A very enjoyable late afternoon fishing session this time using cockles. Hope you all enjoy watching it as much as i enjoyed making it, and if you are a beginner i do hope you pick up a tip or two. THANKS again for watching fishos.
Great video David mate I love watching your videos you certainly have the talent for catching fish,keep up the good work mate,kindest regards Peter McFarlane,Elizabeth Downs
Im heading up your way in March for a week of fishing and photography. Been watching a lot of your videos and I really enjoy them. Its almost like being there.. Thanks for the time and effort you put into uploading your videos
SO sorry I have only just seen your message sometimes I don't get notification and accidentally find them this time 2 years later gee time flies. Well I do hope your fishing and photography went well and nice to hear you have enjoyed my videos and shell do more videos over time. Cheers David
Well done Carl, it is a nice beach for a bit of surf fishing, fresh air and a possible feed of fish ill bet you was pleased. Thanks for letting me know Carl.......David
Gday mate another good session fishing , i went down to sullies last sat arvo got a number of very small trouties all sent back forgot to put a star sinker on and had a really strong current so got bounced up the beach every cast ,i wore my waders and im glad i did they are a good investment take care .
Howdy mate thanks for the reply. Fished sullies quite a lot long time ago, good beach to wet a line on that's for sure. Fab beach for those worms too, the waders are great to wear fishing, they keep you warm , dry and clean. All the best mate.
Great video, we have a bag limit of 4 salmon in Perth, 300mm, just getting back into fishing after a hiatus of 40 years (LOL), and your channel is very informative about rigs and general good FISHO information, hope you will post again soon...Cheers from freo WA
Thank's again David, yes the fish bag and size limits do vary a lot around the country. Nice of you to say about my channel, I'm seeing my surgeon today about my hernia to get fixed. Defiantly more videos coming when all is sorted. All the best for your fishing also great to hear from freo WA......Cheers David
Thank you YURI, yes it is a beautiful country Australia. I have a Auntie who lives in Toronto and yes I will have to agree Canada too cold for me the Australian weather has weakened me and now I don't think I could handle it cold like that. Watch my catching beach worms part one that was made on a nice warm day it looks nice down on the beach. Thank you again for watching and commenting YURI its nice to hear from Canada. Cheers David
Hello David I am a big fan of ur video r u still making them I find this video most interesting it one of my favorite I would love to go fishing with u some time down the yorke peninsula port Victoria, wool bay, Edithburgh or Ardrossan and learn as much as I can from u keep in mind it takes me 1.5-2hrs to get to those places
Hi Javan, nice to hear you enjoy watching my videos also that you would enjoy fishing with me i do get asked the same by a few other people and feel honoured to be asked my biggest problem is time otherwise i would love to have a fish with other fishos including yourself maybe one day you will catch me out and about. I will be doing more video's it has been awhile but bussy. Thank you so much for watching and commenting i realy do appreciate it. Cheers David
Gday David, went to waitpinga but it was hard work with the rip and bit windy, nice beach though, no one else was catching either so i didnt feel so bad. Keep up the great videos mate.
Hi Shane, nice to hear you enjoyed Waitpinga it is a nice beach, catching a fish is always good but also good having a go. both of my son in laws went down there 2 weeks ago before sun rise and caught 3 nice salmon just over 1kg and a couple of small ones and once the sun had come up the fish were gone usually the way down there this time of the year, there were a lot of salmon trout at Parsons beach earlier this week. Thanks for the comment Shane.
Thank you NukeDuke, yes there has been a lot of fishing done over the years. You will learn as you go and your catch rate will get better. I'm hear to offer a tip or two. thank you for watching... Cheers David
well Good Video mate!! keep going. Just wanted to ask. How Do I know if salmons hooked. I cant figure it out coz of the waves. i usually put my rod in the holder and chill. Thanks.. cheers
Amazing beach. Went there today for the first time as on a business trip in Adelaide. Watched this video before and forgot about rocks mentioned, well as a result got my line snagged bhahahhaha. Fished on metals. Got 6 fish, supposedly salmon, well by the look of it, and lost all 6 when getring them to the shore. This spot with rocks is awesome for catching fish but not sure how to bring them in. Water movement is way to strong and they unhook themselves.
