Hey shroom, I live on the Georges river and that spiny fish is called a bullrout also the estuary stone fish, I've caught baby's like under 5cm and touché s the spines and no issues but I've caught an adult once it was around 35cm, yes very dangerous I believe they are in the stonefish family so avoid hands or skin contact Great vid Pete
yo shroom jus a quick tip with some fish like bream and ludrick sometimes the best option is to jus free spool it and when you see it running you set the hook as the little fish will pec kbut the big ones will jus pick it up and run and i find with the free spool it tends to trick the fish and you can catch alot more doing it
Awesome stuff, going back to basics, seems a lot of people miss this. Id also suggest a garden earthworm on a jighead, slow retrieve , also gets smashed by bream, flathead, whiting.... If you don't have any earthworm handy, let me know , I've got a good supply here👍.
Servo prawns are ok, my uncle used to take me out in the tinney as a kid, we would grab a packet of servo pranws and catch fish, silver Bream, Black Bream, flathead and other stuff.... you need to do a video to find them big Sydney Black Bream, they are there man..
Thats a bullrout aka an estuary stone fish. I have caught a few before on bait. Fishing the same way you are now haha baiting jigheads and letting it drift down rock walls. Caught a massive one at swansea Bridge at Lake mac. Went 40cm!
Thanks Ham, that's huge! Can't beat jigheads for simplicity haha. It was light enough to basically waft around on the bottom because of the depth, current and wind
@@ShroomFishing exactly! Throw on a generous length of 10-15lbs fluoro leader. A worm hook with a number 0 sinker and drop it off a breakwall. I have caught many big bream doing that. Often just pull my plastic off and throw a prawn on and let it drop.
When using the jighead rig you might try feeding the hook in thru the tail first instead of like how you thread a plastic on. This way stops the fish from getting a good hold of the tail which can rip the prawn off, tail first lets the hook sit inside the meaty part of the prawn.
Sick little night sesh by the shroom all I ever use when I’m bait fishing is small jighead and prawns but It usually goes better then that session did 🤣🤙
That wacky looking fish you caught looked like a Sydney rock cod which if you pick up without getting spiked it is harmless and also give you hands a quick was in the water after holding it
Thanks Ronmb81, I usually peel em but apparently that method was catching some big bream and keeping the pickers away long enough but not long enough from what we saw methinks!
that scary fish is what I was always told was a rock cod ,I use to fish all ove Sydney Harbour as a kid , then they banned fishing on the quay and wharves also called a kelpfish , just like we call a toad fish is also a boxhead puffer fish ,I like watching your videos wnd fancy reel commentaries I still use cheap diawa reels they've been knocked round dropped in the drink layed in sand and swamped in the surf but they just keep going and they catch fish lol
Nice, I always wished I could fish Sydney Harbour back then especially around the quay. Nothing wrong with using cheaper gear, still from a reputable brand so it will still go hard!
Mate, really enjoyable video to watch. You caught everything except the kitchen sink ! Gee that Bullrout fish looked a nasty piece of work. Looked like a busy session though. Cheers 👍
Love the experimentation Shroomy you’re an ideas man for sure! Next time try an nice fresh Hawkesbury prawn an a jig head to suit 👌 or even a squid tentacle. Will catch you a GRS for sure 😂
Thanks Peter! I'll be trying a few things whilst the season is slow. Best way to spend a cold night. I'll have to try a few other baits too! At the rate of catch variety, it won't be too long!
@@ShroomFishing good luck buddy, you’re brave to endure the cold and try new things. If you need some bait ideas you know who to ask ok 😉. I’m full of good ideas 😆
Hi mate. If it looks like a bullrout that’s enough for me . Steer clear. Packet prawns are a very poor bait. If you can buy Australian fresh prawns from your fish market they make a much better bait. By the way bream love the head of prawns so whole prawn is a good option. Another bait challenge, cheese or garlic sausage. Both great bream bait at night especially amongst oysters
Thanks Hilton. I used those prawns because I thought it would make an interesting video but I usually use the ones that come into the tackle shop labelled as 'fresh prawns' which often come in live and then end up dead. The tackleshop I used to be able to get them at has changed owners so I may need to find another source but prawns that fresh are dynamite! Thanks for the suggestions, might be a future video idea!
