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Kylie and her rst athead captured on a Zerek Live Flash Minnow Wriggly.
Simon boated his athead on a Zerek Bulldog Crank after trolling the mangrove line.
The rubble grounds can be quite large and as they’re flat, fish can be anywhere on them, making them hard to find.
For jig head sizes, I go with the 3/0 and 4/0 heavy duty Mustad hook, but most of the time I’ll be using a 1/4, 3/8 or 1/2oz when drift- ing with soft plastics.
As we all know with our busy jobs and lives, we are time poor, so if you can learn to opti- mise your time on the water more, then why not?
Tips for flathead and squire
* from P9
to live on this type of
plastics, I favour any curl grub, jerk shad and paddle tail.
show you in an ‘on the water’ practical sense.
ground but have a pro- pensity to be completely flat, hence being over- looked by many anglers.
One of my favourites is the Zerek Live Flash Minnow Wriggly.
Another tip is to use plenty of scent – several people think it works, several people say it doesn’t – but if it gives you a chance of catch- ing a fish, why not?
Over a large area of ground your techniques might be a little differ- ent, trolling hard-bodies or drifting soft plastics work quite well because you’re covering a lot of ground.
As I said before, use a darker colour in darker water and bright col- ours in clean and clear water.
Anyway, with luck jewfish will turn up soon and summer mackerel will start to show themselves – and maybe 2021 will be a year to remember for all the right reasons.
Techniques that cover vast areas and a good quality sounder – plus knowing how to read it – will help pick up fish as you drift or troll over the top of them.
When trolling, my lure of choice – as everyone knows – is a Zerek Rip- per Diver.
When it comes to gear, I prefer a 3-6kg rod or 6-12lb, paired with a 3000-4000 spin reel.
Hopefully, you now have a few more ideas on targeting flathead and squire.
If you’re interested in any off or on-water tui- tion classes or you want to do a fishing charter, give me a call on 0432 386 307 or send me an email at seanconlons- fishing@hotmail.com
Again, for me the Wil- son Fishing Blade N Tails and ATC Virtuous 2000 reels work very well for this style of fishing.
Though remember, when you do one of my tuition courses, the in- formation is more com- prehensive and detailed.
You can also check out the Sean Conlon’s Fishing Charters and Tuition Facebook page.
When casting soft
We talk about every- thing in a classroom situation and then I take you out in the boat to
Plenty of lures are out there, but you’ll need one that will dive to at least 5-8m to work the southern Moreton Bay grounds.
Remember: knowl- edge is the key.
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Mark and a nice 67cm southern Moreton Bay at- head snagged while drifting the mangrove line casting soft plastics.