Downtown wrote: Haven’t used the 8” a lot but have caught snaps to around 10lb on them. Have just used 7/0 mustard or headlocks jig heads 8/0 would be better but haven’t seen any locally. These would be more of my regulars |
The Tamure Kid wrote: As per my post just up above, it'd be worth trying over deep spots as well as surface, with a bit of a mechanical jig action. |
The Tamure Kid wrote: I am no engineer, but I think it's because the Gamakatsu hooks the heaviest TT lures jigheads are based on are a fixed design in terms of where the 90 degree bend below the hook eye is (you can buy the hooks without the lead on for 'weedless' rigging in estuaries etc in Oz). So they have to fit the lead on however they can and there's more on one side of the hook shank than the other. |
Fishy11 wrote: In no particular order. Zman jerk shad 5inch bruised banana Zman jerk shad 7inch, nuked pilchard Squidgies Flick bait, flash prawn colour. Zman - atomic sunrise, motor oil, coconut ice etc all good too Squidgies - slimey colour or pearl- great on kingfish Mustad or tt lures jigheads. Those are my go to ones anyway. |
The Tamure Kid wrote:
you don't get many Squidgies fans over here these days, so it's interesting to see you still use them. I have a few packets that I picked up or was given in Australia, including some curly tail ones. I saw an old Matt Watson vid the other day and he used the Squidgies as I think they were distributed or owned by Shimano. He seemed to do pretty well. I think Squidgies has stopped making the flick bait - they don't have them on their website. I should give mine a go. |
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