Thank you mrkanangra! I'll have to see if I can head that way at some stage, I had a plan to actually go up but the trail went cold. I'll see what I can do!
That's given me an itch for bait fishing. Great video mate. Shame the crab wasn't male as probably you could of considered taking for a meal 🤣. This winter in particular has been very hard in the harbour. Plenty of trevally but even flathead are few and far between. We won't talk about bream 🤣🎣🎣
Thanks a lot Stephen! It has been hard but luckily night fishing is still possible. Bream have been sparse and flathead are MIA for me haha. That was a big fat crab for sure 😎
nice video man😀, question for your next podcast when tieing leader to lure (jighead or hard body) loop knot or uni knot? and why in place of the other?
Gday mate just a quick question if you don't mind, I'm going to buy a heap of atomic hardz deep divers hard bodies tomorrow would you suggest floating or suspending thanks
I am guessing it is leatherjackets that are taking your bait, hence it is best to peel the prawn as suggested by ronmb81. Maybe about a metre or two off the bottom and not have too much slack on your line. But great vid, brings back my fishing day when I was young. Have you tried Jeffery Street Wharf?
We didn't lose too many baits Fai mostly because night fishing it's a lot slower but usually decent fish are on the end of the line. I usually peel and throw in weightless and wait for it to go off like a hand grenade lol Not recently
Only shrooms can turn a bait into a lure lol. Something I dont see often in NSW is texas rigging or using a sinker, swivel then hooking a soft plastic lure to a normal hook etc.
@@ShroomFishing I never tried it in Sydney but if the rain stays away you could try going for blackfish. Really fun seeing the float going underwater and then getting the hook up.
Hey shroom I’m coming to Sydney and I’m going to try and get some squid do you have any tips on jigs, colours and spots to try? Loving the night fishing videos keep up the good works 🔥🔥
Very entertaining video champion, You need to head back to the canal, the other day there was 3 different packs of salmon busting up on jelly prawns, at the same time, the noise could be heard down the canal, they were right at my feet at one stage, but I still haven't managed to hook one , even threw the small MMD SOFT PRAWN, but no hook up, i can feel the lures touching fish as i reel it straight through the packs, might need to get a metal casting jig with trebles, but that wouldn't be real sporty, as you could jag them so easily, but would rather a lure in its mouth, a bit more fair, great work champion, braving the cold to entertain us,
Thanks as always Anthony! I just can't seem to run into them, I had my fly rod and they knew I was coming! I'll see if I can swing by and catch them in the act, I reckon I have the answer!
Yep true that, it didn't occur to me it was a red rock cod. I've only caught them boat fishing on/off the coast and they are bright red so this brown colouration was throwing me off. Yep, would have been howling al lthe way to the hospital 😂
@@ShroomFishing yeh haven't really seen them that dull before, I was always spearing and handling them In the water as a youngster without any problems and it wasn't until I was working on a fishing charter I learnt how venomous they are and I wasn't allowed to clean them even with all my experience very tasty fish tho . 😂
So dead sticking that on the bottom...how much better is that to a scented plastic...and would you do that with a scented plastic or would that be sub optimal? Why not just work it like a plastic Do you understand what I mean? Like if a plastic is meant to imitate that exact prawn then why not fish it like a plastic....aren't you losing the lateral line "stimulation" and just relying on sight and scent with that bait on the bottom?
