What bait to use to catch what fish?
NORTHWEST
Whitebait:
Queenfish, trevally.
Mullies:
Spanish mackerel , queenfish, cobia, coral trout, baldchin, giant trevally, tuna, red emperor, trevally, threadfin salmon, spangled emperor, estuary cod.
Scalie Mackerel:
Spanish mackerel, queenfish, cobia, coral trout, baldchin, giant trevally, tuna, red emperor, trevally, threadfin salmon, spangled emperor, estuary cod.
Bluebait:
Mangrove jack.
River prawns:
Whiting.
Coral prawns:
Whiting, garfish, dart.
Squid:
Baldchin, red emperor, red-throat emperor, spangled emperor, most bottom species.
Octopus:
Baldchin, red emperor, red-throat emperor, spangled emperor, most bottom species.
Worms (sand):
Whiting, garfish.
Worms (blood):
Whiting.
Gardies:
Spanish mackerel, tuna, sailfish, marlin.
Mullet:
Spanish mackerel, barramundi, spangled emperor, cod.
Bony herring:
Barramundi.