Soft Plastics or Lures... which one is your preference and why?
Submitted by rickets on Mon, 2007-06-18 21:30
I assume most people here use one or both of these. Care to share on your stories with either or both of these fishing styles and which of these you prefer and why?
jangles
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Gday Rickets!
I do prefer the Softplastics as it is a soft textured lure which will feel natural to any species your targeting. With this I mainly fish the Swan and Canning River, but I do also use them for Herring and Skippy at any rock groynes around Metro Area. Aswell I do use hardbodies but its not always getting hits like my softies (3") sizes.
Cheers..
Jangles
SHizz
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In the ocean... Softies for
In the ocean... Softies for sure.
In the river... Hardbodies.
Up north...Both! :D
nickyau2
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plastics!
plastics all the way! they're so versatile... fished the river on saturday up near burswood and was surprised to not get monstered by blowies! will have to use them more while the blowies are pushed downstream
Here fishy fishy....
SPESS
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Spot on shizz! Keep it
Spot on shizz!
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
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Maverick
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Lures all the way
Lures all the way , softies are toooo boring ,
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Mick B
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Senko Softies
Dunno if its available in Oz but anyone ever tried Gary Yamamoto Senko (soft) lures.
They are dynamite on anything near rocks and jetties.
Once something (fish,squid,cuttlefish or octopus) grabs it they never let got, even if you pull it out of their mouth they come back for more.
Fished under a float they're as good if not better (yeh really) than bait.
They have a very salty taste (well you gotta find out what the fish feel eh) and neutral buoyancy so you can float them along and stop-start fish for hours without a snag-up.
I also do V well with twintails on a (home-made) leadhead, maybe post a few piccies if I can sort out how.
jangles
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Might aswell use Berkley Gulps yeah!!
They sound the same as Gulps! I
Cheers..
Jangles
rickets
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Ive never had joy with
Ive never had joy with gulps... anyone else had some success with them?
SPESS
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Sand worms in the blood red
Sand worms in the blood red colour are awsome when cut down alittle on skippy and big yellowfin whiting. I attach a lead head jig at the top then run another trace line off that to a longshank down the bottom. Works great.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
jangles
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Gulps are hard to resist!
I found that my red sandworm gulp was only sicking down and has only just hit the bottom and I was on straight away... Did'nt even crank the handle or anything, it was basically stationary! I find that they are good on Herring, Skippy, Sand Whiting, Black Bream, Tarwhine even Wrasse has been pulled amongst them!
Cheers..
Jangles
Jimmy Jordan
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Time and a place
I would have to say that nearly all lures(softies and hard bodied) have a time and a place, I think that both do the job but I like to mix it up for all species just for a challenge on a hole I would agree with Ryan and Shizz.
Cheers Jimmy