Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
- Andrews
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Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Hey everyone,
Quick flick along the river's head on the run in slack high tide.
Good clarity.
Between two pulled in easily 20+ fish over two hours.
Biggest went 45cm on the 3" Zman Minnowz, rest went 20-30cm on the 2.5" slim swimz.
Great session overall.
Quick flick along the river's head on the run in slack high tide.
Good clarity.
Between two pulled in easily 20+ fish over two hours.
Biggest went 45cm on the 3" Zman Minnowz, rest went 20-30cm on the 2.5" slim swimz.
Great session overall.
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- Sebb
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
They're fun to catch.
Water clarity still bad down there?
Water clarity still bad down there?
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Are Sambos preferring placcies to slugs atm?
Going to try both, but I'm new to slugs - got a few Nomad Ridgebacks in 20g to trial.
Going to try both, but I'm new to slugs - got a few Nomad Ridgebacks in 20g to trial.
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Plastic is all rounder. Can be used on the bottom, slow/fast retrieve, or mid or top. Good searching lure and see where they're feeding. But not covering as much area compared to casting heavy slugs.
If its not surf fishing, i usually start with plastic. Then slugs.
On the surf, definitely slugs. For more distance, to cover more areas, etc.
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Got both in my little backpack now, 3/8oz #3 jigheads and silvery Z-mans in 4"Sebb wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:43 pmPlastic is all rounder. Can be used on the bottom, slow/fast retrieve, or mid or top. Good searching lure and see where they're feeding. But not covering as much area compared to casting heavy slugs.
If its not surf fishing, i usually start with plastic. Then slugs.
On the surf, definitely slugs. For more distance, to cover more areas, etc.
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Good stuff.Sneaky1 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:38 pmGot both in my little backpack now, 3/8oz #3 jigheads and silvery Z-mans in 4"Sebb wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:43 pmPlastic is all rounder. Can be used on the bottom, slow/fast retrieve, or mid or top. Good searching lure and see where they're feeding. But not covering as much area compared to casting heavy slugs.
If its not surf fishing, i usually start with plastic. Then slugs.
On the surf, definitely slugs. For more distance, to cover more areas, etc.
I always have zman slim swimz bad shad and squidy flickbait pearl white.
Then halco twisty, from 5g to 60g.
And generally I always bring two outfits, light and heavy.
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Going minimalist - just taking one rod (10-25g lure) to try for squid, and then for fish on placcies and practice with slugs.Sebb wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 6:32 pmGood stuff.Sneaky1 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:38 pmGot both in my little backpack now, 3/8oz #3 jigheads and silvery Z-mans in 4"Sebb wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:43 pmPlastic is all rounder. Can be used on the bottom, slow/fast retrieve, or mid or top. Good searching lure and see where they're feeding. But not covering as much area compared to casting heavy slugs.
If its not surf fishing, i usually start with plastic. Then slugs.
On the surf, definitely slugs. For more distance, to cover more areas, etc.
I always have zman slim swimz bad shad and squidy flickbait pearl white.
Then halco twisty, from 5g to 60g.
And generally I always bring two outfits, light and heavy.
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Re: Salmon on Plastics - 17 June 2023
Yeah clarity has been pretty mixed with these winds, Clifton Springs was clear on the high tide - dirty on the low.
Barwon has been clean recently.
In this spot they've been preferring the plastics, or micro-jigging 5-10g, fast action either way.
If you're not needing to cast out far, I reckon plastics work best. Microjigs you can work quite fast and aggressive either jigging or a fast win ding retreive. Bigger slugs for the surf, I stick to 10g - 25g.
Barwon has been clean recently.
In this spot they've been preferring the plastics, or micro-jigging 5-10g, fast action either way.
If you're not needing to cast out far, I reckon plastics work best. Microjigs you can work quite fast and aggressive either jigging or a fast win ding retreive. Bigger slugs for the surf, I stick to 10g - 25g.
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