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The arrival of those fake Zmans has coincided with a bit of a dip in fish activity - both the Eps and red fin are being a bit fussy. I was throwing around some unweighted sand worms at both species this evening. That seemed to perk them up a bit.
But my standard mojiko worms are too thin to be durable enough to use on species with so many short strikes.
So I searched for some more fake ZMANS in a sandworm style.
The swimming action on these is bound to be better than stuff Ive used before
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003280088891.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.14.21ef1802FYSdPq
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The fake ZMANS arrived - looking forward to giving these a spin
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After watching a school of salmon swing by the pier - I saw that even they can be selective when in a frenzy - and the guys doing most of the catching, had a few things in common.
SO I tried making my jigheads a bit fancier.
I put on a couple of coats of the cheapest spray paint at bunnings - fiddly bits in matt white. But it didnt hold on to the lead very well - and I should have done more coats- I was warned Id need to use a primer paint on the lead first but ignored those warnings.
Also learned that spray paint and polystyrene dont play well together
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as the guys have mentioned - you can get some good results with nail polish - the glitter over lays on a matt back ground would add some sparkle
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You can also buy paint marker pens designed for water use
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/CS_Quick-Coat_Paint_Marker/descpage-CSQKCTM.html
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The rigging foam arrived and it’s too skinny for my needs
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On 08/03/2023 at 3:50 PM, Des said:
Always inventive
Yeah although the soy sauce bottle lure worked - it wasnt because it was a good idea
Basically had to burn it through schools of ravenous redfin and hope one didnt look at it too long before deciding to strike
So those lids were begging to be repurposed
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Before Mussel lures became a thing - we used to "paint" our vibes with permanent markers.
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The new elasticated leader spool maintenance system made from a sushi soy sauce bottle lid
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The only scent Ive tested then not used again was the clear liquid "stimulate".
When that "Mark Berg" infomercial came out - talking about pheromones etc - I had to get someMy test was on hoards of tiny bream in clear shallows. I was watching them from a bridge. They were happy to peck away at my unscented lure but when I put the stimulate on, they were actually backing off it when I dead sticked the lure.
I gave it a couple of hours, targeting different schools then never used it again. By the end of that session I was thinking they should explore this recipe for possible uses as a shark repellent
That was the first generation of ultra bite though. The clear stuff in the little rectangular plastic squeeze bottle.
Im aware some people liked it - but watching bream after bream back off it, made me think the Yarra bream didnt -
I like the "pro cure" range of prey specific scents - I dont think they are made from Aussie ingrediants - they used to just put little sticker with the Aussie names for baits over the top of the USA names.
Some successful Victorian tournament anglers use it without any sponsorship deals or financial ties clouding the waters.
But after re-reading Dr Ben Diggles' history of Squidgey scent - I'll be giving it another crack.
I wasnt fully aware of the amount of testing and trials it went through - I just remember guys jokingly refer to it as Chicken Fat
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1 hour ago, TENNANT said:
Has any one here had any luck using Squidgies S Factor Fishing Scent? Or are there other brands that you think work well? Do you think it would be useful for squid?
Ive used it and it hasnt hurt cath rates
Heres a brief history of the development of the scent by Dr Ben Diggles -
"Of the 21 different products that I trialled, 19 did nothing and around 15 actually repelled the fish (i.e. they were less likely to take objects introduced into the tanks afterwards). "Ben D16-04-2008, 09:16 PMGreat to see some debate on lure attractants. Its clear from some of the replies here that there is a need for a fair bit of education on the matter. Basically I spend a lot of my time working in aquaculture dealing with sick fish which will not take their medicine, because the medicine tastes bad. Over the years we have tried various methods of masking the taste of some of the medications, and in doing so I have become quite well acquainted with how taste and smell receptors in fish work and what compounds trigger them. After trialling various fish attractants which are available off the shelf in the recreational fishing market, in the laboratory with aussie fish (aussie bass, bream, mulloway, snapper and barra, as well as others), I was not impressed. Of the 21 different products that I trialled, 19 did nothing and around 15 actually repelled the fish (i.e. they were less likely to take objects introduced into the tanks afterwards). All of the repellents were based on smelly fish oil derivatives of one sort or another. Other stuff that didn’t work fell off the test substrate used so fast I reckon the fish didn’t get a chance to taste it at all.
From this problem S-factor was developed. Over a period of 18 months in the laboratory testing hundreds of synthetic compounds and carriers on bream, snapper, barra, aussie bass and mulloway, I developed an attractant which is a balanced mixture of compounds designed to work in synergy while slowly releasing from the lure and triggering the taste receptors of aussie fish – in other words, they enjoy the taste and anything coated with the compound rings the dinner bell. To give an example of how effective this can be, I have coated soft plastics, hard plastics and even small pebbles with the attractant and thrown them into the testing tanks. The fish (all species) happily eat the coated items and in many cases the treated item comes out the back door 2 days later. Uncoated items which are otherwise identical are spat out within one or two seconds. This is the basic science behind the S-factor attractant that has been acquired by squidgy in their pro range.
