Most popular soft plastic for flathead

[sporty1]

Hi All

what would be everyone's current favourite soft plastic for flathead? Are the Gulp's as good as people say? and what is the best jighead for Estuary fishing for flathead?

[Noelm]

the best I personaly have found is the little 'twin tail" elcheapo mister twister type of one in a really un appealing brown looking colour, and about 3" long, outfishes all the fancy fishy looking expensive patterns by a long shot, hey and I am not trying to put down any one's product here, just that is what works for me (south coast NSW) and I have tried just about everything at some time or another.

[Blackened]

G'day
My best flathead of 2kg and 66cm fell to a 5'' jerk shad gulp in watermelon. Jighead would have been 3/0 1/8 tt.
Dave

[TheSaint]

2" powerbait grub in pumpinkinseed on Squidgie 2g jighead..

[shayned]

Having some success of late with salt water assassin bubble gum chicken in grub tails, similar colour in berkley is nuclear chicken I think. 3" and 4" size. 1/8 #1 or 1/0. Also like the whiskey colour grub tails with metalic flake inside from atomic.

[Craigus]

My favourite is the 3" powerbait minnow in pumpkinseed on a 1/8th #2 TT jighead

[Stealth_Black_Rod]

Gulp 3" minnow in chartruese with 1/8th #2 around the gold coast.

[StevenM]

Stop playing with the little stuff

Go a 4/5/6 inch size or upsize to a 8 inch model.

[land-lubber]

With flatties, i have found that the more successful plastics are the 1s with some action in the style of the plastics, eg paddletails (fish or worm profiles with a tail that vibrates) or twisty tail grubs. I have found the minnow style plastics dont catch as many fish as the action is angler imposed and doesnt put out the same vibrations as a plastic with action. My current favourite, and the only plastic i really use of flatties is the Atomic paddletail in 2 1/2in in green gord colour, although they are getting hard to find. Probably the most popular fall back plastic would be a squidgy fish in garry glitter or black gold colour with an assortment of fluro pinks 1s as well (seems popular although i catch more on the motor oil colours) Best flattie to date is around 80cm (im landbased) will put on a pic as well with the plastic
cheers

[mylestom]

Squidgie Silver fox in 70 -85 mm size with 5 or 6 gram jig head.

Trev

[shayned]

Thats the colour I meant, looks whiskey colured out of the water and goes greenish in the water and has metallic flakes through it, goes a treat around the pine rivers area.

[T-roy]

Hey mate
I used squidgie fish with a 6gm jig head and have caught a few on them

T-roy

[BR65]

Squidgy silver fox, gary glitter, black gold, hot tomatoe and honey prawn in that order.
On the really quiet days I use 3"gulps, bit its almost like useing bait.

[zach]

hey mate use 3inch peed power baits they work good
cheers
zach

[Blackened]

G'day
I think the message is... anything will bloody well work. Find somehting you are comfortable with and go with that. The bigger plastics is what I like, but I do also have a soft spot for the 3'' minnow grub in pumpkinseed in the gulp.
Dave