thread fin lures and soft plastics?

[spiro22]

hey just wondering for abit of onshore lures and plastics

while i have a livey in the water

thinking just the gulp prawns 2'

any suggestions?

[Joel Eadie]

you could try dans (nadders) lures if your after the threadies otherwise my favorite plastic is the 3'' minnow in lime tiger (berkely gulp)

[spiro22]

ah sweet i actually have them do they work for threadies?

[Harvey80]

ah sweet i actually have them do they work for threadies?

pretty sure they do mate. just picked 2 up myself. i used transams exclusively in the past with much success but found the wire much lacking in strength (i think they are rated 50lb). i went with the threadiebusters because of the stronger wires & hooks at 2/3 the price

[spiro22]

ill give it a try along with live prawns

whats the lightest you think i could go with the softplastics?

[Harvey80]

it really depends on where you are fishing. i would go 30-50lb in tight countries and 20 in open water. i would strongly recommend a loop knot for the vibes as well.

[nadders]

Hi Spiro,

you don't really need to go down to light lines with the threadfin they are not leader shy at all

i use a minimum 40lb leader/bite trace, have been rubbed through far too many times by random threadies while chasing other species on 20lb

as Harvey says if you are using vibes of any kind a loop knot with no splitring is the best connection to get the most out of your lure

if you meant how light can you go in terms of weight/jighead size, all depends on where you find them... obviously wont have an easy time fishing a 1/8th in 15m with strong current and vice versa

cheers

Dan

[spiro22]

thanks mate

it was leader size/regular line just because i do not really want to go out and buy leader

but i do have 30lb leader otherwise i have 60lb and wire trace

ill give 30lb ago and hope to get lucky i guess with the threadies

for bait and softplastics and if i get rubbed through may give the 60lb

ago

jigheads and leads ill be fine with

[nadders]

you should be fine with the 30, just don't try and skulldrag.

for what its worth i have done a fair bit of skulldragging using 60lb

cheers

Dan