Sambos in the Swan
Submitted by monstaf1sh on Thu, 2011-11-17 06:58
Launched out from Point Walter yesterday and found a bit of structure that to my surprise held a few 50cm+ Sambo's the sight of them got me prety excited and turned my attention of my Bream lures towards these little beasts but unfortunately I could not entice one to have a go at my lure although I did get the attention of 50 blowies.
I tried a fast retieve and fairly fast twitches also the slow roll but got no atention.
Anyone got any ideas on how to hook these sambos? Perhaps a bigger lure? faster retrieve?
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gav077
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Get some small twisties or
Get some small twisties or some of the small rivertosea metals and use them as jigs, an old WAFM had an article on it. They called it mini jigging, it does work.
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Daniel Y
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We used to do this for bream
We used to do this for bream back 5-6 years ago. 5g gold twisties were sick. Caught bream up to 48-49cm on them. They've gotten a bit wise to it at most of my local spots now days though. It would probably still work for rat sambos though.
Otherwise, 35-50mm metal vibes would work too I reckon.
Brucesta
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also a good technique that
also a good technique that can be used on small trevally and queenies around structure up north, always got a good bite jigging twistys and the like. 20-30g models did the trick, i even get reff fish when i do it over reefs on the boat
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Paul_86
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Maybe try flicking a few sp's
Maybe try flicking a few sp's at them, its been working for the bigger sambos out deep when they are a bit shy.
monstaf1sh
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I though about it but the
I though about it but the amount of blowies around would of demolished my plastics in seconds.
Paul_86
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Ah yeah ofcoarse, forgot
Ah yeah ofcoarse, forgot about the swarms of plastic munching blowies :s
monstaf1sh
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They are in very shallow
They are in very shallow water 1-2m, what sort of action do i use?
Daniel Y
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you could try 4inch snapback
you could try 4inch snapback jerkbaits. id use a quick action with a few short sharp jerks, then allow it to sink back down to the bottom. blowies will still take the snapbacks though. but they will last probably 2-3x longer then normal placies.
otherwise try metal vibes/baby vibes as I mentioned above.
Hook_er
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use
u have to use your limp wrist action
monstaf1sh
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Steph you idiot I was
Steph you idiot I was wondering who this tossa was.
Wanna come give me a hand? ;)
monstaf1sh
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gay action?
r u takin the piss?
tailor marc
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I bait cast half mulies with
I bait cast half mulies with a smal splitshot with small gangs and retreive just a touch faster then the blowies can keep up with. Sambos will smash it. Otherwise cast out let it sink half way and retrieve slower
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monstaf1sh
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Seems I had all these things
Seems I had all these things with me on the day will try all of these things on my next outing hope I can get a hookup and hope fully a pic of one landed.
Cheers guys.
Mr x
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one of the guys on the site
one of the guys on the site aussie breamer has got a few on sp and hard bodies going after monster bream so it can be done on lures i have tryed myself alot of casting getting a look or one follow and only mannaged one hook up they go bloody hard and straight for structure so hold on and be ready haha
tailor marc
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I wil post a couple pictures
I wil post a couple pictures when i get home. I seen a meter + swiming around to. maybe the big ones come int the swan to lay eggs etc?
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Daniel Y
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They are a marine species so
They are a marine species so they spawn offshore (ie behind rottnest where they aggregate in huge numbers at this time of year).
Most marine species that come into the river do so mainly in search of food/shelter.
monstaf1sh
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Aussie breamer was the one
Aussie breamer was the one who gave up the spot through one of his photos :p
Might need some heavier gear...
nwfisho
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haha i remember when
haha i remember when aussie_breamer got the drag burnt out on his ci4 with one LOL, u have to know the spots
andyh
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i found a spot in the river
i found a spot in the river that had 30-40cm sambos. tried everything, eventually got a few on blue sardines. luckily there wernt many blowies around
monstaf1sh
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Must of been fun, did you
Must of been fun, did you retrieve the bait or just threw out an unweighted bait?
andyh
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on a tiny jighead... we had
on a tiny jighead... we had no normal hooks, very slow retrieve alongside the "snag" they wer living in, great fun on 3lb bream gear
monstaf1sh
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Gotcha,3lb? Must of got
Gotcha,
3lb? Must of got smoked a few times.
Versus
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ive hooked a couple baby ones
ive hooked a couple baby ones 20-30cm while casting twisties around for tailor. thought i was on to a decent tailor too, they do go hard
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Found one of the pics
Found one of the pics ....
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