High Pavel good to hear from you again, it is a nice beach isn't it. Yes it is good fishing near them rocks but always get snagged eventually because of the currents I caught some nice fish there last winter including a nice bream on cockle. I haven't made a video for a while but I have planes for a lure video eventually. I use to have a lot of trouble with salmon coming off at the edge on lures we started to use 2 treble hooks on the same split ring or a hook and a treble or a single hook can help or 2 hooks, also if you remove the split ring and thread your line through both eyes on your lure and tie your treble directly onto your line when the salmon shakes its head the weight of the lure won't help the hook to come out. All the best next time
Ok, so, removed the threbble hook and followed your advice. What can I say, the session was AWESOME!!!!. got 6 out of 6 salmons. Thanks David!!!! Going to try your fish cakes recipe today as so much fish from yesterday session on waitpinga. I think i hit the school of fish and like got 6 fishes in 20 mins. Went all the way to the left of the beach, if facing the ocean, the last channel. Omg, had never had such success. Thanks again man. Tried Wirrina cove this morning but no luck with squid as yet.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 a week ago saw a guy fishing in Edithburg and beside of him your brand box with bait. Not sure what ot was, muggots or something else, but that guy was perfroming well with catching according to amount of fish he had laying beside him
Hi, David. Thanks for sharing. Winter months are hard for land based fishing, I went to outer harbour yesterday for mullets, caught nothing, but 3 weeks ago I caught 47 decent sized mullets from same spot. How do you cook the Salmon trout? I feel the salmon taste not good compare the other fish. Cheers.
Howdy Trin glad to share mate. Yes winter can be a bit harder, good to hear you caught a good bag of mullet three weeks ago, but not yesterday I guess thats fishing can be up and down. When this weather settles down if you already haven't tried have a look at your local jetties for some Tommy ruff and try a burley pot on a rope half full with the burley mix I mentioned and use a paternoster rig with just a burley spring size 8 hook and try same method off the beach but with a small sinker as well as a burley spring. I like my salmon cooked in panko crumbs or bread crumbs and I like battered and I love to make fish cakes and fish curry and sometimes shallow fried in sweet chilli sauce
G,day guys, the bigger salmon can taste a bit funny but a young chap said to me to poach the salmon fillets in milk, I thought he was having a joke with me but he said it was awesome so I tried it and now I take them home to cook in milk, for some reason it takes that tast away and makes the fish really nice. Give it ago and see for yourself. Yum.
@@fishmut Thanks for that, yes the bigger one's can be a bit average I usually make fish cakes out of them. I will defiantly give your new found recipe a try. Thanks again.
Sorry David.. I love your technique and blood thing but some of those salmon are a bit too small for me to keep...I got two here on the east coast of Tasmania today ...One was 400 mm and a bit over two pounds (really fat ) then I got one over 500 mm and near enough to four pounds ....so much fun though ...and I actually love eating them ..
Hi Rodney, thank you for watching and nice to hear you like the way I fish. Sounds like your style is pretty good too with some nice fish caught they are good fun that size often shaking there heads out of the water. around our neck of the woods these smaller fish are more abundant with the occasional good run of the bigger ones, I do love a feed so I will take a good feed of the smaller ones home if necessary they do taste good. All the best Rodney. I have been to Tasmania once beautiful place Cheers David.
David, that was an awesome session. Can’t believe how many you’ve caught.. that would have been a lot of fun. Are the cockles just the ones you buy from coles? Went beach worming today, caught about 19 but man the water was so cold.. don’t think I’ll be worming again in Winter, but would love to catch that many fish at the beach..
