q]

Thank you for your fishing skills it is guite simple and knowledgeable.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

My pleasure!

[@wayne8113]

Thanks Roger 🐟👍

[@bobkoroua]

11:58 That makes me feel so much better. If it can happen to you 😂 Thank you for leaving that in, sometimes I get to thinking I can't tie a knot to save myself.

[@user-sr5gv1dp1m]

Real wholesome dude

[@robhutton6916]

I've always said that the keeper hook is like the derringer in the sock. Its amazing how many fish I've landed with only the smaller hook attached.

[@FionaBray-ev9vl]

Thanks Roger for all your knowledge. You have helped me catch so many awesome huge fish

[@Pb-nutts]

Please try lake conjola beach for a mulloway, you won’t be disappointed. Tight lines

[@kurthubbard-beale5003]

Great mate😌🙏

[@carlm6334]

Awesome video again. What is your go to knot?

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

Great video Roger! Yep the humble pillie is the true all round saltwater bait ! I stopped using the ones from tackle shops and petrol stations after a young lady fisho from Botany Bay showed the difference in quality between them and food grade ones bought from a fish market on her channel - sure a bit more expensive and sometimes harder to get but boy didn’t my catch rate skyrocket! It’s a bit like using a frozen bait prawn vs a live one - you put the effort in to source top quality bait you will reap the rewards !

[@geoffbarnes9175]

Great video Roger. Pillies are a killer bait. It's a nice looking beach. I could see a lighthouse in the north. What beach is it? Your videos have got to Texas.. not bad eh!!

[@kenezos]

I’m heading to nsw next week. Hoping I can get on to a fish or two using your advice. 💪🏼

[@reel_it_in_socal]

Awesome technique! I am from California and does a fair bit of surf fishing. I usually use shrimp or squid for bait, which seems more effective than using our local small fish (smelt, senorita, etc.). I will try your rigging technique and see if using fish for bait is equally effective. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@chkilou]

First, a huge thank you for all the great work on this channel. I’ve been fishing since I was 5 years old but I still learn a lot by watching your videos. Do you use freshly caught pilchards straight from the shop or do you leave them in salt and ice overnight so they get softer? Thanks!

[@ant038]

Thanks for the lessons very informative, i do have problems with soggy pilchards though so the small pieces probably wouldnt stay on gang hook and your stinger one works well though

[@Forced2Shart]

I love pichards

[@danielwutfisho]

Hi roger, pilchards get the work done for sure. Ganged whole, I have caught sizeable kingfish, flathead up to 76cm, snapper, bream, mulloway list goes on. Pretty good resource to have when fresh squid or livebait isn't available

[@capturingcalmphotography7427]

Hi Roger, absolutely love your videos. I am new to beach fishing, can I ask how heavy your star sinkers would be on your medium rods. I am looking to buy a 10ft rod for a bit of beach and rock fishing, need to make sure I get the right one! Cheers

[@mdcauca2260]

Awesome Video again Roger - thoroughly enjoyed it and always learnt a new thing or 2 from you each time. Thank you again for taking the time to return my call on your break during boxing day - much much appreciated. Had a great time with the kids collecting nippers at Bayview - memories that will last for a long time. Pity didn't managed to convert the baits into some decent fishes but we have aplenty of small ones. The younger one also outshone me in the tally as well 😃 Circumstance was not ideal with the low tide and plenty of wind but at least we all gave it a crack. Will keeping following you from afar down here in Melbourne and will touch base again when we head up north again 👍🙏👍🙏

[@Johan-ex5yj]

Good old Pilchard (Sardine), very good bait! 👍 I’ve been using your “Deadly Rig” with great success. Just a word of warning with the 2 hook scenario; “Be careful when removing one of the hooks, the other one might get you!” What happened to me last time I went for a night- fish… I caught a Banjo shark; it was hooked with the small (stinger) hook. While I was removing the hook from its mouth, it thrashed around causing the other lager hook to cut a 1cm laceration on the side of my finger! Man, I called that shark some names, it never heard before! 🤬

[@charlespolidano5435]

Happy New Year love your videos would it be possible to mention what beaches you are filming at please 😊🙏🙏🙏

[@robmarshall956]

South coast NSW but fishos never share exactly where they are because every one turns up )

[@Alberthoward3right9up]

Good job roger roger the work dodger 😂😂. Rather be fishing anyday. We use blue bait moreso in tassie. I find it holds on a bit better

[@machregor]

Really good fishing tutorial Roger. Maybe a knot came adrift after a bigun took the bait.

