Thread: Catching Rig around Welly

Hey BF,

You"ll get them during the day, but better numbers around in the evening or morning (change of light). About .5m-1m swell is ideal at Wainui. The bigger beaches over the Wairarapa will generally productive.

1 hook ledger rigs with a 3-5/0 hook and 4-6 oz sand grip sinker.

Bait
Paddle crab cut in half, remove legs and top shell and a 4/0 hook through the belly and back out the same side. Bind on with bait elastic.
Craytail thumb sized piece, bind on with bait elastic.
Prawns, ok bait, never done that well with it but as above prep for cray tail.
Smaller rig do eat small fish baits from time to time, but you really want shellfish.

Set your drag firm and stay close to your rod. Spotted smooth-hounds take your bait quite hard mostly, enough to pull a weakly set rod holder over.

Cheers and tight lines.