Gday CJ Hobbies sure was a fun session and fantastic conditions.The cockles[or pippies] I'm using are from the tackle shop and professionally collected on Goolwa beach and the Coorong beaches. They are now also distributed around the country and the world for food which has made them quite expensive,so there's a good chance they are the same as the ones you have in Coles.I reckon if you try the same fishing rig as myself maybe lighter line but definitely a burley spring with pilchards but use your worms instead of cockles you may be pleasantly surprised, and you did make me laugh when you mentioned how cold the water was, get yourself a pair of wet suit gloves and cut off the top fingers you use for worming that will help all the best man.
David Sheldon Fishing Hey mate, thanks for your reply. Gotta really give that Berle spring a go, I do have a few but they are too small. Went out yesterday for a fish with the worms, caught a huge 43cm whiting and 4 others.. didn’t think whiting came out in Winter which was a surprise. How do you make your own Berley springs?
My pleasure CJ Hobbies. Wow thats a whopper yellowfin and 4 others well done, them worms are like gold aren't thay. Ok burley spring get yourself a piece of threaded rod 12cm or 15cm long and 2cm thick a pair of pliers and some galvanised wire not to bendy or to think, stainless migweld wire is best and simply copy a bought small one I recon you will be good at it. I think I will do a youtube on how to make a burley spring. its very satisfying making your own stuff all the best mate.
David Sheldon Fishing Mate that video of the spring would be awesome.. searched RU-vid and none out there how to make it. But I think I can can make it after your instructions..thanks heaps man
Hi Eddie the reason I will keep my bag limit of salmon trout. is because I really don't get out fishing as much as I would like to these days and fish in highly regarded as a table fish at my house, so a few stored in the freezer doesn't go astray. but we are allowed 10 bigger ones over 35cm and I do limit how many of them I keep depending on there size. the smaller ones are so yum. great comment showing your concern. Cheers David
Thanks mate nice of you to say yes I'm not to bad thanks, I got out fishing the other day still playing around with the editing all new also used a GoPro 9 camera, I didn't catch much to brag about but the morning was really nice and the picture quality is not to shabby so I think you Guys will enjoy the video hopefully...much appreciated......David
Hi David, Great vid. I learned your way and went to waitpinga twice at the gutter you cast. Got nearly 20 salmon everytime, the pillchards berlay works. i think. but how to get big salmon more than 2kg. Can i join with you? Cheers
Hi Iun thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the video. I am glad you had success catching smaller salmon using the burley spring with pilchard it definitely helps,I have caught a lot of larger salmon down at waitpinga but they don't come along often up to around a kilo can be more common and the bigger ones a bit less common. you would have more chance of the bigger fish just before day break in good conditions and the same when it goes dark. But in saying that fish are full of surprises. Keep fishing the way you are but maybe more so with pilchards for bait as well as for burley and you will get a big one eventually, and wow do thay fight. My friend caught a couple near 4kg last winter very early morning. Its hard for me to arrange to go fishing with people these days because of time and it's very much a spure of the moment when the time is right, you might see me down there sometime say hello if you do thank you Iun all the best mate and tight lines.
Exciting to hear from you. I always fishing over the high tide, never try the sun rise and sun set period，I will try as you mentioned. My goal of this winter is to catch a trout more than 2KG. By the way, i made the bait case using the milk bottle like your way, it s very convenience.Thanks for your instruction,you bring me to he surf fishing.I hope to see you soon on the beach.The Best.
Another question,can i use the small salmon as the live bait for mulloway? So than i can fish two rods as the same time, one for salmon,one for mulloway.
Iun Iian thank you for your wonderfull comment I am pleased I have helped. It seems you have a great passion for fishing and that passion shall push you towards your fishing dreams my friend.
Hi Hanoi. Reading the beach and trying to predict where the fish might be, plays a important part to beach fishing. Winter can be rewarding for fishing, salmon become more abundant along our coast line and Tommy ruffs from local jettys and mullet also fish like king George whiting and snapper can move in close to shore looking for food after rough weather. There can be good fishing during winter.
