dirty water plastics?

[brisfisher]

hi all,

got my first day off in ages today,had a bit of a sleep in but the plan was to throw some plastics around west end. arrived at bout 11ish started throwin round a squidgy wriggler in neon green off the sand bank(figured strong colours in dirty water)after bout halfhour n not a single hit decided a lure change was the go;) squidgy shad in pink,rubbed a bit of scent hopin for the best:unsure: wasnt to be n after 2hrs and numerous lure changes the fish couldnt find the lure:( it was worth a go as this particular spot usually produces some quality fish on livies:huh: oh well theres always the weekend to try:P

cheers brisfisher

[Mick]

Dark water Dark lures ... better contrast... I have found that Pumpkin seed work well in dark water...

[Hellcat Dan]

i have found that the pearl watermellon in the gulp works good in dirty water

[brisfisher]

tomcat dan wrote:

i have found that the pearl watermellon in the gulp works good in dirty water

cheers mate,il suss em out before i head bak down the river

[bretto]

Mick wrote:

Dark water Dark lures ... better contrast... I have found that Pumpkin seed work well in dark water...

I gotta agree there. I got my pb flatty on pumpkinseed in water that resembled iced coffee. Found the same thing in the run-off fishing for barra. gold and black is a sure bet in the dirty stuff.

[Leighton]

bretto wrote:

Mick wrote:

Dark water Dark lures ... better contrast... I have found that Pumpkin seed work well in dark water...

I gotta agree there. I got my pb flatty on pumpkinseed in water that resembled iced coffee. Found the same thing in the run-off fishing for barra. gold and black is a sure bet in the dirty stuff.

similar principal as at night, a dark plastic creates a silhouette

[webbfunk]

interesting......the guy at BCF was telling me to use fluro yellow gulps in the brisbane river, otherwise the fish wouldn't see it easily.

[Shrimpo]

IM0 80% of people at bcf wouldnt no shit from clay.

[Lazybugger]

webbfunk wrote:

interesting......the guy at BCF was telling me to use fluro yellow gulps in the brisbane river, otherwise the fish wouldn't see it easily.

Nah mate thats because the fish there are used to the food in that habitat "glowing" :laugh: :cheer:

[Dan23]

I'm not really sure how much colour matters at night I've been catching fish on everything from bright orange through to translucent light brown. I think just an aggressive retrieve with far more jerks and jitters than you would normally use in the daytime seems to do the trick.

[kevinchen19870316]

last time i fished newstead at night i tried 1/32 jighead with tiny 2' jerkbait in transparent grey color and it's gotta be the color that's the hardest to be seen in the river. still, i got 2 bream at 1st 2 casts. i didn't give it any twitches either, i just cast and wait then a jerk on the line showed me the fish's on. i kept getting hits later