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hey t-roy i went out on palmy reef todai and i was getting tuna on a 3 inch casper clear power bait on a 1.7g tt jig head on the 4lb gear it was great fun
cheers
zach
Hey Daz
I went out to palmy with zach and the tuna and tailor where going crazy, we got a couple of banito and those preatty boy tuna, i think their called watsons leaping banito they where all around 1KG. We got them by trolling small hardbodier, casting raiders and small plastics on the light gear
The charters up North (off Townsville) say if it ain't chartreause, it aint no use. The deeper the water, the brighter the colour. Pink shads on a fast retrieve are likely to attract a speedster or two on the way up.
I fished next two a mate off cape moreton who got all the fish (mainly snapper), and he stayed with one colour. Pearl white Berkley 5" Minow with the eyes, and 1 ounce Jig head. The photo of our catch was at spinakker sound, Bribie, all caught on plastics.
On that particular day I have to admit, I had a shocker, and Andrew ( in the Photo) pulled in most of the fish. He stayed with the one plastic all day (Berkley 4" pearl white Minow) when I changed mine at least a dozen times. I did do equally well on a different trip to the same area though
All the same principals to fishing plastics apply to offshore as with Moreton Bay - with only a few variations. You MUST use a sea anchor when the tide is running. Even in 40 to 50 mtres of water you need to control how fast you are drifting, or getting to the strike zone proves difficult, but cast ahead of your drift to help get the plastic down, and keep repeating the process. Use bright colours - Pink and chartrease are the two main preferred. Fish from 5 to 8KG main and flurocarbon leader. Yeah I know, offshore diehards will dispute fishing so light - and it is very challenging, and you WILL get busted off occasionally, but not by snapper and pearl perch of this sort of quality. Use good quality drag reels like shimano straddic with heaps of line capacity, so be prepared to slug it out for a bit longer. And do yourself a favour - if you decide to go with soft plastics, leave the bait at home. You will be pleasantly surprised. It's a hoot!!
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