It's a lot better I think, I have tried many years ago working bait like plastics and they seem to attract small aggressive fish like tailor and snapper. I find the quality fish stay away from rigid prawn baits moving erratically lol
Dude. with respect...you are diss-ing a lot of your subscribers by belittling the good old Servo Prawns. We aren't all Pro's Mate. We buy what we can to have a good time. Just saying Bro. Really enjoy your channel. Cheeers
The old prawn in the harbour lucky dip👍🏻one those days no trophy fish but it's still exciting catching the weird & wonderful mystery fish
Too right, I was pleasantly surprised that it was an interesting night
Hey shroom,
I live on the Georges river and that spiny fish is called a bullrout also the estuary stone fish, I've caught baby's like under 5cm and touché s the spines and no issues but I've caught an adult once it was around 35cm, yes very dangerous I believe they are in the stonefish family so avoid hands or skin contact
Great vid
Pete
Thanks Peter and great advice. I won't be testing the small one spines but lol. Anything related to a stonefish is a no go in my books yikes!
yo shroom jus a quick tip with some fish like bream and ludrick sometimes the best option is to jus free spool it and when you see it running you set the hook as the little fish will pec kbut the big ones will jus pick it up and run and i find with the free spool it tends to trick the fish and you can catch alot more doing it
First fish is red rock cod/scorpion fish, never eaten one but theyre apparently great eating and often called a poor mans lobster
Servo prawns are an absolute classic
Can't beat it for a quick and dirty sesh lol
Awesome stuff, going back to basics, seems a lot of people miss this.
Id also suggest a garden earthworm on a jighead, slow retrieve , also gets smashed by bream, flathead, whiting....
If you don't have any earthworm handy, let me know , I've got a good supply here👍.
Thanks Dave, sometimes simple fishing is just as fun and rewarding in it's own way. Thanks for the suggestion, it might be a future video idea!
Servo prawns are ok, my uncle used to take me out in the tinney as a kid, we would grab a packet of servo pranws and catch fish, silver Bream, Black Bream, flathead and other stuff....
you need to do a video to find them big Sydney Black Bream, they are there man..
Not bad as a quick and easy bait to get into fishing! The good thing is everything seems to eat em
Finally after 2 yrs of petitioning ,a video on bait fishing ,plus do "round 2/redemption round"
Will be trying to do more of these for sure!
Haha the crabbies love you, Shroom!
I can't get away from them big crustaceans Hai!
Thats a bullrout aka an estuary stone fish. I have caught a few before on bait. Fishing the same way you are now haha baiting jigheads and letting it drift down rock walls.
Caught a massive one at swansea Bridge at Lake mac. Went 40cm!
Thanks Ham, that's huge! Can't beat jigheads for simplicity haha. It was light enough to basically waft around on the bottom because of the depth, current and wind
@@ShroomFishing exactly! Throw on a generous length of 10-15lbs fluoro leader. A worm hook with a number 0 sinker and drop it off a breakwall. I have caught many big bream doing that. Often just pull my plastic off and throw a prawn on and let it drop.
Let's go shroom party time
Lesgooo Hussien!
My childhood servo prawns
Fond memories of mine too Christopher!
I think that first fish was a flowerpot-redrockcod also known as a poor mans lobster great video like always Shroom
Thanks for that Ian, I don't get too many of those at least not brown ones but redder ones near the coast
But is it poisonous, think they are ok or have I just been lucky?
@@pb839 yes the spikes can give a very bad reaction always use gloves or pliers with those types of fish🐡
Those hook packs are exactly the ones that I started fishing with. Basic but simply works! 😂
Haha the best starter pack 😂
When using the jighead rig you might try feeding the hook in thru the tail first instead of like how you thread a plastic on. This way stops the fish from getting a good hold of the tail which can rip the prawn off, tail first lets the hook sit inside the meaty part of the prawn.
Thanks for the tips Matui, I'll give that a run next time. I usually peel the prawn and use a hook with no weight but it was windy and rather deep
Sick little night sesh by the shroom all I ever use when I’m bait fishing is small jighead and prawns but It usually goes better then that session did 🤣🤙
Thanks Boed! It kept me entertained but where were the bream lol
@@ShroomFishing bream are usually all over the prawns maybe they were sleeping 😂
Glad i'm not the only one struggling to catch anything decent in the harbour at the moment.
