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Ken suffered through wild weather for this cracker snapper.
Plastics have been Wowning the scoreboard
E are well into winter now.
Fraser Guided Fishing
by TRI TON
I am sitting here freezing and thinking it has slowed my brain function.
However, there are days when this just doesn’t work and even- tually you bite the bul- let and try something else even if just the day before you were smacking them on soft plastics.
They may work over maybe three trips and then they don’t.
However, the fishing has been pretty good, with a bit of work my crews have managed some decent bites.
It is something you must always consider.
Though Hervey Bay, as with any other fish- ery, isn’t going off eve- ry day.
Take for instance try- ing soft vibes.
It does helps when I have people who are * continued P46
Johnny jigged up some dinner.
Most days it’s been plastics owning the scoreboard.
Yes, they are a soft lure, but the action is stronger.
Which I expect is due to smaller tides, clearer water and most species’ metabolisms slowing down.
I can’t think of any other lure that’s as re- alistic and with such a strong aggressive ac- tion.
Water temperature is sitting just under 20C.
On a few recent trips they produced bites when nothing else did.
So, I do my usual thing and lighten the leaders and lure
Now, they may not hook the biggest fish, but they constantly get hit throughout the day.
weights.
Mav put a squire on the table before the closed season.
Bush ’n Beach Fishing, August 2020 – Page 45
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