doobie 5,802 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Just wondering if anyone goes to the effort of colouring gents / maggots when say fishing for gar (or anything else). If some fisho's use red or green plastic tubes by their hook to entice some fish to their bait (whether it works or not is another question), then why not with coloured gents/maggots. The white/cream gents/maggots stand out nicely in the water and certainly does the trick in catching gar/tommies etc. So has anyone tried / experimented with coloured gents/maggots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
projoe 261 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Sheldons baits tried this out a few years back but I think the majority of fishers with gents like theirs white they only persisted with it for a few months. when I used to chase KGW's years ago I tried the red & glow tubes with varying degrees off success but with some of my drops 10 metres+ & red turns to grey @ that depth (well at least to human eyes) who knows what a whiting is making of a piece of plastic tube? aarron and doobie 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rybak 622 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Personally I dont seem the point for bread & butter fish. There are many baits that gar will respond to depending on the day such as gents dipped in their own excrement, cockle or squid slivers, whitefish, pilchard slivers, prawn pieces, garfish slivers so on & so forth. Have even caught them on cheese pieces. The artificial gents I've tried also work on the odd occasion (when they are fully on the bite) but the small amount of fresh bait you need is insignificant so to me try different baits & see what works on the day. By far IMO the long life gents work the best. I also use a very small lumo bead or tube, mainly fluorescent green above the hook but unsure if this actually makes any difference. The tube however does help the line from getting as frayed if you are catching heaps than without. To me just change the baits until they start biting well & work out what depth & where the larger gar are at & then easy from there. doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Cheers guys. Yeah as mentioned, just wondering if any are doing this. I reckon, say gar, will take any colour when they are hungry (if they can see colour of course). Might spray half of mine and see what happens along side non coloured. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,612 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I was lucky enough to test out some of those Sheldon's gents with Banga and Kuerschie. The Sheldon's Bait Neon's smashed em every time while everyone else was barely getting a touch. These babies worked a few sessions at different places too so I'm definitely a believer. Here's Kuerschies write up on our session over at Yorkes last year. http://www.strikehook.com/index.php/topic/25422-epic-day-out/ doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thanks Bjorn for the link. It seems to have paid off with those gents for the Yorkes trip. As mentioned above, I'll colour a few with yellow and also red as see what happens - will report on it once I get around to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southie THE BANGA 2,304 Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 As Bjorn mentioned yorkes trip we smashed them when no one else got squat. We thought it was a fluke. A week later we went to rapid bay and same thing. Smashed them. bjorn2fish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scissors 308 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Are these coloured gents still available? I can't remember ever seeing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted January 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Bjorn mentions above that he and the guys tried Sheldons neon (yellow) gents - with success. I have seen them in tackle shops but this is their website and stockiest list - but whether they have the neon/yellow ones would be a matter of a visit/phone call. http://www.sheldonsbait.com.au/gents-maggots/ stockists - http://www.sheldonsbait.com.au/south-australia/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,612 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Your best bet would be to ask for them at your local tackle shop and see if we can get them in the stores due to demand. aarron and doobie 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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