Ive been meaning to get a cast net going but I need to get a license 1st. Have kept prawns and sml fish alive for weeks at a time in a fish box with an areator, maybee that might help. have to change the water every 3 or so days. I think they use drag nets in Lesh as well. man you would catch everything in one of them..

drag nets hmm new to me :P do you need a boat or any special license for one of these? just looking at the fisheries site and it looks like netting is banned in parts of the lesch but i cant seem to work out which bit

Find a shallow weedy section and you and a mate drag it through the water. You can get different size ones. The mesh has to be a certain size. Dont ask me though. I think 40ft wide net is about standard. If thats too extreme a dip net and a light at night is another way.

ive seen a couple of 6 foot nets at bcf am considering getting a license and giving it a go just really not sure where in the lesh im allowed to do it

No yabbies to pump up from the sand or beach worms to catch from the surf.
Rock crabs are definately worth catching and the little black crabs in the river are great for bream - as are mussels.

Yellow tail are great if you can catch them, as are garfish. The Eshed at Freo is a good spot for them.

School whiting are great bait as well.

I am thinking of dragging out my old mullet catching rig and having a crack at them in one of the northern marinas.

Hmm i dont live in perth colin, live between bunbury and australind and yeh ive found a great little spot about 200 meters from my house to gather the black crabs, and i remember catching the little yabbies and minnows in the duck pond with a coat hanger and a stocking back when i was a young kid and couldnt afford bait :P wanted tot ry and get my hands on some fresh muscles but none seem be anywhere ive looked but ill keep looking!

Your best bet might be to head down to the beach or an estaury and try and catch some small whiting.

Ah well looks like whiting it is! thanks for the heads up col!

Ask around and find out if there is any mullet in the local creeks and rivers. If you catch some of them they make awesome bait.

ok thanks a freind from the site has caught mullet in the river close to here and we tried for soem a few weekends ago to no luck but that said we wernt very patient :P

try bunbury back beach off the rocks to the right.. burley up n catch herring n gardies..... breed sum maggotts.. they top bait for them... a good couple of sessions will last almost half a year

are you talking about the groin at bp? i was going to go down to the  basalt rocks on thursday when weather clears up and try for some herring and gardies do you think id have much luck there? its got a bit of reef and weed coverage so i thought it wouldnt be to bad of a spot

its kind of like a rock ledge... been about 3 years since i fished down there... just use a burley float.. with 60cm leader to a long shank hook with peeled prawns if u cnt get maggotts... key is to burley up tho.... lots n lots of burley... u will b right. if not there always the dolphin discovery centre hahaha