Gulp bloodworms on a red long shank with a red bead and running ball sinker will get you some nice whiting.

thanks will it work at night

yes and no. It can, but better during day. I dont even bother with plastics at night... I suppose its like using hardbodies and metals at night, it can work, but better in the day. If you can get down to dawesville cut, that place is good for placcies. I know its a lil bit of a mission if you're local and metro but theres known to be some killer skippy that you'd have a ball with on light flicky gear, also theres salmon/salmon trout about. Herring there also can be pretty good size as well as decent tailor usually on sundown. I guess if you get bored, just bring a crab scoop with ya and go scoop the cut afterwards so you bring home something.

is it south of the river or were bouts

south, near mandurah

south, near mandurah

sorry, stupid mobile internet goes retarded sometimes. And howcome we can edit posts but not delete them? Anyways as i was saying, near mandurah, south.

Powerbait, snapbacks and slam have some good jerkshads to use down there. My favourite all rounder is pink powerbait jerkshad in 3 inch on 1/8 to 1/4 weight on 1/0 or 2/0 TT jighead.

Theres a huge range of placcies out there, but most of the commonly sold colours work and probably only from 1-4 inch at most in the metro area from rocks and jetties. 1inch Starting from the powerbait and snapback micros for herring etc. Common colours to use; white, watermelon, pink, pearl, sardine, nuclear chicken, pumpkinseed and a few others that might not be coming to me atm.

If you dont know your brands then, common good saltwater brands would be; powerbaits, snapbacks, bozo, maria, squidgies, slam, atomic. I know theres alot more but i just named some common saltwater ones.

Even bringin a couple of squid jigs with you might even get you some squiddies from the cut... Either that or you might land a salmon like Honsu nearly did, but only, his salmon grabbed his squid jig and took off with it lol.

Its great to see you're not too shy to ask questions, its the best way and the quickest way to learn. There's so much information you can gain from so many members on this site that are more than willing to share their knowledge.
No matter the question, just ask away and you'll find out exactly what you're after.
Keep em coming and expand your knowledge, you'll get on top of it in no time. Trying to figure it all out on your own takes time, money and alot of the times you will still return to find yourself asking advice anyway hehe.
Sooner or later you'll see youself passing on things you learnt onto people around you without realising they were like you were lol.

Well good luck on yor choices, god knows tackle companies make it hard enough as it is to choose anything, even for the experianced fisho's its hard with the range for selection.

...best lures to use, HOWEVER, the blowies can chop through them in a hurry. Better if you can pick a time when the tide is really moving through...the blowies aren't very efficient swimmers and tend to steer clear of the fast water. There would be none at all if people weren't so hung up on using bait and berley (prime blowie attractors) to catch the same fish they would get on a lure.

Cast your soft plastic out, let it sink to the bottom, and then rip it back in a series of quick, hard jerks. Graphite rods and braided line really help here. The speed of the retrieve will avoid most blowie attacks but faster fish like herring, skippy, salmon and tailor will have no trouble grabbing it.

If tailor are about in numbers it's better to use a hard-body or metal...I've lost count of the number of tailor I've lost when they simply inhaled the softie and bit the whole thing off!

Awesome post H.S.Chan I actually got a lot from your post!

I'm new to using plastics, and the only tip I've really got is don't bring bait when you go fishing!! The temptation to switch to bait is always there! Keep working on different styles of retrieve as well. 

I've been practicing at the ammo jetty at woodman point with 3" Gulp jerkshads lately (nuclear chicken seems to be doing well), and seeing a herring swim up and completely smash my plastic is an awesome feeling.