kingbonito Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I wanna no what people’s go to softplastics are for kings land based ? I used 7inch Z’man jerkshads in pearl colour mainly and catch a fair few, what are other people using? Maybe there’s another soft plastic/colour use might be killing it on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthman Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Like most fish, there is always a variety of lures that work, for the different situations. A popular choice is the 6" and 9" slapstix. My personal favourite is a 3" powerboat minnow and strangely enough, a 40mm glow shrimp from china on a 2-4kg setup for rats on 2lb fireline! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts1 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Not sure about land based mate but from the boat it depends on what they are feeding on. I usually tie a 5 inch jerk shad on for starters but will move up to a 7inch if there are lot of larger slimies/yakkas in the area or down to 4 inch grub if they are smashing tiny baitfish. I usually stick to the lighter colours and anything with silver to for contrast in low light conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Zman Diesel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Clain Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 19 hours ago, kingbonito said: I wanna no what people’s go to softplastics are for kings land based ? I used 7inch Z’man jerkshads in pearl colour mainly and catch a fair few, what are other people using? Maybe there’s another soft plastic/colour use might be killing it on Mate the zman slim swims are good. Zman minnowz are a good subsurface topwater plastic as long as you match the hatch so to speak. slug 'o' s are also really good. As you said the jerkshads are also super good. They either like a real fast jerky sharp bait movement, this charges up their chase/competitive instincts so they aren't the looser. although when they are hungry are more natural slow to medium constant wind is also really good. I have caught kingfish on all of those plastics, Zman grubs go ok but that is bi-catch mostly. The truth is if you see kings and you got a plastic rigged and they are hungry you got the hookup, the next story is landing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I really think its more about the action rather than the type of plastic. Caught a small king in Botany last year & I could actually see the pair in the water as they were only a couple of metres down. Dropped in the plastic & was lifting it up & letting it drop, they came over for look but then turned away. I then started to move it very erratically & that's when they got interested in it. Could have been any colour or style I recon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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