Hi everyone,
My family and I are completely new to fishing but managed to pick up a couple rods and a bit of gear at a garage sale and Big W before heading off on a holiday in Arakoon (near South West Rocks).
We've been out at the Rocks for three days now and have been having great fun trying our inexperienced hands at fishing. We headed out to the Macleay River at the Jerseyville bridge the first day with beach worm bait, fished the mouth of the river on Monday only to catch an undersized bream on prawn bait, and finally fished a tributary of the Macleay this morning, all no to no real avail.
We're really enjoying being out at the water (we don't have a boat and are completely land-based) but would really like to catch a fish! As far as gear goes we've been using frozen bait (prawns, worms, mullet) and a couple of soft-bodied lures bought at the local tackle shop and we've been trying to head out as the tide turns and starts to go out.
I'm not really sure what we're doing wrong, but does anybody have any advice as far as spots to go to or techniques to try out? I Also wondered about the use of berley; is it worth investing in some and how should we use it?
Thanks everyone!