Landbased flathead in southern ppb

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Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by bigdan91 » Mon May 04, 2015 10:22 am

Just wondering what are the best tactics to go for flathead in this area

Wading shallows with soft plastics?
Bait off piers?

I live in rosebud and would love to catch a few!

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by 4liters » Mon May 04, 2015 10:27 am

Bait off piers when it's freezing ******* cold, wading with soft plastics when the weather is nice and/or the pier is overcrowded imo.
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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by bigdan91 » Mon May 04, 2015 10:29 am

4liters wrote:Bait off piers when it's freezing ******* cold, wading with soft plastics when the weather is nice and/or the pier is overcrowded imo.
any certain depth/area to cast at off a pier?

assuming running sinker with pretty much any bait will do?

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by matt1991 » Mon May 04, 2015 10:49 am

soft plastics work off the pier aswell. Gulp minnow does well for me

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by bigdan91 » Mon May 04, 2015 10:52 am

matt1991 wrote:soft plastics work off the pier aswell. Gulp minnow does well for me
ive never used them before how do you work soft plastics?

cast out, wind, let sink, wind etc?

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by Jeff67 » Mon May 04, 2015 11:04 am

Cast out, lift, wind, let sink, lift wind let sink.
Couple of different lift techniques, but just experiment as one day might not be the same as another.
Paddle tails are good if your new to plastics.
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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by bigdan91 » Mon May 04, 2015 11:11 am

Jeff67 wrote:Cast out, lift, wind, let sink, lift wind let sink.
Couple of different lift techniques, but just experiment as one day might not be the same as another.
Paddle tails are good if your new to plastics.
Cheers Jeff
what size jighead would you recommend?

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by drewb » Mon May 04, 2015 11:45 am

bigdan91 wrote:
matt1991 wrote:soft plastics work off the pier aswell. Gulp minnow does well for me
ive never used them before how do you work soft plastics?

cast out, wind, let sink, wind etc?
Get on YouTube, there's heaps of instructional clips for sp's and flatty fishing. There's a good one from youfish, it's boat based but they get onto some big flatties out near port albert from memory.

Basically you're just working it across the bottom. Jighead weight doesn't matter too much for flatties, as long as you can get it along the bottom. 1/8 to 1/4 will do you for most landbased situations.

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by Jeff67 » Mon May 04, 2015 1:10 pm

Probably the 1/4 jig head for a bit more distance.
If your after a lure you could try the Maria Duplex long cast 31gm, bit expensive.

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Re: Landbased flathead in southern ppb

Post by bigdan91 » Mon May 04, 2015 1:22 pm

Thanks for the advice guys.

Guessing run out tide on dusk/dawn is prime time for them?

I've got a packet of squidy minow 50mm and squidgy wrigglers along with 1/8 jig head hook size 2 from when I tried patterson river

Will these be too small for the piers?

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