Soft plastic setups
Submitted by Chook1204 on Mon, 2014-06-16 09:12
Hi guys I'm about to get on board the soft plastic train and I'm wondering what rod/reels are being used?
I will be fishing in the 30s to 60s chasing the usuals dhuies, pinks, nannys,
I'm really liking the stradics for a reel but which size I don't know,
also any tips on the hot plastics be appreciated
cheers
TROOPY
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i run a sustain5000FG loaded
i run a sustain5000FG loaded with 20lb on a blue gomoku pe1-3 rod, absolute cracking combo and doesnt break the bank to hard.
as for plastics ive found the 6inch grub and 7inch jerkshad work well. also the mccarthys are great and last longer than one hookup than a gulp.
1 from the beach is worth 10 from a boat
barcelona125
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hey mate if you want
hey mate if you want something a bit heavier i have got a sustain 5000 loaded with 30lb braid matched with shimano terez 10-30lb
it is a bit more than the gomoko as mentioned by TROOPY but is a very nice rod anjd well worth the money
Niko
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Terez
also have a terez running 30lb and while ive never used it for soft plastics as of yet, i agree with barcelona very good all round rod.
sea-kem
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So tell me about these
So tell me about these plastics guys, do you drop set and forget? Or do you work them? Bait man from way back, can you tell lol.
Love the West!
randall df223
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Use a jig head about 1 gram
Use a jig head about 1 gram per metre of water, depending on your drift (the lighter the better, but you need enough weight to get to the bottom).
Cast the plastic out in front of the drift so it swims to the bottom while you are drifting towards it.
When its on the bottom, jig it up a couple of metres and then let it swim back down.
It's on the decent that the strike will occur. If you use rainbow braid you can keep watch on the line and generally see the strike. Also rainbow braid gives you an indication of how far off the bottom you're working the jig head.
Work the jig head while you drift over the top of it and then retrieve and cast again.
Good fun and it gives you're shoulders a work out too!
Fish! HARD!
crezz
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I use a shimano soft plastic
I use a shimano soft plastic snapper raider 5-8kg matched with a 4000 stradic ci4+ running 14lb verivas jigging braid. mostly use it chasing mulloway in the river. nice and lite but still no success on the mullys yet but handles pinkys quite easy.
randall df223
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I use an ugly stik blue
I use an ugly stik blue water 15 kg rod. Stradic fj 5000 and pe3 rainbow braid with 60lb fluorocarbon leader.
Fish! HARD!
randall df223
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I also have a couple of
I also have a couple of lighter setups. One is an abu garcia 10 kg rod with a shimano sienna 2500 reel and 0.8 PE rainbow braid. And a 3 kg shimano rod, sienna 1000 reel and 2.75 kg braid for the little stuff.
Fish! HARD!