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Galjoen being mostly a cold water fish it would be best to target them in the winter. Galjoen are mostly found around rocks feeding of the worms and red bait that the waves break loose from the rocks. They wont say no to prawns or mussels too.
Going fishing for them of rocks you will need high abrassion line to keep you're line from breaking of after a few scratches over the rocks. Always check you're line for marks/cuts after every cast. Line always breaks while you are hooked into something decend. Not a good feeling.
Galjoen are found close to the waters edge so distance casting wont be needed. For that same reasons it is good fun to try for them on light tackle or dropshotting.
Try casting into the foamy part off the water next to rocks. That's where the galjoen normally feeds. If the galjoen bites but does not swallow the hook I normally just put a longer hook trace on which gives me a better hook up rate.
My best success with Galjoen is with a 2/0 hook, fixed trace(sinker 60cm-hook 40cm) and a long strip of redbait(sun dried a bit). I make the bait about twice the length of my hook and lightly tie it on the hook, leaving the rest to move around freely in the water. Tying the bait up to look like small red golfball won't be as effective
Going fishing for them of rocks you will need high abrassion line to keep you're line from breaking of after a few scratches over the rocks. Always check you're line for marks/cuts after every cast. Line always breaks while you are hooked into something decend. Not a good feeling.
Galjoen are found close to the waters edge so distance casting wont be needed. For that same reasons it is good fun to try for them on light tackle or dropshotting.
Try casting into the foamy part off the water next to rocks. That's where the galjoen normally feeds. If the galjoen bites but does not swallow the hook I normally just put a longer hook trace on which gives me a better hook up rate.
My best success with Galjoen is with a 2/0 hook, fixed trace(sinker 60cm-hook 40cm) and a long strip of redbait(sun dried a bit). I make the bait about twice the length of my hook and lightly tie it on the hook, leaving the rest to move around freely in the water. Tying the bait up to look like small red golfball won't be as effective