Hi Kmh Fishing my fishing rod is a 10ft 4120 Snyder glass, yes 10ft fishing rod is fine as long as it is capable of casting up to a 2oz to 3oz sinker. Tight Lines. I caught a nice feed there last week biggest 1kg one guy caught one around 2 and a half kilo nice fish.
Hi David great video. 2 questions mate. 1. Is this a particular month or season or you can catch this many all year round? 2. is there any good locations like this closer to Adelaide? 3. Will chicken do fine for bait if u dont have cockle?
Hi Mahdi, Waitpinga can fish good Spring through to Autumn but can have supprises during the summer, the best surf beach near to Adelaide is South Port beach and can be very good during the winter late afternoon also night time and early morning. Christies beach and O'sullivans beach can be worth a look for schools of salmon some times. There are laws about using meat or chicken for burley but used as small hook bait there shouldn't be a problem, chicken is a good bait used by alot of fishos well worth a go, try putting some garlic powder and curry powder on some to try. I have never tryed chicken only mince but well worth a try, lots of fish like chicken.
Hi David, great videos! Ive just moved over here from NSW. Was wondering if you ever get Tailor at Waitpinga or other beaches. What are chances of Mulloway - is it a very elusive fish here? Must you use live bait or will pilchards suffice? It's just coming up April now - is there a cut off point where you stop fishing for the winter as it gets slow? Thanks mate.
Hi Graeme, Thank you! Tailor in SA are rare I have only ever heard of them being caught at Waitpinga beach, Tunkalilla beach and the far west coast, Waitpinga beach has produced some very big ones 4-7kg for a few lucky fishos on lures at the eastern end of the beach low tide you can get out on the reef down there and the head land between Waitpinga and Parsons has produced a few but take care it can be dangerous down there. I have caught a small one of Waitpinga on my salmon rig also 2 of Tunkalilla beach fishing for mulloway on pilchard one was near 5kg. There are Mulloway all along our coast especially the Murray mouth October through to the end of summer where lots can be caught lure fishing when the fishing is hot but care should be taken there, people wade out in wet suits to stand and fish of the sand bars to reach the fish and use lures, bait fishing is from the beach(a bit to learn down there). Off the beaches we use live bait, squid, pilchard, it all produces fish, The screw pile jetty can produce mulloway also Waitpinga and parsons winter time when there are salmon trout or mullet schooling and live bait is the go, also salmon fire up during our winter time at Waits and Parsons. All the best Graeme hope this has helped mate, Cheers David. P.S Salt creek is a hot spot too.
Gr8 vid mate, watched ur vids about a year ago and watching them again today. Question; doesn't the burley spring act as a sinker already? Seems like you got a lot of weight on there? Cheers
Hi Bert, thank you for watching. yes the burley spring does add a bit of extra weight but it's ok if the tackle used is adequate enough to handle it, if it was being used in very calm conditions its possible to use without a sinker attached. The benefits using the burley spring far out weigh than not using one at all. Cheers David
Gday Ahmad thanks mate glad you learnt a few tips. No I don't throw burley in at waitpinga I only use a burley spring with pilchards or sometimes a burley bag when mullet fishing and also for something bigger[mulloway or shark]
Awesome Video, does it matter if it's low tide or high tide for Salmon? Also how effective is Squid for catching Salmon? Thinking of going out this weekend, Cheers
G'day Johnny, no the tide doesn't so much matter for salmon its the time of day thats most important which is before sun up and up until the sun gets to high and late afternoon also during the night. some times you can catch salmon throughout the day but these days are normally overcast and gloomy. Salmon move into shore during the night( beaches and rocks) for safety after feeding during the day in deeper water. Yes squid will catch salmon, large salmon love squid heads with guts still on also very small whole squid. Tenderised squid cut into pieces also marinate with mushed up pilchard and add caught fish blood while fishing. hope that helps Johnny. Cheers David
Hi mate thank you, I'm in the process of nearly downloading a video about my salmon gear and rigging if all goes well you might be able to watch tomorrow also catch and cooking fish cakes its a long one nearly a hour. I have had the jacket for years its interstructable and extremely light weight and can be folded very small to fit in your bag. Its made by Stockrider weather ware and called stockrider nylon coat and all one piece not cheap but I would recommend.
