Soft Plastics at Gold Coast 31/8/07

[Liquor Box]

Just got back from the broadwater, nice to see two yaks like mine:laugh:

I got a few big hits but did not manage to stick anything but was shocked at how much of my lure was bitten off!

At least if i dont land anything i got some bites, and wasn't at work

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_2981_AFO.jpg

[STU]

The fish looked close to being on better luck next time( maybe cut plastic down or longer hook might help)

[pinkey]

looks like you ran into a school of pike or choppa's

[Oztrav]

on squidgee secrets 3 oh yeah they reckon that a longer hook messes up the flexibility of the plastic and therefore ruining the action

just a case of poor timing i once seen a estuary cod bite of the tail of my plastic at my feet while fishing the rock wall at talle creek once again just a matter of timing

maybe cut it down but then it might not be interested in such a small bait

[Liquor Box]

i was thinking of just using a 2\" minnow next time, the one at the top was a 4\" hoping (being greedy) for flathead.

I assume if i go to a 2\" i will still get a good swimming action

[Oztrav]

yeah definately 2 inchers still work but the larger plastic is a better feed for a big lazy flathead

[pcsolutionman]

mate stick with the 4\" plastics if your chasing flathead or even go up to 5\", but maybe use some brighter colours, (pinks,reds,nuclear chicken)

Lee

[Plastic Man]

i have always used 3\" plastics when after bream and flatty and stuff like that i have never had a promblem with them sometimes at just luck of the draw the way they hit it

[MentallyUnsound]

of late, I have had some great action on those 3" pumpkin gulps.

Was in NZ a few weeks back and caught snapper and Kahawai on them, also the camo work well.

Last weekend fishing a hole near wally's gutter, caught a few different fish on the 3" pumpkin and like yours in the picture, several plastics came pack the same.

Dave

[jeff f]

MentallyUnsound wrote:

of late, I have had some great action on those 3" pumpkin gulps.

Was in NZ a few weeks back and caught snapper and Kahawai on them, also the camo work well.

Last weekend fishing a hole near wally's gutter, caught a few different fish on the 3" pumpkin and like yours in the picture, several plastics came pack the same.

Dave

wich end of walleys gutter were you fishing dave

[MentallyUnsound]

near the yellow cross channel marker. five ways i think it is called. got a couple of baby squire, finger mark (purch?)

and a 270mm whiting

DAve

[Oceandonkey]

always happens to me a wello point near the red beacon. dont downsize just buy more plastics imo. youll get the bigger fish on the bigger plastics.... well thats my theory anyway and im stickin to it

[flathead]

that looks alot like what stupid toad fish do to your gulp