19-05-2006, 01:04 PM
Hey Poodge, this is my first posting. Jazman coerced me into it yesterday (Damn his black soul Arrgh!).
No seriously mate, Jazman got me onto the soft plastics in the first place. He likes the Berkeley and gulps. I like the squidgies. We are always trying to persuade each other to try our style.
I have'nt been fishing them long, I fish Altona. I get really vicious hits from pinkies and flatties on the soft plastics. I have used Jazman's 3'' minnows in black and smelt...they go off! Also squidgie fish and squidgie wrigglers #3 (I think, about as long as your thumb) in flash prawn (brown with black spots) gary glitter (orange and black, not as good) and black gold squidgie fish. Steer clear of the dodgy 'snack-pack' Kmart variety SP's. I have'nt used them before, but I don't think much care is given in making them.
Try to get away with as little weight as possible, I use 1/8 jighead with a size 2 hook. Last week flash prawn in a metre of water full of weed and sandy patches was murder for two big 45cm flatties (I also dropped one).
Don't forget to set your drag so if a big fish gets interested, it can pull out line (that's how I lost mine). Check out any bait fish you see where you are fishing and get something that looks similar in SP, chances are that's what's on the menu. I like a dark coloured back and light underside pattern.
Fresh air, tight lines, scales slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me, Arrgh!
No seriously mate, Jazman got me onto the soft plastics in the first place. He likes the Berkeley and gulps. I like the squidgies. We are always trying to persuade each other to try our style.
I have'nt been fishing them long, I fish Altona. I get really vicious hits from pinkies and flatties on the soft plastics. I have used Jazman's 3'' minnows in black and smelt...they go off! Also squidgie fish and squidgie wrigglers #3 (I think, about as long as your thumb) in flash prawn (brown with black spots) gary glitter (orange and black, not as good) and black gold squidgie fish. Steer clear of the dodgy 'snack-pack' Kmart variety SP's. I have'nt used them before, but I don't think much care is given in making them.
Try to get away with as little weight as possible, I use 1/8 jighead with a size 2 hook. Last week flash prawn in a metre of water full of weed and sandy patches was murder for two big 45cm flatties (I also dropped one).
Don't forget to set your drag so if a big fish gets interested, it can pull out line (that's how I lost mine). Check out any bait fish you see where you are fishing and get something that looks similar in SP, chances are that's what's on the menu. I like a dark coloured back and light underside pattern.
Fresh air, tight lines, scales slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me, Arrgh!
Fresh air, tight lines, scales, slime and fins, 'tis the salty sea dog life for me. Arrrgh!