HI David, Just wondering what the dimensions of your paternoster rig is? Looks like the 2 droppers coming of the main branch are about 30 cm long. I noticed also rather than tying the droppers directly to the line they are sort of connected via a loop. Any chance you could detail how they’re connected if you find time? Also just wondering about the fish bag you throw over your shoulder. Is that a home made thing or is that something you could buy in a tackle shop?
G'day Robert I've never measured my rig before, but I have now. Between the top swivel and the burley spring swivel it measures 110cm long, 20cm below the top swivel is my first dropper loop, 50cm below that is my second droper loop and then 40cm below that is my burley spring and sinker. Yes I tie my hook snoods separately with a reasonable length to allow more bait movement, and joined loop to loop to make my paternoster rig. top snood for pilchard is 45cm including both loops, its a bit longer to allow for the half hitch around the pilchards tail and the bottom snood for cockle is 35cm. I hope that helps maybe I should do a video on that. My shoulder bag is a old pillow case and the strap is a old bag strap with them dog collar clips on, I have used thin rope plenty of times, and you probably noticed my milk bottle bait holders. All cheap, good enough and recycled.
David Sheldon Fishing Thanks so much for the info David. It’s good to get different views on how the rig should be tied. I’m never sure myself. That pillow case is a great idea. I was thinking of using some hessian bags myself. Just have to work out how to sow or attach the straps to the bag as we don’t own a sowing machine. I suppose I could do it by hand or take it to someone to get it done on a machine. Love how you’ve re-used stuff and how you make your own barley springs. I made my first two up yesterday thanks to your video on that. I have seen them before but did not realise how they were used till I saw your videos.
Hi Shaun, I have had this question before are you ready for the answer, I pinched a pillow case out of the linen cupboard without the wife seeing me and took the strap off a old shoulder bag which also belonged to the wife (only kidding) but seriously it is just a old pillow case and is very good. I just give it a rince after fishing. just grab another old one when this one wears out, and the shoulder strap is a old shoulder bag strap, I have use all kinds of stuff for a shoulder strap. I don't buy anything unless I have too. thank you for watching and commenting Shaun. I live over near Waitpinga beach.
Thanks mate, happy to hear you enjoy my videos. The preferred months for myself at Waitpinga are late March through to late October there has been some good bags of fish already caught.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 cheers David ....heading over to Waitpinga wednesday night (11 - 1am apparently good time) ...I like fishing but not a fanatic. I have watched some fishing programs over the years - Rex Hunt etc. ....to be honest amigo, I learned more about fishing in your two vids than I have learned in the last 50 years. You're a legend.
@@TheDrewtho Thanks mate, I like to help and hearing comments like that is nice. yes night time can be very good down there and its not a bad day today either. Hope you get onto a few mate....David
G'day Abel van Wyk. When I'm just chasing salmon or smaller salmon at Waitpinga or Parsons I'm happy to just use a burley spring with pilchard in it. But when I would like to catch some mullet like I did at Parsons a burley bag can work a treat by congregating the mullet right in front of you, but in saying that a burley bag is good to use in all situations attracting a wide variety of fish to your fishing location. It can start the food chain going attracting the smaller fish and then the larger ones. i.e. mulloway, shark, Cheers David
Gday mate yes bleeding your fish blood into your pippies [cockles] or pilchards is definitely a good thing to do to improve your catch, but using a burley spring is even better like I do in the video also the place you choose to fish plays an important part. Try these suggestions and your catch will improve. Some days when we go fishing it seems we can't do anything wrong but others we need to pull all the tricks out of the bag. Thank you for the question and tight lines.
