sp v bait.
Submitted by Fish guts on Thu, 2013-08-08 21:11
Question is. Are soft plastics better than bait. Fresh bait has indisputably been the way to go. Is bait fishing now the way of the past and are soft plastics now the way of the modern era who goes fishing without bait now days
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sammy85
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A lot of people go fishing
A lot of people go fishing without bait these days. I haven't taken out bait for about 2 years now. But it will always have its place in fishing like fishing for big sharks or any sharks for that matter and kg fishing to name a few
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randall df223
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I am a convert from bait to
I am a convert from bait to sp's. But bait still comes on the boat because the missus uses a handline. She gets all the pickers and I catch the keepers, most times anyway ;)
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tim-o
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Gulp, best of both worlds
Gulp, best of both worlds
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Bluetonic
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When fishing for Snapper, I
When fishing for Snapper, I anchor and through floater baits out in a berley trail then alway toss a SP or metal jig about and normally hook something.
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bitten
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i dotn take bait when
i dotn take bait when fishing for demersals but it does have its place
last few times i have been out there has been bait and sp fisherman on board and the placcies win every time
dant
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do you fellahs use the Sp's
do you fellahs use the Sp's on a jig head or on a paternaster rig? we usually take out bait and throw a few jigs around.
unhurry
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hey Dant
Good question - I always use SP's on a jig head but my young son has used (once) on a paternoster and worked on skippy.
I am curious to hear of other's experience with this.
Yewiefish85
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Hey mate, "google" drop
Hey mate, "google" drop shoting, pretty much rigged like a paternoster
bushbeaver
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Gulp sandworms as bait
Gulp sandworms work well when fished as bait, for most common estuary and smaller beach species. Whiting are especially fond of them, but so are bream, flathead, skippy, herring, and wrasse. Unfortunately, the blowies love them too....
I usually fish them on a running ball sinker rig, using a swivel and 30-40cm of fluoro leader above the fine wire gauge hook- and keep the bait moving slowly while maintaining contact with the bottom.
Personally I don't think I'd ever get completely over fishing a mulie, prawn or some squid on a hook, but If I were somehow forced to use the Gulp worms exclusively I would not feel too hard done by!
dant
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im more thinking for
im more thinking for Dhuies/baldies or Snapper - anyone had any experience using both ways?
at the moment only had a little success on a jig head.
Fish guts
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interesting..... im caught in
interesting..... im caught in the middle. start off with sp's then switch to bait. i always tell myself next time that i wont do that but i end up doing it... grrrrrrrrrr. next trip out i think the bait will stay in the freezer.
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Super peg
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I only been bottom bouncing
I only been bottom bouncing once or twice but on one of these occasions I put a tsunami shad on my top hook of paternoster , caught one fish that day and that was caught on the shad, only YTKing I've caught. I'll use that set up next time
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