Soft Plastics (Advice Desperately Needed)
- Fish-cador
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Re: Soft Plastics (Advice Desperately Needed)
The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional. Dougiek was using 15 foot surf rod casting 2.0 jig to catch his bait. He looked like a lunatic but he got what he was after.
Use jig head weight suitable for the conditions. I use 1/8 but mostly 1/4 oz size 1/0 or 2/0 hook. If you want distance, use heavy jig. If you want finesse use light jig. For deeper water, use heavy jig. If you use light jig in deep waters and cast it on Monday, it will be Friday before it hits the bottom.
Last but not the least, you will not catch what is not around. Understand your target and you will find them.
Use jig head weight suitable for the conditions. I use 1/8 but mostly 1/4 oz size 1/0 or 2/0 hook. If you want distance, use heavy jig. If you want finesse use light jig. For deeper water, use heavy jig. If you use light jig in deep waters and cast it on Monday, it will be Friday before it hits the bottom.
Last but not the least, you will not catch what is not around. Understand your target and you will find them.
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this is very true, keep trying matepurple5ive wrote:what size jigheads, plastics and line are you using?LachyBell wrote:1 use a 1-3kg rod and light linepurple5ive wrote:have you actually got the right gear to fish plastics? or are you trying to dig a tunnel with a tablespoon??
mornington pier generally has some flathead, pinkies or red mullet hanging around there. the tide doesnt run too hard there. go to the end of the pier and cast straight out, im sure you should be able to catch something, the first fish is always the hardest, it gets easier from there :thumbsup:
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this is very true, keep trying matepurple5ive wrote:what size jigheads, plastics and line are you using?LachyBell wrote:1 use a 1-3kg rod and light linepurple5ive wrote:have you actually got the right gear to fish plastics? or are you trying to dig a tunnel with a tablespoon??
mornington pier generally has some flathead, pinkies or red mullet hanging around there. the tide doesnt run too hard there. go to the end of the pier and cast straight out, im sure you should be able to catch something, the first fish is always the hardest, it gets easier from there :thumbsup:
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How many of those have been going out for a few hours with only plastics? how many of those retrieves has the lure basically been power boated in?LachyBell wrote:Lightningx wrote:Yet to catch something on a plastic...how long have you been trying for mate?
Couple months
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HeHe....that's not exactly true mate. The wrong rod will make hard work of it for sure.Fish-cador wrote:The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional.
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It does not help the catch rate. That's what I meant. LolStumpjumper wrote:HeHe....that's not exactly true mate. The wrong rod will make hard work of it for sure.Fish-cador wrote:The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional.
Fancy reel + nice rod + fish = chick magnet )
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your got some great points a good fisherman will catch fish cause he knows there habitat on rods better brand rod are nicer to use and more refined go drive a hyundai and then a lexus both do the job but the lexus is so much smoother welcome backFish-cador wrote:The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional. Dougiek was using 15 foot surf rod casting 2.0 jig to catch his bait. He looked like a lunatic but he got what he was after.
Use jig head weight suitable for the conditions. I use 1/8 but mostly 1/4 oz size 1/0 or 2/0 hook. If you want distance, use heavy jig. If you want finesse use light jig. For deeper water, use heavy jig. If you use light jig in deep waters and cast it on Monday, it will be Friday before it hits the bottom.
Last but not the least, you will not catch what is not around. Understand your target and you will find them.
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Re: Soft Plastics (Advice Desperately Needed)
Watch youtube mate, it'll teach you as much as it can short of putting in the hours.
If you're not fishing sunrise/sunset your chances will go down substantially.
If you're not fishing sunrise/sunset your chances will go down substantially.
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Re: Soft Plastics (Advice Desperately Needed)
Not true at all. Drive Hyundai Genessis and is just as smooth if not smoother then Lexus.dazz999 wrote:your got some great points a good fisherman will catch fish cause he knows there habitat on rods better brand rod are nicer to use and more refined go drive a hyundai and then a lexus both do the job but the lexus is so much smoother welcome backFish-cador wrote:The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional. Dougiek was using 15 foot surf rod casting 2.0 jig to catch his bait. He looked like a lunatic but he got what he was after.
Use jig head weight suitable for the conditions. I use 1/8 but mostly 1/4 oz size 1/0 or 2/0 hook. If you want distance, use heavy jig. If you want finesse use light jig. For deeper water, use heavy jig. If you use light jig in deep waters and cast it on Monday, it will be Friday before it hits the bottom.
Last but not the least, you will not catch what is not around. Understand your target and you will find them.
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i was just giving a example between base models of them two the genessis is hyundais prestige model to be honest only seen about 5 go throught the workshop in the last 2 yearsM9085 wrote:Not true at all. Drive Hyundai Genessis and is just as smooth if not smoother then Lexus.dazz999 wrote:your got some great points a good fisherman will catch fish cause he knows there habitat on rods better brand rod are nicer to use and more refined go drive a hyundai and then a lexus both do the job but the lexus is so much smoother welcome backFish-cador wrote:The rod does not matter but it helps make you look good and professional. Dougiek was using 15 foot surf rod casting 2.0 jig to catch his bait. He looked like a lunatic but he got what he was after.
Use jig head weight suitable for the conditions. I use 1/8 but mostly 1/4 oz size 1/0 or 2/0 hook. If you want distance, use heavy jig. If you want finesse use light jig. For deeper water, use heavy jig. If you use light jig in deep waters and cast it on Monday, it will be Friday before it hits the bottom.
Last but not the least, you will not catch what is not around. Understand your target and you will find them.