soft plastics Brands/shapes/jigheads/colours
Submitted by sarcasm0 on Wed, 2009-11-04 10:39
Ok, going to buy some tackle this afternoon and am after some advice. I have never had any success on soft plastics or lures except in exmouth trolling bibbed lures.
I am heading down to Walpole on Saturday for a week of fishing. What would people suggest for an array of soft plastics/jigheads for fishing the rivers and walpole inlet? Also what soft plastics would you reccomend for bottom fishing.
I think I want to spend less than $100 dollars and I need to get some other tackle too. But would like to have a small range of gear to try so am keen to know what others have had success with.
catchalittle
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Try either some of the gulp
Try either some of the gulp or atomic range,if it is a decent store they should be able to advise you which ones to use.
Nathan
sarcasm0
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yeah fair enough
But still after some advice from FW members, Are there some that are "easier" to work. What are the good colours? - I have heard the pumpkinseed color can be effective.
Are there some soft plastics that will fish both esturine shallow and open ocean bottom?
mako magic
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if your up this way today
if your up this way today pop in, we have a few "kits" available that should suit you perfectly
sarcasm0
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SOR
Cheers im south of the river and if I wasnt so busy getting everything ready for the trip then I would try to come up but I dunno if I will get the chance, maybe friday afternoon.
Bryan
luke george
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I would be looking at 2-3"
I would be looking at 2-3" plastics in either gulp, squidgy or powerbait the 2" grubs work pretty well for bream and the likes and the flathead will go off on 3" flickbaits one of my favourite plastics for inshore work is the 3" squidgy flickbait in evil minnow colour ive caught everything on them from bream flathead skippy and whiting to blackass snapper and salmon i would be using a lightish jighead maybe around 1 12th or 1 8th of an ounce depending on depth and weather conditions on about a size 2 hook if your around BCF in rockingham anytime this week drop by and ill be able to give you a hand
Brunno
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Bream in Walpole Inlet
It has ben a couple of years but I had good success using small Squidgies wrigglers in the Bloodworm colour in Walpole inlet. We used them in the shallows down towards the inlet. We managed 13 bream (all released) in about half an hour.
damo6230
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fishing gear
TT jig heads or gamat 211 are my favorite.
for breaming i like 1/16 through to 1/32 deepending on depth and casting distance.
gulp camo worms/prawns work well
berkley 3 minnow in pumkinseed
atomic curl / paddle tails in 2-3 inch
squidgy 100mm wriggler wasabi
try slam 2 " worm or 3" minnow
try lures such as halco laser 45 scorpions 52 DD over sand flats.
atomic hardz (K9 pup bulldog and shads)/ bassaday sugar deep minnow/ luckly craft 48 DD pointer Ebeer/ jackson trout tune/ bushies stiffy/ecogear SX VX/ TT switchbaldes / zipbaits khamshin
to name jsut a few
Ollie
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im with damo with the jig
im with damo with the jig head's.
berkly (powerbaits & gulp) or snapbacks are the only plastics i buy now.
(wrigglers work really well)
schecky
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5 and 7in gulps in the
5 and 7in gulps in the chicken colours are good for out wide on snapper and other demersals