Soft plastic and blades advice
Submitted by Ethan A on Fri, 2016-06-24 20:47
Hi guys
I am looking for some advice on blades and soft plastics. Just wondering what is the best blade or soft plastic on whiting, herring and other smaller species.
Thanks in advance
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wookstar
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Small 3inch jerk baits for
Small 3inch jerk baits for herring - Mccarthy do one in a white which gets 12 herring pretty quick. Whiting I use the 2 inch red bloodworm
Ethan A
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Thanks
thanks wookstar what type of jig heads do you recommend
wookstar
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1/16 - 1/8th ounce dependent
1/16 - 1/8th ounce dependent on wind - normally flick them out let them sink a little then 3 cranks n pause repeat. Of the jetty in Busso dynamite way to get amongst them don't need burley just walk out flick for hezzas walk back flick for squid
GGs
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Lures
For blades the duo tetra works bivi are my favourite blade for any type of fishing.
As for plastics, herring will eat most small 'grub-like' plastic. Never really targeted whiting on plastics, always surface lures like bassday sugarpens and skinnypop jrs.
Oceanside Tackle
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Hey mate we have an great
Hey mate we have an great range of mcarthy soft plastics and Zman perfect for targeting herrring and other bread and butter species , we also stock a range of different vibes which would also be suitable such as fish candy curly vibes , river to sea baby vibes, and xts kingdom vibes. Feel free to send us a pm or pop in and check out the range.
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Dale
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How do you fish for herring with SP's? With a berley cage or blob? Or just on it's own like you would normally?
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Auslobster
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Berley cage/blob...
...not a bad idea, except that all that organic material would be likely to attract blowies and/or wrasse, and your SP gets shredded. 1-4kg braid to a 4kg fc leader, tied directly to as light a jighead as you can get away with!
As for whiting and softies, the 2" Zman grubs in a brown colour have worked for me when you're in a deeper channel and the fish simply won't come up for a surface lure..again, blowies can stuff this plan up so a couple of little sinking stickbaits in your kit are a good idea as well.