Fishing With Blades And Sp's

[jdi]

hey guys. picked up some lures

two blades, devilfish vibe or something.. the guy at the tackle shop just picked em out for me and said they were good and he did really well on them. they were the cheaper ones and i told him i was going for some beginner/basic stuff. anyway i have one in white-ish for night fishing and one in bronze/brown-ish for regular fishing.

im running a 2-5kg starlo stix with 2500 sienna reel spooled with 8lb braid. i really like my set up, its so fun to use and so light. i have fished it a few times, i took it to the entrance and used bait, caught so much stuff with it.. such a great little rod. i also had a single lure, but i snagged it and lost it on my first 10 or so casts (very annoying!!)

i took myself and my gear to balmoral wharf the other day and thames street wharf at balmain, only to catch nothing and get NO hits with my lure, cast about 20 times at thames street wharf, and maybe 50 over the course of a few hours switching between lure and bait at balmoral. to be fair nobody was really catching much at balmoral but i did get some monster hits on prawn a bit later. not sure what it was but i didnt hook up, i think it spat the hook.

anyway..

i have some wriggler SP's, jigheads and my two blade lures. i havent used the SP's yet but when i do how should i fish them? as far as i can tell..

- cast out nice and far, let it sink to the bottom

- close the reel and stop letting line out once it has hit the bottom

- wind in slack

- slowly reel in, very slowly

- twitch the rod around every 3-5 seconds

and with the blade vibe i do basically the same thing. i let it fall to the very bottom then rip it up nice and hard to get the vibration feeling, then let it sink and slowly wind the slack up back, then repeat.

[Wantingaboat]

Hey there. Personally i wouldnt use blades from the shore as there is far too many things to get snagged on. At about $15 a pop for them it is an expensive learning curve. SP are the go in my opinion. If you snag that at least its only about $2 worth and you can either force it off and possibly get it back or just break the line and rerig. When using them, i know there is varying techniques for different fish, dont just keep winding in and twitching. Twitch it with 2 or 3 little upward twitches and then allow it to sink back to the bottom, not winding in. Then wind in and take up the slack and begin your twitching process again. I find like most fisherman that flathead are the easiest to catch on them and most often for me they take it on the drop and when you are winding in the slack or even beginning your twitching again you will feel weight and hey presto you are on. I think the pause between the upward twitches like you describe is the most imortant part of the technique. By the way both Balmain and Balmoral will hold fish but its going to be very hit and miss. Good luck mate.

[robeebee]

are you using a flourocarbon leader ?

[jdi]

are you using a flourocarbon leader ?

yes, i just picked one up.

10pound leader on 8pound braid, using about 40-60cm of lead.

[monch]

A question that i have been pondering on for a while is whether to let lures free-fall on slack line after a few jigs of the rod or to let them fall with the line under at least a little bit of tension.

I find that the small blades with their slim body profile and weight drop like rocks, so i've been thinking maybe it may be better to totally reel in the slack, keep the line tight and let it kind of swing down towards the bottom. Hopefully the others can give some of their opinions of what they think works best.

[Anti-Carp]

A question that i have been pondering on for a while is whether to let lures free-fall on slack line after a few jigs of the rod or to let them fall with the line under at least a little bit of tension.

I find that the small blades with their slim body profile and weight drop like rocks, so i've been thinking maybe it may be better to totally reel in the slack, keep the line tight and let it kind of swing down towards the bottom. Hopefully the others can give some of their opinions of what they think works best.

You'll need some tension on the line as you'll find that fish such as bream and jewies often hit your lures on the fall. Watch for slight movements in your line and when you're confident there's a fish on it tighten up and strike.

There's no need to open the bail arm and let it free fall down as you'll loose a lot of strikes and secondly you'll fine having line with tension will allow the lure to fall towards you as oppose to straight time which looks natural.

Edited August 17, 2009 by Anti-Carp

[iMick]

I'm no expert but I'll tell you that my current favourite all round lure right now is the Squidgy 80mm wriggler in Bloodworm... gee Bream smash 'em, no tap tap, just smash and grab, and flatty will certainly have a go too.

One thing that works for me is to not strike too hard, just lift, keep the tension and then set the hook with a few short strikes, nothing worse that pulling hooks.

Works for me

Mick

[The Iceman]

I'm no expert but I'll tell you that my current favourite all round lure right now is the Squidgy 80mm wriggler in Bloodworm... gee Bream smash 'em, no tap tap, just smash and grab, and flatty will certainly have a go too.

One thing that works for me is to not strike too hard, just lift, keep the tension and then set the hook with a few short strikes, nothing worse that pulling hooks.

Works for me

Mick

Great lure for the Georges also the wasabi works well but I prefer the original wasabi not the proseries one the colours are slightly different

I fish them mostly on homemade 1.5gm hidden weight jigheads

I let SPs drop on a slightly slack line to watch for takes on the drop and blades I let drop on a tight line so it doesnt tumble and foul the hooks