Spinnerbaits in the Salt!

[batman]

Has anyone had any success with Spinnerbaits in the Brisbane River/Bay/Creeks?

Was having a chat to the guys at Charltons and was suprised to hear that they occasionaly use (cheap) spinnerbaits along the rock walls and thick mangroves!

I guess it makes sense cause they are really snag proof....

I would welcome your thoughts.

Batman

[Keen-as-fisho]

Worth a shot, if anything I'm sure the flathead would jump all over it.

[jeff f]

saw some guys catching flathead on them below colleges crossing

i always wondered what would happen if you dropped one down out reef fishing

[Joel Eadie]

you can get the soft plastic ones i reckon they would do alright

whadda reckon on macks? they are nice and shiny?

[crazywalrus]

I was in Coffs harbor at the harbor and I still had the bass gear in the car rigged up and was to lazy to change it. I through out a spinner bait let it sink and gave it a slow roll back in and picked up a 45cm flatty the first cast - surprised me but I guess flatty will take almost anything.

[Bri The Pom]

I have heard of people using them in the shallow weed beds for lizards.With good results.

[dhess]

Tailor would surely have a go as well.

Mind you when most pelagics in a feeding frenzy will have a go at anything.

[Angus]

Jimmybob got a few Flatties at Bribie on them.

I have often thought about this though.

As if it would not work.

A coloured skirt and some flashy blades, youd think fish like tailor and GT's etc would be all over it.

Might try one at Straddy

Angus

[Joel Eadie]

potentially a hole in the market, make some spinner blades make them look slightly different call them salt water spinner blades and flog them off at double the price :laugh:

[bigtez]

Wash them very well afterwards though cos they tend to corrode very quickly.

[ellicat]

If Lucanus jigs work then I can't see why a spinnerbait wouldn't.

[batman]

well just a bit of feedback fellas!

I went out to mud on Saturday and on the way back I thought I would head over to the wall near Boggy, I hooked on a spinnerbait on the Pluton and started practising my baitcaster casting.

After about half an hour of nothing I was loosing heart when all of a sudden three small to medium Trevally followed the spinnerbait back to the boat.

They didn't look aggresive thow more curious....it happned twice, so I must conclude that these spinnerbaits in the salt might have some merrits.

i will keep trying.....my feeling is a smaller version might be the go!

[jon]

i have had excellent succes on queenies and gt's on a trip up north using and $4.00 mojiko lure i got at anaconda it looks similar to a blade but much heavier and comes with a gold spinner attached to the back. i found this lure outfished my silver slugs every time up there.

[James W]

yer i have done ok with spinnerbaits in the salt...flathead in the passage and a moses perch even in burpengary creek..

wouldnt rely on em to catch salt water fish to save ya life thou..