Gimbles

thank you, everyone for your replies.my friend and i landed our first soft plastic bream at west lakes nothing much but it is a start.

Well you wont catch 'em around Bridge Rd, Pooraka, Gulfview Heights etc. You will probably have to venture somewhere near salt water to be in with a shot *Note Sarcasm lol* Just go try any of the metro jetties.

Howdy guys, sorry bout the bad camera work/shots need a go pro , filmed on just a camera :)http://youtu.be/1FEMPuMQcEMSambo

yeah lol lucky i wasn't free bagging that day Sambo

They're scared of the Pros..... it's the only place they could find refuge :whistle:

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story I reckon it's a true capture as well.........if I'd eat it :sick: ......no way.............let it swim Personal opinion though ...........seen some huge fella's set free on FWC with anglers happy to do so,and seen some big ones kept......personal choice,as long as they're not wasted .........in that case,greed isn't good.

I've found a few spots in metro waters where some juvenile Kingfish are lurking. I've caught and released a couple as i dont like there taste but they are an awesome little fighter. The one's i caught took me hours of baiting, burley and luring. On a good day i can see the school under my boat, they hang around (they might like the music on my radio haha) but i can drop bait, live or dead, plastics lures etc.. and they wont take. I've actually dropped a live tommie on ones head... zip, he just moved out of the way!!!! Are the buggers on a diet or is there a certain time of the years when they are more active? Any info would be great, as they are great catching!!! Thank youGimbles

yeah shame if it wasn't released, just like the 50lb'er in your avatar hey smokey....Sambo

Fishies on the money here,best bet for them would be to try a barrumindi pellet,or chicken pellet ,put it on the hook with a small rubber band, or bait mate,drift it down to them with a tiny split shot about 2 ft from the hook.No expert here but I"d be of the idea that they are a school of escapees from a pen,bought up on a diet of pellets, the natural aproach of livies ect makes no sense to them,they are only young and havent had to fend for themselves long hunting down prey,a pellet is what they associate with food.Nice work to actually get one but give thinking outside the square a crack and see what happens,even a tiny piece of brown bread with a drop of tuna oil then moulded around the bend of a size 8 suicide hook may bring one undone.Cheers

What we found is that they'll have a decent look and sometimes have a go at squid strips/tentacles unweighted. Use at least 2-3m of flourocarbon leader too as I'm convinced they shy away when they can see the line and hook.Is very frustrating though when you can almost reach over the side of the boat and grab one by the tail

boilie = carp baitits like a pal meatybite, flexible and flavouredbrent

Try a boilie bait

Awesome man done better than me on them things :woohoo:

I've found a few spots in metro waters where some juvenile Kingfish are lurking. I've caught and released a couple as i dont like there taste but they are an awesome little fighter. The one's i caught took me hours of baiting, burley and luring. On a good day i can see the school under my boat, they hang around (they might like the music on my radio haha) but i can drop bait, live or dead, plastics lures etc.. and they wont take. I've actually dropped a live tommie on ones head... zip, he just moved out of the way!!!! Are the buggers on a diet or is there a certain time of the years when they are more active? Any info would be great, as they are great catching!!! Thank youGimbles

For small ones like that try berleying with heaps of finely chopped pilly bits, downsize your tackle to 3kg or so and drift down unweighted pilly bits the size of your berley on about a size 4-6 octopus style hook. Finesse when they're finicky!

sounds like they're a bit like women.........you can't work them out no matter what you do,finally you catch one and you think you've cracked the code,then they change their mind again :dry: All you can do is persist with the little buggers Hang in there

Just keep doing what your doing and try a few different things, such as knife-jigging or live smallish squid. Sooner or later you will crack what works best on any given day. Good luck with that and look forward to hearing about your efforts.regards snapdragin

I've found a few spots in metro waters where some juvenile Kingfish are lurking. I've caught and released a couple as i dont like there taste but they are an awesome little fighter. The one's i caught took me hours of baiting, burley and luring. On a good day i can see the school under my boat, they hang around (they might like the music on my radio haha) but i can drop bait, live or dead, plastics lures etc.. and they wont take. I've actually dropped a live tommie on ones head... zip, he just moved out of the way!!!! Are the buggers on a diet or is there a certain time of the years when they are more active? Any info would be great, as they are great catching!!! Thank youGimbles

I've found a few spots in metro waters where some juvenile Kingfish are lurking. I've caught and released a couple as i dont like there taste but they are an awesome little fighter. The one's i caught took me hours of baiting, burley and luring. On a good day i can see the school under my boat, they hang around (they might like the music on my radio haha) but i can drop bait, live or dead, plastics lures etc.. and they wont take. I've actually dropped a live tommie on ones head... zip, he just moved out of the way!!!! Are the buggers on a diet or is there a certain time of the years when they are more active? Any info would be great, as they are great catching!!! Thank youGimbles

Fiction... because if the said fish was in there Sambo would have caught it by now..

Get a copy of the Adam Royter DVD: Berkley Soft Plastics.It's packed full of very helpful information which will explain more than we could ever put into a post. It covers lines, knots, reels, rods, techniques, jigheads, plastics, and more. It's cheap, and it's available at most good tacklestores. I'd recommend it to anyone just starting out.