Yep, quite tough right now but still good fun wetting a line
That wacky looking fish you caught looked like a Sydney rock cod which if you pick up without getting spiked it is harmless and also give you hands a quick was in the water after holding it
I started off bait fishing now I'm on strictly lures, the best way imo for prawns is to peel them, no.4 long shank hook, no sinker... works wonders 👍🏼
Thanks Ronmb81, I usually peel em but apparently that method was catching some big bream and keeping the pickers away long enough but not long enough from what we saw methinks!
Yes, spot advice. Peeled prawns!
Aways peel - keep it real!
Windybanks are the best of the servo prawn baits. Put a half hitch around the tail also peel the bottom half
Thanks for the advice Alan, I usually just send it in weightless and peeled and hold on! 😎👍
@@ShroomFishing no worries mate, just a tiny tip after all you have passed plenty on to me via your vids.
I always soaked a prawn 🦐 while casting a lure, Shroom. I always ended up taking a feed home on many occasions lol 😂 … Loved your video mate.
Thanks Wayne! I'll be soaking a few more things in the next month or so!
@@ShroomFishing fantastic mate, can’t wait to see them.
Great video shroom that first fish scared through the phone how many crabs in a row is that now
Thanks X3 Grims! I think at least 3 crabs or so have appeared in the recent videos lol. Yes that fish looked freaky haha
Great video Shroom keep up the good content
Thanks a lot Sebo!
hay i just want to say you are a grate youtuber and keep up the good work
Thank you Rebecca
that scary fish is what I was always told was a rock cod ,I use to fish all ove Sydney Harbour as a kid , then they banned fishing on the quay and wharves also called a kelpfish , just like we call a toad fish is also a boxhead puffer fish ,I like watching your videos wnd fancy reel commentaries I still use cheap diawa reels they've been knocked round dropped in the drink layed in sand and swamped in the surf but they just keep going and they catch fish lol
Nice, I always wished I could fish Sydney Harbour back then especially around the quay. Nothing wrong with using cheaper gear, still from a reputable brand so it will still go hard!
Have been looking for this for an hour or so . 😆🤙🎣🎣🎣
Thanks David, I was under the pump getting this ready!
@@ShroomFishing keep em coming mate . 🤙🎣
Stone fish and the fresh water ones are called a bull rout I had one in my aquarium 😁
Thanks Phillip, very cool to have an aquarium with fish like that!
Rock cod 🤙
Mate, really enjoyable video to watch. You caught everything except the kitchen sink ! Gee that Bullrout fish looked a nasty piece of work. Looked like a busy session though. Cheers 👍
Thanks Trevor, that bullrout being so small was a tricky one to release. Night could have ended early there lol
Love the experimentation Shroomy you’re an ideas man for sure! Next time try an nice fresh Hawkesbury prawn an a jig head to suit 👌 or even a squid tentacle. Will catch you a GRS for sure 😂
Thanks Peter! I'll be trying a few things whilst the season is slow. Best way to spend a cold night. I'll have to try a few other baits too! At the rate of catch variety, it won't be too long!
@@ShroomFishing good luck buddy, you’re brave to endure the cold and try new things. If you need some bait ideas you know who to ask ok 😉. I’m full of good ideas 😆
Hi mate. If it looks like a bullrout that’s enough for me . Steer clear.
Packet prawns are a very poor bait.
If you can buy Australian fresh prawns from your fish market they make a much better bait.
By the way bream love the head of prawns so whole prawn is a good option.
Another bait challenge, cheese or garlic sausage. Both great bream bait at night especially amongst oysters
Thanks Hilton. I used those prawns because I thought it would make an interesting video but I usually use the ones that come into the tackle shop labelled as 'fresh prawns' which often come in live and then end up dead. The tackleshop I used to be able to get them at has changed owners so I may need to find another source but prawns that fresh are dynamite! Thanks for the suggestions, might be a future video idea!
