GoingFishing Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 This could be a silly question but has anyone tried soft plastics on a paternoster rig for flathead in 20-40m of water ? Obviously there's benefits in not having to rebait and obviously cost of bait. Just worried about pickers chewing apart the plastics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reese Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 i have herd of this being very popular and not overly talked about becauses its popular - also the the paternoster rigs with the little pink flys on them are very popular - i also put a little bait on the hook to be sure - but a rig that was pointed out to me was sinker then bait then top hook a SP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked-Up Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Long time ago used to fish paternoster rig with soft plastic on bottom hook and whole garfish on top. Would get flathead and flounder on the lures and kingfish on the gar. Then I figured out squid ding lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 goingfishing, have used this style for over 10yrs, but dont stop at 40M. they can be used at any depth. Just vary sin ker weight. I always use a 2 hook dropper, with a soft plastic on the bottom and bait on top hook. Have caught, flatties, red spot whiting, morwong, snapper, trag, jew, nannygai, basically everything you get on bait will take a soft plastic. Incedently my biggest fish for all species have been caught on soft plastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reese Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 ill be away for a fortnight fishing - so ill test it out one with double bait the other with sp on the bottom and bait on top - will post some feed back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzell Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Interesting - I've thought about this before, too. If surf poppers work on beach, why wouldn't an SP? I would imagine it being similar in deeper water... Do let us know how you get on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Thanks guys for the feedback - Reese I look forward to your trial and feedback. I guess the question then becomes- do I make the line to hook longer to allow the plastic to bounce around a little more naturally ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There is no need, both my hooks sit about 100mm off mainline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_tate Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I haven't tried it but have seen it recommended a lot for Snapper - plastic on top, bait on bottom, so don't see any reason it would not work well for Flathead. The drift should give a paddle tail, grub or wriggler plenty of action. I'll try it myself next time we are bottom bashing! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reese Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Looks like we should have some good feed back coming in over the next few weeks I personally think it will work.. The last few trips I have put my sp rod in the rod holder cos my bait rod was going off and at least once a trip I've gone back to a fish on my sp, last trip was a leather jacket, trip before that was a kingy haha should hVe seen my face... Edited January 5, 2016 by reese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Same principal as a snapper snatcher! When fishing sp's for snapper I find that when working the lure doesn't work that just dead sticking it sometimes does! A two drop rig with bait and plastic is certainly worth a shot! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimg1au Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 a mate used to slow troll sp in port hacking on a paternoster rig he said it worked i have slow trolled live baits the same way and that works well jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 I'm really excited to give this a shot this weekend. I usually drift with 3 rods so il try three different plastics to see which styles/colors produce best. Interestingly I also just came across this on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjAukQeq0Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reese Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The first guy was using a bloody heavy rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campr Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Have used plastics and bait mix successfully, especially when losing baits without feeling bites so I still had one hook fishing. For no reason other than that's the way I tried first, I put plastic on top hook of a 2 dropper rig and catch was mostly pretty even between bait and SP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dak1 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I have used this method about 15 yrs a go on a charter boat over the flathead grounds and the skipper looked and laughed at me and said i was the first to try this on his charter.Sure i got out fished 2-1 by bait but all my flathead were bigger so some of my mates asked to borrow some plastics for there rigs, and the skipper was very surprised and said he would use this method on future charters.So it does work.Cheers Darko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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