Plastic advice for Bass/Yellowbelly

[Woggie]

Hi all,

Headin home to Bundy for a week at Christmas and am very keen to hit up a few bass and yellowbelly at a fav little spot of mine on the Burnett. I have caught plenty there on X-Rap 10's and Flatz Ratz but due to the abundance of weed around at the moment, I am probably leaning towards using weedless plastics.

As I have never used plastics for bass before, I was just wondering if anyone can offer there advice on what may work for them.

Thanks in advance

Wog

[muzz]

Hey mate.

I'm not sure about up there, however what has been working for me is 3" gulp minnows rigged weedless or with hidden weight jigheads. I try and keep them just above the weed as well as letting them drop into the "valleys" in the weed and pretty much just use a twitching retrieve watching for the line pluck.

Favourite colour at the moment is pumpkin seed. 2" shrimp also work. Everything eats a shrimp!

Hope this helps.

[Little Grey Men]

3" paddletail Sliders. I'd go for contrasting colours, one light and one dark. And if your fishing the weeds I'd consider putting them on a beetlespin, that way you can work them very slowly across the top of the salad. Yellas like them worked very very slowly.

[Woggie]

Thanks for the advice guys

Greatly appreciated

[Gregpen]

Good luck, I'd be keen to hear how you get on...

[fenelious]

Most plastics will work for Bass, but I reckon you can't go wrong with a fattish profile curl tailed grub. There are lots of brands that are good... I had a good session the other day using a natural coloured grub by 'Damiki Baits' on a pony head/rev head type jig head. I also like Atomic Ripperz and the Squidgy Pro range for Bass type grubs.

When using plastics for Bass and Golden Perch I almost always use either a Beetlespin/Jig spin attached, or a Pony head/Rev Head type jig head. Especially in murky water. I also carry a tube of metal polish paste, like what you use to polish brass. I rub this on the blades of my beetle spins and pony heads (and spinner baits) to keep them shiny, which I think helps to attract the fish. But I also then dip them in fish oil or attractant cos that stuff doesn't smell very yummy to fish!!

As far as weedless presentations go, I use a a worm hook with a pre-attached swinging ball sinker, like the 'swingin hop' hooks by 'AusSpin Lures'. I find these allow the plastic to move more naturally than other types of weedless rigs. You can achieve a similar effect by tying a small ball sinker inside a loop knot onto a worm hook (as demonstrated by 'Starlo' on his plastics videos). You can also use beetle spins with these rigs too, although they will be less weed resistant with a beetle spin. I only use a weedless presentation when I really have to, I don't think they present as naturally, and hook ups aren't as reliable or course.

Hope this helps.

-Steve.

[Hfisho77]

alternately you could use surface lures! As long as the weed you speak of is partially submerged.