[@Workthebag]

Large green toad. Notorious for bitting your main line off clean above the sinker.

[@starshannonstar]

Amazing video as always Roger . Whats your thoughts on bait cotton? Certainly helps pilchards stay on with picker fish, but can be a little time consuming using it.

[@peterhowcroft7778]

Thanks for this informative video Roger, as always you show you're a very experienced fisherman. I have a question if you wouldn't mind, are the pillies you used in this video straight from the freezer, or have they been salted? your bait stays on the hook whereas mine always seem to be either taken or shaken loose in the surf. Cheers Pete

[@KemBroVids]

Hope it's as good as it looks. Choice is between the NX500 and this. The 450MT just looks a bit more off-roadable. Clever design features too.

[@bigdogadventures2223]

hey rodger, love the channel, id love a few pointers on beaches to pick, i fish bulli wollongong austimer all the beaches down there with no luck like you, id love to catch 3-4 salmon on a trip. good job mate so helpful

[@clintdavis1880]

Hey mate Windang beach goes alright and decent chance of hooking a few salmon

[@jtj2560]

Stanwell for salmon, w’gong for bream in my experience 🤙🏻

[@clintdavis1880]

@@jtj2560 yeah I've noticed more up North too but been pulling a few at Windang too

[@jtj2560]

Nice 🤙🏻

[@tonycrosby933]

Hi Roger. Great video. I would appreciate your views on whether fresh pilchards are a better bait than salted pilchards. Cheers Tony

[@aaronzorzi5082]

Roger thought you might do a video fishing meroo lake since it’s been open and has been great fishing

[@mattbrowne6076]

Great video as always Shroom. A ? for you? Do you use leaders with these soft plastics or do you tie them directly to your mainline? TIA Matt

[@gambittandreas6756]

@RogerOsborne you are the Salmon man

[@paulgrayson8799]

Hello Roger, Paul from the U.K. here. Iam coming to Perth in March for a month. I want to buy a beach casting rod when I come over and then leave it at my sons for when I come over (not worth bringing one with me). Can you suggest a decent beach casting rod? Without it costing a fortune. The reason I ask is that they have different names over there. I already have spinning rods in Australia 😊 thanks

[@fishinbite]

Great video, how did you connect the wire trace on the larger setup? Do you make your own wire traces or connect a pre-made one?

[@nickwood2114]

Great video, do you use mono and would you ever use bait elastic ?

[@apm285]

Roger, any opinions on king tides how it affects beach fishing and or when to fish.

[@mattyboy.1]

hey roger i was wondering if u have any tips for fishing for stuff like kingies and pelagics landbased

[@chrishallowes9729]

Great video Roger. I will be visiting NSW shortly from New Zealand and would like to pop down to a beach and have a fish. Will I need to purchase a license to do that? I read somewhere that you need a license to fish recreationally. Thanks.

[@briangard3452]

Im doing this exactly as u are with the cubes at sandon point beach next to the rocks as i did in another video Hope i break my drought

[@billy4147]

Roger ventures out to get a feed of bream, Oh no! not fish cakes again.

[@izzymcgdog7653]

How do you do that half hitch? I can't figure it out.

[@gavinhowie8189]

Hi Roger another great and informative video. I have predominantly used pilchards with limited success but now I have some more options. You may have answered this already. If so I apologise. Do you use plain pilchards or salted pilchards??

[@dragginmedown]

Sometimes if it’s rough or strong current put wrap around it

[@pakde8002]

I've started salting bait when I have left over bait still in good condition. I've had very good luck with it. Works for shrimp, squid and fish but I fillet the fish first. Then you can cut strips with a pair of scissors. I'm sure it would be fine to cut fish into chunks as well but haven't tried it yet.

[@raynewman4904]

Thanks Roger great session.

[@padevilliers1433]

Great stuff. Wow. Enjoy watching. I live in the Karoo Soufh Africa far from the sea. You can remove some hooks that is deep inside the mouth with a longnose pliers. Just a idea.

