Portsea and Sorrento Pier
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:15 am
Hey guys,
A couple of weeks back I did a trip down the peninsula to test out a new IR camera and collect some bait with my mate Ryan, who has been doing very well on the snapper in WP. We ended up having a crazy session on the cowanyoung and tommies picking up over 50 between us on plastics, with a couple of pike and a squid thrown in for good measure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECqYXG-rmA
For this style of fishing a 1-3kg rod with a 2000/2500 reel is definitely preferred just to cast the light plastics and feel whats going on. For the plastics themselves you can get away with something like a zman slim swims or grub but your results definitely improve when you down size your plastic and jighead to something under 2" with a super skinny in profile matched up with a size 4 or size 6 jighead around 1 gram. There's definitely no right way to move your plastic, the biggest thing to consider is working multiple parts of the water column when you're searching and then targeting that depth once you find them.
I hope you enjoyed the video and if you've got any questions about this style of fishing fire away.
Cheers Alex
A couple of weeks back I did a trip down the peninsula to test out a new IR camera and collect some bait with my mate Ryan, who has been doing very well on the snapper in WP. We ended up having a crazy session on the cowanyoung and tommies picking up over 50 between us on plastics, with a couple of pike and a squid thrown in for good measure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECqYXG-rmA
For this style of fishing a 1-3kg rod with a 2000/2500 reel is definitely preferred just to cast the light plastics and feel whats going on. For the plastics themselves you can get away with something like a zman slim swims or grub but your results definitely improve when you down size your plastic and jighead to something under 2" with a super skinny in profile matched up with a size 4 or size 6 jighead around 1 gram. There's definitely no right way to move your plastic, the biggest thing to consider is working multiple parts of the water column when you're searching and then targeting that depth once you find them.
I hope you enjoyed the video and if you've got any questions about this style of fishing fire away.
Cheers Alex