G'day Full Cringe. On this video it was a dodge tide around the half moon but the beach was looking good some nice gutters and channels, yes no problem catching large and small Salmon on the run out tide at Waitpinga, low is good and the incoming and high the main ingredients down there is a good looking beach, also early morning and later in the afternoon produce more fish down there and night time can be good. Tight lines.
Thanks for showing how to read the language of the waves lol. Are they cooked, canned pilchards/sardines? There's so many colloquial names, gets a bit confusing.
Gday mate thank you for your message, I've never heard any body say the language of the waves before, yes as well as us looking and reading the beach, in a way they are telling us where the best places to fish are. Good question about the pilchards they are bought uncooked fresh frozen from the tackle shop in small packets or in a 2kg whats called a block of pilchards. they generally come from Western Australia also Port Lincoln, mainly southern waters I think. also get netted other places around the world. Pilchards are called sardines when we eat them.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Haha I was feeling whimsical. You have a very informative channel, much appreciated. Have you got a video on Snook? I hear they are harder to catch. I am new to fishing, and am looking at buying my first rod. I was looking at the Ugly Stick GX2 Casting Rod and the Shimano Nasci 1000 Reel, can you attest to these products or there companies in the fishing arena? And more importantly will this rod and reel combo put up with Snook? I mainly want to catch Tommies; my fav, Mullet, Gar, Whiting and Snook :) I went with this combo because it is cheap. But would appreciate any advice.
Hi Laughing man. That rod and reel sounds good for starting out with, Ugly Stick fishing rods have been around for years and have a fantastic reputation, also Shimano reels very good, you can get some pretty good reels these days for a good price. That outfit will be very good for gar whiting and tommies, even trout, carp etc. The rod and reel will defiantly handle snook, if you were fishing of rocks a rod a touch longer would be better. In saying that, that combo will always be very useful even if you do get a longer rod later on. I Would recommend 12lb braid, better for casting lures because you want to use it for snook, and simply use 6lb, 8lb leader or trace when fishing for the other species. you will need a crab net for lowering of the jetty to help land your snook. I plan to do a snook video, you will catch snook on very small mental lures and small hard bodied lures the colour of baitfish, silver, blue, green. Also frog mouth pilchards white bait rigged with size 4 or 2 hooks on rig with a small running sinker slowly retrieved. best times late afternoon and anywhere the garfish are.hope that gets you on the right track future fisho.
@@darrengibson2508 Hi Darren, I only use fresh pilchards but I have used salted they are ok. For me though fresh is best. I normally don't have any problem with them staying on the hook.
Hi mate yes just cockle for bait in this video but i always fish using a home made burley spring with a pilchard squashed into it most casts, it does help to catch more fish. I have a video showing how to make a burley spring if interested in trying it.
G'day dat boi. Yes the lures have come out on a few occasions over the years. caught some nice fish on lures. Yes enjoy all types of fishing but have never caught a fish on a fly ,one day sooner rather than later.
Hi mate, no not a worm cockles are found on Goolwa beach low tide just under the sand where the water laps onto the beach, they are a mollusks I removed the insides from the shell at home prior to fishing. Cockles are also sold as food these days.
Hi Michael, I have done a video called how to fillet Australian salmon and the best way to freeze it. Take a look at my channel and you will find it. All the best... Cheers David
Thank you for watching and commenting. I am trying to translate using google but having trouble, I will do my best. Does that say, You know what colour draws attention.
Hi hunter hunter, sorry but I am still having trouble translating you messages but I do appreciate the comments. Thank you for commenting and watching and hope you are catching a few fish mate.
Hi graeme. Thanks for your comment mate, the keeper bag is a old pillow case and the strap is off a old bag. I have use hessian bags before they are ok but the old pillow case seems to last for ages, the one in the videos for over a year now and I just hang it in a tree and hose it off till next time.