So if the debate is on whether s-factor “works”, its a no brainer. There is scientifically rigorous laboratory data which says it does, and this is was backed up by a large amount of field testing by the squidgy team. I admit some of their results while using it have been remarkable. Bushy was originally a skeptic (he’d tried lots of the commercially available attractants in the past and saw no real effect), but he reported back that he had some days where he caught and released over 200 bream, all on lures using s-factor, when others were struggling to get a fish. I must say when I use it I notice I get more bites and the fish hold onto the lure longer, and/or come back to hit the lure repeatedly until they get hooked up. This means I catch more fish, but based on my past performances I’m not likely to hit a 200 bream day in a hurry. So to me this suggests that other factors come into play – s-factor will not manufacture fish when they’re not around, and angler skill will always play a role, but an effective attractant like S-factor on the lure sure will provide average anglers with a much better chance of hooking fish which they otherwise would never know were there.
Of course, no product is perfect, and like all products in the tackle industry there is continual development to make them better, that is why I asked those anglers who think S-factor is rubbish, please indicate why you think this is so. You may be surprised how closely tackle manufacturers monitor these forums. -
Ive been doing a bit of sliding around on steepish banks recently - Walking back up Grassed banks are where i seem to do my most sliding.
Im not sure how big an impact this will have but it offered more grip when I rubbed it across my hand - and in my experience a little bit of grip is better than none
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thanks MAH - exactly the info I was after
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1 hour ago, MAH said:
With lures I now buy only from Aliexpress. They are much cheaper and even the cheapest lures are durable enough if rigged correctly.
My go to lures are the cheapest. They have cost be about $1.80 for a pack of 10.
These are not very stretchy. Because a jig head holds them firmly in place and they lack stretch they will last only a couple of casts before a tommy rips the tail off. But if rigged on a worm hook and a Carolina rig, I can catch a dozen tommies before losing a lure and when they cost less than 20c per lure you can afford to lose a few. I also find them easier to rig on a hook than Zman lures, but you can't take them off the hook multiple times like Zman if you make a mistake rigging them. I like to rig up several before a session and keep them in a lure box ready to go.
The other Alixpress cheapies are very much like Zman lures and use the same plastic, so have the same stretchy durable qualities. I just ordered three packs of 6 lures and they cost $12.50. They come in good quality packaging.
Great find on the Zman style plastics - have you got a link.
I found out too late that some of my ali express lures were Zman style plastic. I put them in a bag with other plastics. So it would be handy to know what to look out for in the description.
These FTK's were made out of it but the closest the description got was to say they were super soft. and Im not sure if their whole range is made out of it
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32933730128.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.2.272df19ch9q7a6
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No gut bruises off this guy tonight
. He was hanging out with a bunch of perch
- bjorn2fish and Softy
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A lot of tools you swing have a fat bit at the end - so do my rods
I originally used fat bits of cork because my guts would get bruised during Jewie season. (I used to fish for them regularly with heavy live bait gear)
Jabbing the rod butt into your guts on the strike and holding it there during the fight can leave a mark with skinny,/poorly shaped or metal butt caps.
I always fish around structure so you have to hit them hard and fight them hard when using heavy-ish bait gear. In one spot I have to strike, then run 30m up the bank, to change the line angle, so I had a chance at getting them out. It was a clumsy affair with lots of adrenaline based gut jabbing. So by the end of the season it was hard to find a spot that isn’t bruised, to rest the rod on.
that’s when I started thinking about comfortable butt caps
The added bonus I hadn’t considered was the ergonomics of having a fatter butt while casting. My rods had slight tapers before I shortened them. But making the butt fatter means you don’t grip as hard.
it not a huge deal but it is noticeable- and it was a pleasant surprise the first time I used one - even my bream rods have them now
- Des, Plectropomus, Softy and 2 others
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Great write up MAH - An old successful bait dog, can become a dangerous beast with a lure in his hands
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last update on the torch handle - I nailed it - a fully enclosed handle is the most ergonomic for a variety of different angles
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apologies for the above link in Portuguese -
Heres one in English
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000768596517.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.4fdb43c86XjQZN&algo_pvid=dbbb35a2-cf8a-4787-9242-fb3168f3b6dc&algo_exp_id=dbbb35a2-cf8a-4787-9242-fb3168f3b6dc-10&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000027223563400"}&pdp_npi=3%40dis!AUD!3.65!3.31!!!!!%4021224e9b16792719760316003d074d!12000027223563400!sea!AU!892774111&curPageLogUid=SRpUoqJp6elk
I did buy what appears to be the same product from 2 different sellers - this was the more expensive of the 2 - but the video of them being handled got me fired up - soooo slinky - I havent seen a vid of them swimming yet
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003280088891.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_allProduct.8148356.25.219d29b4YWCmLP&pdp_npi=2%40dis!AUD!AU %2410.60!AU %244.24!AU %244.24!!!!%402103255a16792722859548151e2876!12000024998676903!sh