You're so funny Shroom. But you gotta get outta the projects aka Parramatta River etc and head North my man to Pittwater etc.......
Thank you mrkanangra! I'll have to see if I can head that way at some stage, I had a plan to actually go up but the trail went cold. I'll see what I can do!
That's given me an itch for bait fishing. Great video mate. Shame the crab wasn't male as probably you could of considered taking for a meal 🤣. This winter in particular has been very hard in the harbour. Plenty of trevally but even flathead are few and far between. We won't talk about bream 🤣🎣🎣
Thanks a lot Stephen! It has been hard but luckily night fishing is still possible. Bream have been sparse and flathead are MIA for me haha. That was a big fat crab for sure 😎
Awsome video shroom keep the Awsome work bro you legend
Thanks a lot Silias 🙏
No worry’s mate
2:27 waiting for the song from pirates of the Caribbean “heave ho…”
Hahah
You'll need to review those new Jarvis Walker plastics soon
Thanks I think I might, I saw them the other day!
yeah buddy
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Yewww
That thing that was surging and grabbed the bottom was probably an octopus, had that happen a few times before
Yes that's the one, it didn't occur to me at the time. They feel like squid and then suddenly it's like hooking up to the bottom. Spot on!
That’s fish you just caught is called rockfish. They are mostly harmless but they can really hurt you.
nice video man😀, question for your next podcast when tieing leader to lure (jighead or hard body) loop knot or uni knot? and why in place of the other?
Thanks for the question Ben
Good evening 🤙
How's it going EL Hajj
@@ShroomFishing as you said struggling to connect with a decent fish at this time of the year, hopefully things will pick up soon
@@lynn911able Yep, gotta find out where the fish have gone lol
Gday mate just a quick question if you don't mind, I'm going to buy a heap of atomic hardz deep divers hard bodies tomorrow would you suggest floating or suspending thanks
Where is this spot? Pretty cool results haha
I am guessing it is leatherjackets that are taking your bait, hence it is best to peel the prawn as suggested by ronmb81. Maybe about a metre or two off the bottom and not have too much slack on your line. But great vid, brings back my fishing day when I was young. Have you tried Jeffery Street Wharf?
We didn't lose too many baits Fai mostly because night fishing it's a lot slower but usually decent fish are on the end of the line. I usually peel and throw in weightless and wait for it to go off like a hand grenade lol Not recently
Desperate times call for desperate measures.... but not servo prawns...please...
Always good Shroomy.
Thanks littlerubster, I do all kinds of fishing so long as it's enjoyable 😎👍
That Navy diver got chewed up bad (lost an arm and leg) near the Opera House, in 2009. Yes, I wash my hands quickly. You never know.
Wow Ted, makes you one hard about those decisions to dip those hands in the water...
@@ShroomFishing in Crocodile country? NEVER !! Those sneaky bastards are just waiting for you. And they want the whole lot. Lol
Are yakkas around Sydney harbour in full force yet ?
Kmart has Jarvis walker gear
I believe that was a cuttlefish which is good live bait for kingfish
Thanks Benny, not out in force for me but I have heard of some good sessions. I'd say it's still hit and miss
@@ShroomFishing yeah still a bit cold ,, give it another month
Only shrooms can turn a bait into a lure lol. Something I dont see often in NSW is texas rigging or using a sinker, swivel then hooking a soft plastic lure to a normal hook etc.
Haha thanks Denis! I've tried that technique and caught a lot of pinkies on gulp lures
@@ShroomFishing I never tried it in Sydney but if the rain stays away you could try going for blackfish. Really fun seeing the float going underwater and then getting the hook up.
Lead is about the only JW product I use.
