Love em, use em all the time.
Love em, use em all the time.
Im just about to start trying soft plastic again. As a young fella the only thing that worked for barra in the local river where the good old vibratails, Simple strong and they worked. They might get torn but you could melt them a bit and reseal, have another flick. todays plastics seem to be made to fall apart, One strike from a barra, no hookup, shattered plastic.
The rynoski shads where also great for a while but than they changed them and they stopped working completly for us, bring back some of the old designs, The ones that worked. they should try and use the KISS principle.
I used a popper once with a soft body with the popper bit attached and it worked really well, the fish where happy to knock it a couple of times, the hard body seems to turn them off on poppers.
In the end the reason I love using bait is once i have cast my line, i can put it in the rod holder, sit down and have a beer. To use lures, you have to stand and don't have a spare hand for a beer, so they will always be a issue.
PLASTICS MAN HERE
Any of you "bait only" guys want to sell me your old useless crap load of plastics - really cheap
Hey Webby - the rules are they must have tails intact - or no deal
Plastic Fantastic for me.
We have been using SP's on Snapper this winter and have been absolutly braining them , bigger fish and more of them.
I will NEVER use bait on Snapper again.
Plastics forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers SIRO
Do or do not ,
there is no try.
- Yoda
nothing like fooling a fish
Plastics are a top way to fish and both have there places in the fisho's arsenal but for those of us that just go out for a quick fish, the use of plastics and other lures make life a lot easier
Rod
flickflack
i like you train of thought
i am yet to try and learn the famous/infamous sp's and looking forward to it
simple because iam such a girl and dont like touching worms
but apart from that it does look quicker putting sp on a hook
so iam curious about them
regards
anya
blood and flesh wounds will never fail
I'll always fish a livie or strip bait, but have pulled a few on sp's while things were slow. Throw one around the boat for 5 mins., if i get nothin' just stow it away for next time. I'll try almost anything to catch some, but always be baited.
My last 18 months in the bay have been as follows.
Snapper bigger than 60cms on bait- ZERO
On plastics - 12 and counting including 4 x 80cm and above
Bait rarley makes it on to my boat now unless for a night time session.
Foggy
I like the imakatsu swimming lure in the snappers mouth on your piccie. They are awesome lures to use. I dont mind using bait on the odd occasion but i am unfortunately a lure junkie.
Cheers Rod
The less people that use sp's the better! More choice at the shop and more fish to catch. Down with plastic. Everybody anchor up and fish with bait.
Plastics will never be popular with fisho's who like to relax and soak baits. Its for the hyper-active fishos. Its cast cast cast all day. Look for gutters. Look for drop-offs. Look for drains. Look for weed patches. Cast to all of them. Move here. Move there. Suits me down to the ground. I come home knackered in the knees from standing all day. Knackered in the arms from casting all day. But I feel like I have been FISHING. And love it.
Still enjoy bait fishing when the time is right though.
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