Which soft plastics in Port Phillip Bay to save your life !

[cobby]

100mm Squidgy Wriggler. You can catch literally everything you normally target aside from Garfish and large amounts of squid in PPB from Snapper and Flathead to Bream and EPs all with the 1 plastic

[Aaron75]

If you're lucky, you might be able to find someone like that in one of the two major chain retailers, but I wouldn't count on it.

As a general rule don't seek fishing advice from a store that also sells camping, hiking and 4WD gear. If you want good advice, get it from a store that sells fishing gear and nothing else.

[Robbie1950]

3 inch gulp minnow in a smelt colour is my first go to plastic most of the time. Problem is you can go through a pack in 15 minutes when the pinkies are firing.

[saph]

Go into a tackle shop and speak to someone who has experience in the area you plan on fishing. Nothing beats experience. If you're lucky, you might be able to find someone like that in one of the two major chain retailers, but I wouldn't count on it.

Im going to echo this as a queenslander who now fishes soft plastics but you will find someone like that (try the fishing person at bcf and only them and make sure they fish) or go to a local tackle shop for where you are.

As for plastics: zmans all the way, durable and natrual looking in the water they float by themself and will present best then others ive found.

[Andrews]

Aji Zman Grub 2” to 2.5”
Slim Swimz 2.5” to 3”

[SteveoTheTiger]

Going by everyone's input looks like any plastic will work in a whole variety of brands, colors and profiles.

You are giving away trade secrets there.

IMO the only reason there are so many shapes and colours is because they know if they make them, we will buy them.

[4liters]

I've found Zman paddletails in Bleeding Banana to work really well, better than motor oil ones. No idea why, it looks nothing like an actual fish.

100mm Squidgy Wriggler. You can catch literally everything you normally target aside from Garfish and large amounts of squid in PPB from Snapper and Flathead to Bream and EPs all with the 1 plastic

I like these but they get chewed up pretty quick. Do you use the bloodworm colour mostly?

[Seniorfisho]

Without a shadow of a doubt, it would be the Gulp Turtleback worm in the pumpkinseed color, catches every species in the bay from Bream to snapper

[purple5ive]

If you're lucky, you might be able to find someone like that in one of the two major chain retailers, but I wouldn't count on it.

As a general rule don't seek fishing advice from a store that also sells camping, hiking and 4WD gear. If you want good advice, get it from a store that sells fishing gear and nothing else.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket!!
Some of the best fishermen I have met and are now good mates with work or used to work for those very same stores you speak of that sell camping, hiking and 4wd gear..
You just have to find the diamond in the dirt, so keep digging!!!

Ps. There are certainly some knobs too so pays to have some info about what your looking for before going to said stores..

[IFISHALOT]

If I was just given one plastic for Snapper it would be the D.O.A. Jerkbaits 4" in Pink Ice it never lets me down.
Here's a couple of videos showing them in action!

https://youtu.be/uPB5ijbYJ-o

https://youtu.be/VtP3Rk-MqbE