Help With Soft Plastics.

[hamerz84]

hi all im fairly new 2 using soft plastics, caught a few flatties and small bream nothing 2 brag about. i just wanted 2 know if u can bottom bash using soft plastics or even drift using them. if so how should i rig them up. im thinking shads and pogy's will be best for that ?

let me no wat u all think,

cheers hamerz.

[slinkymalinky]

G'day Hamerz,

Yep... you can 'bottom bash' no problems. In water up to about 25m you can drift, casting as far as possible 'down drift' with a head heavy enough to get you to the bottom gently. Then work them as you drift toward the lure.

In deeper water you can rig them on a paternoster. Learn how to tie a palomar knot and use it to attach unweighted jig hook/s that suit the tails, above the sinker. Then fish straight up and down & work them as you drift.

You can also get some good fish fishing plastics in a berley trail.

As far as tails go it's personal preference again. I like Jerk Baits when drift fishing because they sink faster (less water resistance than a pogy) but when the drift is slow or on the odd occasion I've used paternosters with plastic, I'll usually use something like a pogy that will be working without my having to put so much action into it.

Try a couple of different styles and see what works and what you like.

Cheers, Slinky

[hamerz84]

cheers mate will definatly give it a go thanks heaps.

[wttmrwolf]

Check out the Fishin' Trip on channel 31 Friday nights. Almost all soft plastics. Heap of episodes online too. http://www.wasabitv.com.au/index.php?s=fis...&mode=index

I found these shows really improved my success with SP.