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Whole fish bait
Pack size: 200g packets
Brined anchovies — a small, oily salt-water forage fish with strong scent. Available in 200 g packets (20 or 70 per carton).
Earlybird Bait is wholesale only. Find a nearby retailer or apply to stock our range at your store.
Practical guidance for storage, rigging and fishing this bait around Perth and wider WA waters.
Keep at -18°C or below until use. Thaw only the quantity needed for one trip; do not refreeze after thawing.
Match rig weight to depth and current — lighter for estuaries, heavier for surf or offshore. Present bait naturally near structure or bait trails.
#4–1/0 gang hooks for tailor; #6–#2 long-shank for herring.
Brine keeps them firm — use straight from the packet. Change bait regularly as oily scent fades.
Fish dawn, dusk and tide changes. Reduce lead and leader size when water is clear and fish are cautious.
Metro jetties, breakwalls, and inshore reef edges from Fremantle through Rockingham.
Herring, Tailor, Skippy, Whiting
Use whole on a small gang hook for tailor; halved or quartered for herring and whiting on light rigs.
Strong through autumn–winter tailor runs and year-round herring on metro jetties.
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