TerrifyingTurkey

Put my alarm on for 4am this morning but unfortunately slept through it and got up at 6:30. left for Gunnamatta bay at 7:20 and arrived at darook park at 8:30. I started on the main beach with a 80mm wasabi squidgie with no luck after half an hour. then headed near the rocks and changed to a 2.5 inch gulp jiggling grub which I got a fish on first cast. Once he was on he pulled my line about 10 metres and shook the hook off. After that I kept at it for about an hour with no results. I then walked along the rocks to a smaller beach (with only two people there)where I went back to my squidgie lure and after an hour got a hit. It put up a good fight and I brought it to shore to see that it was my first ever flathead. I released it and went back in the water and saw around 20 baby flathead swimming towards the rocks. After another 2 hours with nothing I packed up and went home. Unfortunately didn't have a camera but I am goin again sometime this week and plan to bring it with me. Awesome day amd was glad to catch my first fish on soft plastics.

Hello everyone i was looking on some advice on fishing with soft plastic lures. I am yet to catch a fish on soft plastics and have fished with them around 6 times now. My regular spot is in gunnamatta bay, but have also tried botany bay. When i go out bait fishing i am ussually successful catching legal whiting and sometimes bream. The main problem is i fish with soft plastics for hours without bites and decide to change to prawns with my friends.I am planning on going tomorrow by myself leaving by train at 6 in the morning and arriving at cronulla station at around 7:30 for low tide. I will be using gulp 2 inch shrimp in natural colour and will be there for around 3 or 4 hours. I will also be going there with mates 2 or 3 times next week because school has just finished. I would like help on techniques and what lures to use. I have tried in adition to the gulp shrimp, gulp sandworms and atomic guzzler 2 inch prong in copper flake. I have light shimano rod and reel with 6 pound fluro braid. I will be targeting anything i can catch and would like to know what the easiest fish to target would be. I will be going waist deep in the water casting near boats along the beach. If anyone else has some good spots accessable by train i would be willing to give them ago later in the week. This is my first post on this website and would appreciate tips on how to finally catch a fish on soft plastics.