Hello from new member Hooknose. This chat board thing is all new to me( got a computer a few weeks ago ) but it seems like its all the go. I am on the Gold Coast but have fished all over Queensland and mostly around Central Queensland, totally hooked since I was a little kid. The times certainly are changing. I remember about 15 years ago when I was told by a bloke from Ballina that he would outfish me and my mate( who love livebaiting) by trolling lures for flathead. Geez we laughed but guess what , he gave us a flogging (got six lizards on his first run down the creek to our 2). Off to the tackle shop to buy bennett/mcGrath, Manns stetch tens lures in red and we were getting amongst them as well and bonussing on Barra and Fingermark. It has been the same with the soft plastics . I'd been buying them for about 4 months but would never give them a go, I'd always get the old cast net out and get a few poddies, the sp's would always stay in the box, until yesterday that is. Full tide, no poddies around so out came the soft plastic. Did no good whilst at anchor but went for a drift and hey presto got a 60cm lizard followed by a 54cm and an undersized - you little pi$$cutter. Got chased home by the storm but will be using them straight off the bat next time I am in flathead country.