How To Save A DUD Rock Fishing Session By Being Versatile!

[@cheesus4688]

I don’t keep bream either, I was always told as a young fulla there not worth it unless you catch a handful of sea bream, but as I get older a feed of bream every now and then isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be, legend starlo you never fail at making it look like the easiest thing in the world

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@cheesus4688 cheers! 👍

[@robhunter7236]

That gave me a pleasant nostalgia of "Chicken scratching" the weed and barnacles with those galvanized steel bolt on cleats and catching big Luderick and Rock Blackfish from the ocean. I swear I tripped more times going back to the car than I ever did on the Rocks 😅

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@robhunter7236 I hear you! 👍

[@raynewman4904]

Great one mate, enjoy watching. Cheers starlo

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@raynewman4904 cheers! 👍

[@michaelpaul5498]

Hi Steve. Thanks for sharing the session. Bream from the ocean are delicious. I got some shoe spikes in my Christmas stocking this year, so I'm heading down the Great Ocean Road to look for some Luderick next week. All the best. MP

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@michaelpaul5498 good stuff! I didn’t realize you get luderick so far west! Good to know. 👍

[@michaelpaul5498]

Yes, I'll be using bait on one hook and fishbites on the other. I have had good success with Luderick on the fishbites.

[@poetrybyivo1299]

Happy New Year Starlo! Another great little video, hopefully this year continues the trend!

[@StarloGetsReel]

Cheers! I hope so too, mate!

[@fredflintstone6729]

We used to fish the ledges on the central coast NSW a lot. My old mate swore on using 8-10lb mono on fairly light spin gear while i was carting my elephant gun outfits around. Took about 3 sessions watching him get multiple hookups and more than his share of good pigs landed. I've been fishing that way ever since chasing bream and black drummer and swear by it now! You will get embarrassed on occasion though, but the constant action fishing more finesse makes up for it easily.

[@StarloGetsReel]

Spot on! 👍👍👍

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Nice session mate, happy new year!

[@StarloGetsReel]

Cheers! Same to you mate. I'm loving watching how well your channel is going these days, too. I reckon you've reached a tipping point and your growth will only continue. Looking forward to catching up for a fish in 2025.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

@@StarloGetsReel Absolutely! Thanks mate!

[@garryyannakis]

Where do I find the sunglasses you advised were good for fishing. . Are there different types for beach rock of deep sea.

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@garryyannakis MAKO Eyewear. There are different lens tints. Greys and blues are good offshore but I like browns, coppers, yellows, greens etc for inshore, estuary and freshwater. Try a few on and see which you prefer. It’s a fairly personal choice. 👍

[@normfoley1452]

Nice versatile ou5fit. Can you tell us line class etc please

[@StarloGetsReel]

Here's a cut-and-paste from the video description: GEAR USED: Starlo was running a 3000-size Shimano Stradic reel spooled with 10 pound Kairiki braid on a 10 foot Shimano Dialuna rod. He used a rod-length leader of 16 pound Ocea FC fluorocarbon.

[@terryarnold7545]

Steve do you still live and fish around the Kiama area of the south coast of NSW?

[@StarloGetsReel]

No, I'm a fair bit further south now, between Batemans Bay and Narooma... I DO miss those Kiama/Gerringong rock ledges, though!

[@terryarnold7545]

@@StarloGetsReel We did meet once many many years ago at what we used to call Marsdens. I used to live next door to the road house at kiama Hights,

[@StarloGetsReel]

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[@EdwardYang-wu7yq]

Hey starlo, any tips for fishing warrnabool land based.

[@StarloGetsReel]

Not really. I've only ever fished the Hoppy there, and from a boat. Sorry.

[@EdwardYang-wu7yq]

@@StarloGetsReel any tips for land based bream then?

[@StarloGetsReel]

@ fish light, move slowly, work any structure. 👍

[@EdwardYang-wu7yq]

@ hi starlo, I’d like to report back to you. I saw a couple bream feeding in the shallows and casted my lure towards them, they didn’t even look at it (I was using a ZMan 2.5in grub in bloodworm colour with Sfactor).

[@StarloGetsReel]

@ you’ll get that. Could be they saw you, too?

[@alleycat8483]

Ahh rock fishing, never forget the night i stepped onto a black rock on the Tweed river rock wall one night chasing big Jew back in the 80s, that black rock turned out to be a hole between rocks, still have the scars , and same here, never keep Bream.

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@alleycat8483 ouch!

[@keithprinn720]

probably more of a wirrah, sweep and juvenile fish spot.

[@StarloGetsReel]

@@keithprinn720 sadly that’s what most of our rock spots are like around here. Some quite nice drummer at times, though. Plus blackfish and bream.