What lures to take to Wickham?
Submitted by DOGFISH on Sat, 2019-12-07 09:14
OK, so I will be heading up to Wickham for at least a few months. I have bought a nice 7 foot rod and abu garcia reel spooled with 14lb 0.18mm braid. The rob is stamped 4-8kg; 10-48 g (I assume this is recommended line and lure weights) . I haven't bought lures and tackle yet. I know from trout/redfin fishing it is easy to get a tackle box full of lures that never get used and a few favourites are used all the time, so, what is essential up there? What have lures do you find yourself reaching for over and over? I assume soft plastics, and poppers are useful but what colours and patterns?
Cheers in advance.. Bill
TerriblePaulzy
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Small soft plastics poppers stickbaits and twistys will all have their time to shine up there
DOGFISH
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Thanks Paulzy, do colours
Thanks Paulzy, do colours make a difference or is it different at different times/tides/moods of fish etc. Excuse the ignorance of a northern newbie - what are stickbaits and twistys? I am guessing metal lures (we used to call them spinners - good for tailor) and the bibbed lures.
DOGFISH
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Thanks Paulzy, do colours
Thanks Paulzy, do colours make a difference or is it different at different times/tides/moods of fish etc. Excuse the ignorance of a northern newbie - what are stickbaits and twistys? I am guessing metal lures (we used to call them spinners - good for tailor) and the bibbed lures.
TerriblePaulzy
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Stickbaits are a bibless hardbody plastic lure and twistys are metal slices. Colours don’t matter too much. Different places work on different ides but the causeway and sams creek at Samson are a good place to start on most tides
DOGFISH
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Cheers P. I will buy a range
Cheers P. I will buy a range of those to try out.
big john
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G'Day Dogfish, I may be biased because I make them, but try and get hold of some 1 - 2oz leadheads and some 1/2oz - 1oz bucktails.
The leadheads can be jigged, trolled, cast or chuck a sliver of fish flesh on the hook and bottom bounce with them (crack cocaine for coral trout etc).
As for the bucktails, what fish doesn't eat a white bucktail.
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DOGFISH
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Thanks John, I will check out
Thanks John, I will check out your website.
Doc
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Take a throw net too for
Take a throw net too for livies
DOGFISH
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Hi Doc, I am one of those
Hi Doc, I am one of those strange anglers that just can't livebait - one exception being cockroaches for trout.
Feral
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Don't forget a really light
Don't forget a really light combo (same as your redfin type gear) you can get a lot of whiting, bream, Jack's etc. on baby stickbaits /plastics.
DOGFISH
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Note Feral, thanks.
Note Feral, thanks.