best soft plastics

[riley 0]

what are the best SP's for me to use, i don't have a boat and mainly fish the glenelg river and or the port mac breakwater and jetty, the main fish i encounter are bream, mullet, sweep, and small-medium salmon

[Ranger 48]

I don't believe there are any BEST sp's, but everyone has their own favourites.I can't tell ya anything about mullet or sweep, but I can help with bream and salmon!Salmon aren't overly fussy, and they tend to hit anything moving through the water. If targetting salmon I generally use the flickbaits, with a fairly fast and aggressive action! Berkeley 4" powerbaits are my choice in either pearl/blue or pearl/watermelon coz I think the glitter helps attract the salmon and the blue and green are natural colours.A good starting point for bream are the curltail grubs (atomic fatgrubs, squidgey wrigglers, etc) coz ya dont need a good technique to work them. Just swimming them through the water the tails have plenty of "in-built" action. Apart from that, just think about what bream eat! Crabs, prawns, worms, baitfish, and you'll find any number of plastics on the market which imitate these food sources, and they ALL catch fish.Just get yaself a likely looking selection, head out there and vary ya plastics often. If one aint workin, change it, and keep changing until you start to get hits. Go back the next day, and you'll find they're interested in something different again!Some of my own favourites are:Berkeley powerbaitsAtomic fat grubsGulp sandwormsGulp baby shrimpGulp turtlebacksSquidgey wrigglersto name but a few!

[Grumps 0]

I can't tell ya anything about mullet or sweep, but I can help with bream and salmon......By Ranger.... I would give 2" Gulp Sand-worms or cut 6" into half for mullet, its worth a try anyway.... Try 3" Gulp minnows or Gulp baby squid a go for sweep... Sweep will just about take any-thing when they are on the bite,thats from personal experience on the west coast.....Pt Lincoln.

[YoBBo 0]

Try 3" Gulp minnows or Gulp baby squid a go for sweep... Sweep will just about take any-thing when they are on the bite,thats from personal experience on the west coast.....Pt Lincoln.

And, they are one of the greatest eating fish in the sea I reckon.

[Grumps 0]

Even better when wrapped in foil and put on BBQ,very tasty indeed.. ;D

[riley 0]

thanks 4 the info will give them a shot, ill let you no if i have any success

[YoBBo 0]

Im gunna watch this thread too riley, cause im new to the soft plastic thing too.Let us know how you go.

[riley 0]

will do YoBBo, I'm going down nelson Saturday, i will let u no how i go

[Big Ian 0]

Riley just in case you didnt know, those bream you want are very slow growing so if you get one about 30-35cm Its around 30 years old, and thats why most of us put them back. ;D

[riley 0]

yeah i new they grew slow, I'm going down 2Mora and i catch a sized one ill put him back just 4 u lol

[Big Ian 0]

yeah i new they grew slow, I'm going down 2Mora and i catch a sized one ill put him back just 4 u lol

Thanks Riley, but I expect pics as proof ;D ;D

[riley 0]

hey i went with little luck, a nice 29ish cm salmon and a few smallies and thats it, ill tell ya more details tomra