last year we used williamson lures and richters ..... both went well with the darker colours being the best for sails . they where 9 inch models from memory . some ppl using fluro's went better on dollies and tuna than we did.

i will be up in exxy in may as well so i hope we get some good weather :)

Soft grassies, hot breakfasts ,sprockets all worked well for us. But if you wanna catch bills easily then go live tuna baits. 3-4 kg stripey nose rigged is an absolute killer. Very visual and hands on way to catch blacks

Cheers Mick 
 

Any colour as long as its black. ;)

I run Oscar Juniors and Soft Grassies for medium sized bills - 100kg and under.  The oscar juniors I always run in black (502/506) - accounted for 2 sails and 2 marlin landed and can't count the amount of hookups)  For soft grassies I always run a pink/white combo or a lumo.

My next door neighbour got a 60kg black yesterday and witnessed a huge billy (est 200kg +) mow a big dolphinfish boatside, said it was unbelievable to watch.

As for teasers, I run the Williamson plastic mullet and a home made beer can teaser - 3 half cans, a 11inch pusher, then a 60g silver twisty to a 13 inch pusher on the tail.  Smokes!!!

What they said.

As for brands they all work, find a lure with a big cup for running on calmer days to throw a lot of water and heads with smaller cups or narrower cups for rough weather. I will usually run a larger 10-12inch off the corners and smaller 8-9inch of the riggers. Colours will vary on the day. Always run a lumo and the rest swap and change till you raise the fish. If your buying new lures check the hooks. Theres no use having gun lures if they don't stick. I have found running a single owner hook more productive with hookups.

Teasers are another issue. Try and get a pakula wichdoctor or simular (williamson does 1 for half the price) off 1 corner and a string of birds and skirts or just as adam said, half cans or even CD's. Anything that throws a bit of water and light around to imitate baitfish.

Its all trial and error, find out what works and stick with it.

Might have to get a few dolphinfish for live bait then Adam.

Try this website, its Peter Pakula lures which gives you an idea.

http://www.pakula.com/book/03%20Lure%20Rigging%20P2.htm

Have a read but if you get stuck the boys at Bluewater tackle are prety good or Campbells.  

You will need a set of crimping pliers, wire crimps, mono crimps, hooks, heat shrink and mono leader. You can also use D shackles and hook and leader guards if you wat to go the whole hog. You can buy twin rig hooks for lures and d shackle them straight on which saves time but i don't use 2 hook rigs anymore because of safety and its easier to get 1 hook out let alone 2.

For 6-8inch lures i use 200-300pnd mono and 300-400pnd for anything bigger. 

If you want a hand PM me.

I hope this helps