[@bubaks2]

I feel a slight sense of dejavu

[@MALITHA8]

doesn't the lead weight moving up and down the main line, weaken it?

[@danssv8]

Roger do you use a sliding sinker?

[@user-zt5if7vt8m]

Hi Roger, is the star sinker running?

[@Rockit_Maks]

Hello Roger, Just wondering if I should put a whole pilchard or a half pilchard onto the world’s deadliest rig?

[@alistairmills7608]

Gosh, those clouds The whole vibe is stunning. I've taken some great stills, would you mind if I watercolour painted the images please ?

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Yes all good Alistair. Go ahead!

[@scotthogan6891]

Please cover the different notes to use

[@edb336]

Hi what is the best hook for catching breams?

[@barryjackson8270]

Rodger can you please advise where home beach and lake location

[@rogerstackhouse3832]

This may sound like a dumb question. In Pennsylvania I fish New Jersey’s cost. I know Pilchards are Sardines. Do you know if you can salt the store bought canned sardines packed in water and use them?

[@user-ni5el2tg2i]

Can I come and fishing with you one day?. I’m from Melbourne Werribee.

[@alistairmills7608]

That's a 4.5 lb Australian Salmon on 10 lb. Good effort.

[@billmartin8030]

G'day Roger, can you please tell me do you know that you say the line size in kgs and lbs. 10 lbs is 25 kg approx. quite a bit of a difference. Excellent videos and thanks for the information. Bill

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Hi Bill, one kilogram = 2.2 lbs

[@billmartin8030]

@@RogerOsborneFishing thank you. Sorry I got them back to front. I am still not sure what size line I should be using for whiting? I have seen some beach worms but catching them is harder than it looks when you do it 😁. But I won't give up. Thanks Bill

[@markgritt4876]

Where do u get the bait bucket on Ur hip?

[@drpk6514]

You could have been Tom Hank's brother

[@alistairmills7608]

Gosh that stinger hook is deadly. We do something similar with the loose hooks and a stinger hook with the Tassie Devils for trout, lethal gematsu fish hooks and a twist of crystal flash down the shank of the hook looks like translucent refracted iridescence of a small fries tail fin.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Very good!

[@cendav1]

Was the rod with wire trace not as successful because of the wire?

[@Navsh26]

Is there a major difference between using unsalted and salted pilchards?

[@dragginmedown]

You’ll catch salmon and flatties with salted, but fish like snapper gummy’s and mulloway prefer a fresher bait. Salted pillies just stay on better

[@danssv8]

Is this in NSW?

[@user-is9cd6rh8i]

G’day mate, I often see you crush up some pilchards for burly. I’ve just used the wife’s thermomix (didn’t tell her) and ground up my last catches frames and gut and put it into rissoles and put them in the freezer. Do you think I’ve wasted my time or ?? Any thoughts.

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

I think that would work fine

[@user-is9cd6rh8i]

@@RogerOsborneFishing you wouldn’t believe what happened? A big pacific gull swallowed the whole frozen lump lol

[@yiehom8166]

How about canned sardines, Sir?

[@garethjohn8599]

Why don't you use cotton?

[@scotthogan6891]

Knots

[@GraemeCoulter]

It would be freakish to get bitten of this way but maybe your bait was resting, tangled, with your main line when a sharp toothed fish struck. Ta for the tips.

[@johnhedge1429]

No 'L'!

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

But what about the pichards... mentioned in the thumbnail... 🤔😂

[@user-um2tj3qc8l]

Handful of sand and grab around the tail. Better then a grad into the gill area. Less likely to get a stray hook in the hand and better for fish you wish to release. Good content though. 👍🏻

[@RogerOsborneFishing]

Good point!

[@pakde8002]

What is the difference between sardines and pilchards? Edit: so size does matter 😅 A sardine is a pilchard under six inches long 😂😂😂

[@dragginmedown]

Nothing

[@bubaks2]

@13:15 must have been a diver who cut ur line and stole your bait. Perhaps he was spear fishing. Saw ur line there and decided to take out the competition.

[@jefflouis5658]

Maybe a toadie or a leatherjacket. Though unusual to catch in surf but they could’ve been lost like Nemo.