dutchxfisher 18 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hey guys- I thought this would spark a few comments- it's not hidden knowledge that Tommies love soft plastics and the occasional hard body. I wanted to ask you your rigging style for SP's in particular. Casting off a high platform such as a jetty can be problematic at times. Also Often they are very tentative and only will take very lightly weighted plastics- but this proves difficult when casting with a breeze and needing an adequate sink rate to impart action. Does anyone rig them like a bait? Or add additional lead? Interested in your thoughts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bricks 24 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Burly+Poppers = awesome Tommie fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wahoo 146 Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I've caught them on the top dropper of a KGW paternoster rig when I'd threaded a small SP onto a size 4 baitkeeper hook so it's worth a try.Wahoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ashleycraig80 0 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Bricks has it in one. Berley and poppers. Have caught many a tommies when fishing for YFW on poppers. Even locally, small tommies will smash a lure half their size. But i can see your point about fishing from a jetty with poppers could be hard. Maybe try and hard body metal lures that look like whitebait. "Gillies bait fish" has worked for me over on the Yorke peninsula so why not here locally Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southie THE BANGA 2,304 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 halco twisters in 3g gold colour. tommies and garfish Fishie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manimal 0 Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 over in WA they cut to length and thread a bit of white plastic drinking straw over a long shank hook and cast and retrieve it behind a float (for a bit of casting weight - the clear half water filled type)... the lure bubbles along behind the surface and slays them... saw it in action from a bloke from WA at Elliston jetty - was smashing them... Just Me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShimsMan 1 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hey dutch,I've always used gents or dough for tommies but have been experimenting with a double hook rig with a 1oz and achampagne cork to float the hooks off the ground away from crabs etc; of course there's no reason that you couldn't thread small soft plastics onto the hooks and rely upon the drift to impart action instead of it being your enemy.Also, have you looked into texas style drop shot style rigging? the top plastic is usually unweighted in those rigs and could work on the tommies? You'd need to burley up a good bit to draw them in, but that's nothing new eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crusher 18 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Bricks has it in one. Berley and poppers. Have caught many a tommies when fishing for YFW on poppers. Even locally' date=' small tommies will smash a lure half their size. But i can see your point about fishing from a jetty with poppers could be hard. Maybe try and hard body metal lures that look like whitebait. "Gillies bait fish" has worked for me over on the Yorke peninsula so why not here locally[/quote']instead of traditional metal HB, try these guys https://www.facebook.com/pages/MOP-Lures/268731646499218?fref=ts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 480 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I"ve found with tommies and lures, you get a few then they go off them quick,not like Salmon that you can catch as many out of a school on lures,maybe 5 or 6 Tommies then they shy off them, then its the odd one here and there, in a boat with thousands of them milling in a burley stream may be different, I'm talking mainly beach or rock .This seems especially so when using those sabiki type bait jigs.Others may have different experience and I can remember once when it was a fish a cast on small chromies, but that was an exception,not the way its normally rolled with them.cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishie 98 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 halco twisters in 3g gold colour. tommies and garfishSome bloke called Millsie put me onto that one and .. Yes, it's a killer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrfish 327 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 halco twisters in 3g gold colour. tommies and garfishSome bloke called Millsie put me onto that one and .. Yes' date=' it's a killer [/quote']I'll put another vote in for the halco twisties, particularly off a jetty, ive found if you cast out and keep the line tight they'll smash it on the sink, dont even need to reel in. You'll loose a few fish 'cause they use the weight of the lures to de hook themselves but its still cracker fun :silly: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Me 0 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 over in WA they cut to length and thread a bit of white plastic drinking straw over a long shank hook and cast and retrieve it behind a float (for a bit of casting weight - the clear half water filled type)... the lure bubbles along behind the surface and slays them... saw it in action from a bloke from WA at Elliston jetty - was smashing them...The Sand Gropers love their "herring" fishing. This is fairly similar to the rig we used when fishing over in Perth a couple of years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NickD 0 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 reflective blades like the strike pro cyber vibes also work well on tommies when wound in with a small pace or hopped along the bottom, but the best part is that they cast a mile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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