Haha, they not bad lol
Hey shroom I’m coming to Sydney and I’m going to try and get some squid do you have any tips on jigs, colours and spots to try? Loving the night fishing videos keep up the good works 🔥🔥
Thanks Elias, try further toward the coast or at least harbour bridge. Natural colours have been working for me size 1.5-1.8
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Very entertaining video champion, You need to head back to the canal, the other day there was 3 different packs of salmon busting up on jelly prawns, at the same time, the noise could be heard down the canal, they were right at my feet at one stage, but I still haven't managed to hook one , even threw the small MMD SOFT PRAWN, but no hook up, i can feel the lures touching fish as i reel it straight through the packs, might need to get a metal casting jig with trebles, but that wouldn't be real sporty, as you could jag them so easily, but would rather a lure in its mouth, a bit more fair, great work champion, braving the cold to entertain us,
Thanks as always Anthony! I just can't seem to run into them, I had my fly rod and they knew I was coming! I'll see if I can swing by and catch them in the act, I reckon I have the answer!
Min4 it’s from the cod family
peeling the prawn will allow fish to eat the bait easier and have better hook ups
I usually do peeled and unweighted so I may do that again next time Brian
Nice video shroom, what brand head torch is that?
Thanks a lot, LED Lenser H8R
that was a male blue swimmer and legal too
Seems to be a few nice crabs going about at the moment James!
Should of kept the blue swimmer crab. It was definitely legal.
All good Kimbo, I basically release everything
Bullrout seems correct according to old mate Google
Awesome, I got one of them ID correct lol
witnessed a lad caftch a donkey mack tuna on a servo prawn once lol
That might be what I need to do to get my first mack tuna Joe haha
Gday Shroom bew sub here good old servo prawns fuk me reminding me of youth
Welcome mate! That's awesome
That little spikey guy was a fortescue not a bullrout
Thanks James, another fish to avoid getting spiked by
@@ShroomFishing yep they suck cause a burning pain and swelling to the area they stab can be cured with hot water
The hard core Sydney rig , you'll catch fish just don't eat the infamous servo pies
Haha true that Dherdy, it doesn't get more simpler than that as an effective bait!
Rock cod
First comment looks like a massive bull-rout
Yeh that was a little red rock cod smart not to touch that bugger top spins with leave you in the worst pain ever for many hours.
Yep true that, it didn't occur to me it was a red rock cod. I've only caught them boat fishing on/off the coast and they are bright red so this brown colouration was throwing me off. Yep, would have been howling al lthe way to the hospital 😂
@@ShroomFishing yeh haven't really seen them that dull before, I was always spearing and handling them In the water as a youngster without any problems and it wasn't until I was working on a fishing charter I learnt how venomous they are and I wasn't allowed to clean them even with all my experience very tasty fish tho . 😂
hey shroom, what headlight do you use?
LED Lenser H8R
@@ShroomFishing cheers for the reply 👍🏿
Klipvis
whys bro bashing on jarvis walker hooks and sinkers....ive always used JW and never had a problem or anything still caught heaps and heaps of fish..
I love Jervis Walker
First
Woohoo! 😎👍
So dead sticking that on the bottom...how much better is that to a scented plastic...and would you do that with a scented plastic or would that be sub optimal? Why not just work it like a plastic
Do you understand what I mean? Like if a plastic is meant to imitate that exact prawn then why not fish it like a plastic....aren't you losing the lateral line "stimulation" and just relying on sight and scent with that bait on the bottom?
It's a lot better I think, I have tried many years ago working bait like plastics and they seem to attract small aggressive fish like tailor and snapper. I find the quality fish stay away from rigid prawn baits moving erratically lol
Yea bud, that was a female blue swimmer
Big and fat, I'm glad she went back! 👍
lol
I need me some prawns lol
Swivel user!
Zero! No swivels were used in this video 😂😂😂
@@ShroomFishing 🤣 hahaha
Thats a male.
Dude. with respect...you are diss-ing a lot of your subscribers by belittling the good old Servo Prawns.
We aren't all Pro's Mate.
We buy what we can to have a good time.
Just saying Bro.
Really enjoy your channel.
Cheeers
Not at all Vince, not belittling the prawn or anyone at all. I love using servo prawns, it's always a lot of fun and anyone can do it 👍