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[Typical dog]

Alright fisho's I need some sound advice. Been fishing lately with some soft plastics. Just estuary fishing with a mate to get onto anything that bites. I've found the soft plastics to be a bit crappy, my mate only uses worms and is catching a few bream and whiting on the last outing and I was empty handed. I've tried a few different setups with 1/4 to 1/8th jigs and 2.5" to 3" zman softies, also tried a few techniques with retrieving. Any advice from those experienced or should I go back pumping yabbies and sourcing worms?
Cheers

 

[Doggy71]

Alright fisho's I need some sound advice. Been fishing lately with some soft plastics. Just estuary fishing with a mate to get onto anything that bites. I've found the soft plastics to be a bit crappy, my mate only uses worms and is catching a few bream and whiting on the last outing and I was empty handed. I've tried a few different setups with 1/4 to 1/8th jigs and 2.5" to 3" zman softies, also tried a few techniques with retrieving. Any advice from those experienced or should I go back pumping yabbies and sourcing worms?
Cheers

Hey TG I've been using soft plastics all my life cause most bait makes me crook as. Anyway if you are chasing bream you might have to go to a lighter jighead like 1/16th and try gulp softies. I use gulp nemesis in nuclear chicken as go to lure,slow ur retrieve right down because bream will quite often pick it up off the bottom when it's just sitting there. Fatties go 3 or 4 inch curl tail,prawn,nemesis or shad style on 1/4 to 1/8th jig head depending on tide etc. Z Man softies in motor oil gold are also a five colour. Happy fishing and tight lines bro!

 

[Dogmonster]

This one is an easy catch.

 

[Mitch Connor]

Been practicing some casting with my Diawa Laguna bait caster reel at work lol

Fair few birds nests

 

[The DoggFather]

Been practicing some casting with my Diawa Laguna bait caster reel at work lol

Fair few birds nests

I just got the Laguna 2500 spinning reel. Smooth AF

 

[coach]

Alright fisho's I need some sound advice. Been fishing lately with some soft plastics. Just estuary fishing with a mate to get onto anything that bites. I've found the soft plastics to be a bit crappy, my mate only uses worms and is catching a few bream and whiting on the last outing and I was empty handed. I've tried a few different setups with 1/4 to 1/8th jigs and 2.5" to 3" zman softies, also tried a few techniques with retrieving. Any advice from those experienced or should I go back pumping yabbies and sourcing worms?
Cheers

Stick with the plastics mate, most versatile thing out there,
1/4 to heavy for my liking for bream, flathead fine
Also what pound line are you using and what type of line
Bream are pretty smart and if your using to heavy of line especially in clearer water you will struggle to get a bite
I love the gulp crabbys for bream, but those z mans are great too
Remember clear water lighter or translucent plastics
Dirty water darker plastics as a rule of thumb but not a golden rule’
And fish structure, oyster leases, pylons, tree lay downs, a pile of rocks amongst sand and vice versa. Anything different to the surrounding water
Good place to start

 

[belmore_utd]

You will get outfished most times lures vs bait unless you are targeting flathead and tailor

 

[belmore_utd]

I would be pumping nippers if you are in an outing. Once caught 11 different species all on nippers during outing

 

[belmore_utd]

Friend I was fishing with caught 4 school jew on nippers and I caught 1 just last weekend. Incredible bait

 

[B-Town Lad]

I have been doing most of my fishing on tinder recently following the breakdown of my most recent tryst. Mostly netting whales so far fuck sake

 

[belmore_utd]

I have been doing most of my fishing on tinder recently following the breakdown of my most recent tryst. Mostly netting whales so far fuck sake

I seen you mate, walking backwards with yer dick out trawling for poofters

 

[B-Town Lad]

I seen you mate, walking backwards with yer dick out trawling for poofters

Guilty as charged

 

[Alan79]

Alright fisho's I need some sound advice. Been fishing lately with some soft plastics. Just estuary fishing with a mate to get onto anything that bites. I've found the soft plastics to be a bit crappy, my mate only uses worms and is catching a few bream and whiting on the last outing and I was empty handed. I've tried a few different setups with 1/4 to 1/8th jigs and 2.5" to 3" zman softies, also tried a few techniques with retrieving. Any advice from those experienced or should I go back pumping yabbies and sourcing worms?
Cheers

Tried and failed big time with soft plastics. I find that you can't beat the dirty old prawns in salt water. I use hard body lures in freshwater or the humble worm. Been getting great results on worm at my local fishing hole. Caught ten redfin last outing in a couple of hours. Nothing exciting in terms of size. But I use two rods when I fish bait and it's nice when you get double hook ups.

Best thing lately is that I don't need to dress like a fucking eskimo to get out fishing.

Been practicing some casting with my Diawa Laguna bait caster reel at work lol

Fair few birds nests

 

[belmore_utd]

Just caught this stonker trevally on savage gear black and gold curl tail 3 inch.
Plus 2 flatty in 30 mins. Couldn't catch shit on lures this past outings weekend but that's standard lol

 

[Bazildog]

Plus 2 flatty in 30 mins. Couldn't catch shit on lures this past outings weekend but that's standard lol

An uncle of mine got me hooked on fishing when i was about 10. He gave me two great pieces of advice, you wont catch fish sitting in your loungeroom talking about it and fish dont read books.

Its always amazed me that sometimes you can go fishing at the perfect time and tide, the best bait/gear and conditions and catch absolutely nothing. And yet I have gone other times late after sleeping in drunk, flat seas with no white wash, shit bait and an even worse attitude and caught stonker Salmon and Tailor one after the other...

 

[belmore_utd]

An uncle of mine got me hooked on fishing when i was about 10. He gave me two great pieces of advice, you wont catch fish sitting in your loungeroom talking about it and fish dont read books.

Its always amazed me that sometimes you can go fishing at the perfect time and tide, the best bait/gear and conditions and catch absolutely nothing. And yet I have gone other times late after sleeping in drunk, flat seas with no white wash, shit bait and an even worse attitude and caught stonker Salmon and Tailor one after the other...

Exactly all of that. I have had many cracking sessions where I thought I'd cracked the code but try and recreate it with the same conditions and it barely ever happens. Best time to go fishing is when you feel like it.

The tailor I posted earlier in the thread was mid morning after I dropped my kid off to school and fucked around. Mid tide, flat seas and stuff all white wash

 

[coach]

I have been doing most of my fishing on tinder recently following the breakdown of my most recent tryst. Mostly netting whales so far fuck sake

As long as your not catching crabs mate……..

 

[B-Town Lad]

As long as your not catching crabs mate……..

been there, done that

 

[south of heaven]

$ 40 rod from kmart , kangaroo for bait , 90cm fish good times.

 

[UmoGus]

$ 40 rod from kmart , kangaroo for bait , 90cm fish good times.
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Fuck off southy that's unreal. I'm still yet to catch a legal jewie