what type of plastics to use
Submitted by rocky on Tue, 2011-02-22 22:21
hey guys never been a plastic man but i have seen a lot of nice fish been caught with them. so thinking i might have to try some. which ones are the best to buy. I do my fishing around the cape in busselton in about 40-50m of water chassing all the prize winning fish. hope to try them out on friday. any help would be great
thanks rocky
honsu chin
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McArthy's
As you probably noticed the McArthy soft plastics have been popular. 5" and 6" paddle tails; and 7" bullhead minnow are the go to, use it on 2oz to 4oz TT jigheads or Nitro Jigheads. Weight of the jigheads will vary a little with conditions. With this friday's condition.....I'd go 2oz on 20-30lb braid.
Mitch Keys
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Cant Go past squidgies mate.
I wouldnt go past shimanos squidie soft plastic range, the S-factor will send any fish into a feeding frenzy. 40-50m of water you might need 4oz jighead with a 5/0 hook if the wind picks up and the speed of your drift, but a light a jig head as possible is the best. Gulp plastics are also good, as a beginner they require less technique and can basically be fished as bait with the occasional twitch, simply because of their construction and scent. Check out a few of the forum posts by TWITCHEMUP and you'll see some of the fish that have been caught on plastics ;)
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Markie
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mccarthys mate. and the
mccarthys mate. and the occasional gulp plastic :)
Brody
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The new Z-Man plastics are
The new Z-Man plastics are going well, they are the same material as SnapBacks, only bigger.
Feral
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ive been using the bigger
ive been using the bigger MaCarthy sp's down here for good catches rocky .. but you will miss most of your bicatch like black bums if you go the bigger gear . . friday sure is looking good
Oceanside Tackle
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Mega Strike
Another one that worked really well for us is the Mega Strike 9" Mega Shad. Scented and swims really well. Basically the same shape as the Snapbacks but BIGGER !!
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