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3 hours ago, HB tragic said:

And as an aside Scotto James from Messiah Custom Rods in Tasmania has been experimenting and having success with straight through braid ... no leader knot. His info and Youtube clip is certainly worth a read/watch. Regards, HB tragic.

interesting.

got a link?

well i experimented a little today.

i started with 2 rod lengths of fluro leader.

went to port gawler for a while, got a couple of ST's, then went to garden island for an hour or so and got another 4 ST's.

no bream but got to try out leader lengths, and out fished my father, who had same lures but less leader. ( just lucky perhaps? ).
i understand what some have said regarding the fluro getting a memory once it goes as far back as the spool, but being 4lb fluro it straightened out just by the weight of the lure alone and i did get snagged and busted the leader just above the lure, reducing the leader back to around 1 and half rod lengths,...and this then felt good, resulting in good feel when a ST attempted to bite. Ccasting still felt good and clean so I'm gonna leave it around 1.5 rod lengths for a while to see if i can find the benefits.

hi all, 

long time reader, 

i'm transitioning from bait over to the dark side of using soft plastics (land based) and an enjoying it.

I've caught a few ST's, a few small bream etc but like many,...i'm still yet to hook onto a wiley ol' decent sized bream.

my plastics of choice seem to be the popular grubs in motor oil colour, using as light a jig head where possible, while my current lines are 6lb braid, with a 4lb fluro leader, of around a rod length.
 

my questions are;

1) for bream, on lures, what are peoples preferred leader lengths, and why?

2) is there a particular brand of leader that seems to be the 'go-to' that people use with good results?

any help is much appreciated.

good to hear the prospecting paid off.

i gotta get down that way sometime soon.

i'll try it tomorrow arvo.

cheers.

hi all,

upon using my 2" zman grubs, I noticed I was getting lots of bites from fish that were not quite big enough to engulf the jig head hook.

But just to catch something, (albeit smaller ones), does anyone experiment with putting a little 'stinger' hook near the tail end of their soft plastic lure?

I think I might try doing this, just to see if it helps.

I know the tail section of the lure might not wiggle as good as it should, but if I keep the stinger hook small enough, (a little size 10 hook perhaps) it still might be ok.

any thoughts/ideas?

hi all,

anyone make their own scents to put on their lures?

if so,........what works?

yeah,...........always hangin' out to go fishing when I get a new rod or reel etc.

hi soft plastic guru's.

are the soft plastic worms effective just as a bait on a hook?

or do they have to be 'worked' like a soft plastic grub or similar?

it was north west NSW.

but we did catch a fish in a dam there.

well its not as nice as southie's, but a favourite of mine also.

taken with the phone, whilst out hunting.

i use Fins braid.

it seems good,....but i haven't used others to compare it to.

but i am getting good life out of the Fins.

i use 30lb on the deep water rod, 10lb on the whiting type rods, and 6lb on the bream type rods.

i'm still using nylon on the beach rod though.

I took the 7yr old daughter and wife down to see these when they were in the port.

the daughter loved these "pirate ships".

i gotta sit this weekend out. i'm heading inland.

still waiting to catch it.

but so far it would be when my wife caught a small gummy shark.

she nearly jumped out when i pulled it up on board.

Hi all,

has anyone tried the common household garden snail for bait?

if so,...was it good/bad?

good job.

definitely bigger than the 20cm one I got this evening.

thanks.

i'll add them to the collection and try them in the arvo.

Hi all,

a very general question, but,........

if I were to get some zman grubs in 2 or 2.5" in that light brownish colour,

what types of fish would it be good for?

I'm more of a hard body, or bait fisho, and haven't spent much time with soft plastics.

good work kyle.

I must really get around to using more soft plastics, especially those zman grubs.

a good excuse to go to the tackle shop tomorrow I think.

may I ask what jig heads you were using?

well i'm not sure about the larger salmon, but on the lil' ones (salmon trout), i've had really good results with a couple of the 'Strike Pro' hard bodies, in the 4gram size (about 40mm in length).

the two colours that have been most successful so far have been the;

black top, gold sides, with orange belly,

and,

pale white body with bright green top.

these are suspending deep divers (1.5m ish), with a faster & narrower swim action, and so far the small owner trebbles have been good.

i'm sure there are lots of other good ones, but these have been the best for me. no doubt bigger/stronger ones are needed for bigger fish.

bet it wasn't on 6lb line!

Bream on KFC Popcorn Chicken!

bugga that.

i'd want the KFC.

some of those baits are good.

gonna try some soon.

gummy bears catch gummy sharks?

Hi all,

looking in the fridge last night for a snack got me thinking;

hmmm,.....would that catch a fish?

so whats the wierdest substatute you've used for bait, that has turned out succesfull?

e.g.

would pitted olives work on a hook?