Tailor Advice

Went to Lancelin on weekend , Lancelin beach was a stir with weed , got past and did ok using mulies , but for future conditions would I have been better using lures when wind is up and shore line is weeded out if so any particular lures / slices
thanks in advance for advice

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Diesel80's picture

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not sure you would be better off.

Tue, 2014-04-22 17:02

 Fishing with lures you would be in the weed zone on the retrieve often. Could spend more time flicking weed off lures than fishing. Were you setting baits or baitcasting? Set baits and floating weed is annoying but if the weed is only on shore not too bad. Not too bad until you hook something large and try land it through the weed!

If the wind is up metal slices get my vote.

Cheers,

D80

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MattMiller's picture

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No

Tue, 2014-04-22 17:06

weed and lures don't mix, end of story.

As soon as any lure is fouled with weed it is rendered useless.

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Who likes the weed? , maaan

Tue, 2014-04-22 19:10

I find myself baitcasting more and more for tailor , wind and weed conditions be dammed

If you accept the fact that baitcasting will present the bait in a more natural way to the fish and

its prob the best way to fish shallow reef and weeded up conditions, you then will adapt your fishing to suit, every thing from the type

and action of rod , to the size of the bait ( biggers better within reas) to the dia of line , thin better for wind of course.

I quite often fish the greenough area ( the land of bent trees!!) in the afternoon , wind howling like a b........d  with

not a sinker in site.

I use bait cotton to wrap the baits , making sure the gangs are the same length as the bait, and find big scalies, suaries

or gardies  will take on water and cast better on the 2 or 3rd cast ( if they last without a strike!).

If the winds that strong its whiping the baits along the top , I will add small bean sinkers very sparingly as to not

wiegh it down to much.

Its not a easy thing to teach in the classroom , You just have to get out there on windy afternoons and stick with it.

cheers.( heading to gero on thurs to practise what I preach)

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thanks guys

Thu, 2014-04-24 10:29

I was setting baits , did think of baitcasting didn't think it would be heavier enough to make it past the washed up weed(was about 10m) glad I didn't switch to lures/slices next time i'l know better, weed was a pain lost a 60cm+ in it about 3 meters from me , but we did alright and came home with a feed so all was good.

Sent loads back all around 28-30cm so will be back in a couple of months to get them again

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Super peg's picture

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no weed, not with lures,

Thu, 2014-04-24 17:26

no weed, not with lures, unless its a surface lure but even still better off with bait as itll sit in the strike zone alot longer,

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