Abrolhos plastics/jigs v baits
Submitted by Aaron Santos on Mon, 2016-04-25 17:35
hi all,
I'm off to the Abrolhos for a quick 2 day charter on Friday.
Just wondering whether I should pack my own gear and use jigs and plastics.
what is everyone's opinion for fishing the Abrolhos, jigs/plastics or baits?
cheers
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Meeuwissen
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Bring the jigs and plastics for
Sure if there is any place to get hooked on plastics it at the islands 7 inch nuclear chicken is my favorite rigged on 3/4 or 1 ounce jig head is my trusty go to over there
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bouttime
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Have always outfished baits
Have always outfished baits on plastics at the islands. Almost anything works out there. The bigger the plastics the bigger the dhu
Brock O
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Just got back from a charter
Just got back from a charter at the Abrohlos, we hard 4 on back deck fishing jigs and plastics and 7 on bait!
Although the bait properly out did the artificial they did catch more shit fish....sweatlip..lol
I was with the crew fishing artificial's and that's what I would recommend! Way more rewarding and easier going with the light gear!
I was using 1-1/2 & 2 for up to 40m, was using 90g to 120g jigs past that due to good winds, orange was a hit with plastics in both paddle tail and minnow, the Abrohlos jig did me well!
Perfect place to mix it up and have a go, good luck.
Aaron Santos
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Cheers lads. What pb braid
Cheers lads.
What pb braid were using. I have a couple of spheres reels and a Stradic. Running 80, 40 and 20pb.
Wast thinking running the 80pb up there to reduce the chance of being reefed so I can lock it up if need be without risking losing a possible fish of a life time
What's your thoughts
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Bodie
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You will get away with 20lb
You will get away with 20lb and 40, no need for 80lb
if you get a chance to fish the shallows, plastics dominate!! Say under 10m the baldies go mad on them!!
i used 27lb for all jigging and never got bricked and sharked only once. Jigs way out fished bait and definitely a lot less shit fish.
also coral trout love jigs!
Bodie
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You will get away with 20lb
You will get away with 20lb and 40, no need for 80lb
if you get a chance to fish the shallows, plastics dominate!! Say under 10m the baldies go mad on them!!
i used 27lb for all jigging and never got bricked and sharked only once. Jigs way out fished bait and definitely a lot less shit fish.
also coral trout love jigs!
RUFFAZZ
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Plastics & Jigs, perfect
Plastics & Jigs, perfect time and place to refine or try new techniques with them as we'll.
Good luck and enjoy the trip.
Brock O
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I was using 20lb on a 4000
I was using 20lb on a 4000 real and pulled good size fish, including an unexpected Sambo in the large varity.
Mate's were the same, only got smoked once....was funny shit!! youll have a blast if the weathers on..
As above...try different stuff....had a sore arm after 4 days so was using a slow lift with the jigs...landed a nice baldie during a quite period.
fincher
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Jig and plastics for sure
Jig and plastics for sure just came back a few weeks ago the max I used was pe2 with pe1.5 being the average and 40lb leader Ull have a ball
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beau
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5-8inch any model in the zman
5-8inch any model in the zman range as theyre very hardy against the charlie courts (pests). 5inch streaks and paddlerz in the shallows for trout and baldies, 7 inch streakz and paddlerz for just about anything that swims out there, 8inch streakz for dhuies, pinks, macks and seriolas and my go to dhuie plastic out there would be 9 inch zman grubz in white or glow.
Aaron Santos
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Cheers again guys. This is
Cheers again guys.
This is great info.
Still trying to catch fish!
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