light plastics and penguin island! recipe for FUN

The forecast was for light easterly winds in the morning shifting to a strong south westerly by noon....But that was wrong very wrong! Strong southerlies were blowing early so the call to head out wide and chase yellowtail kings on the new pro lure Australia 105 mm and 130 mm plastics was put on hold, instead my mate and i would have to target smaller species inshore.

With penguin island only a short drive from the boat ramp and alot of herring, whiting, flat head and pike frequenting the sand bar and weed beds i knew this would be a perfect place to hide out of the wind and flick some pro lure 60 mm and 65 mm paddle tail grubs and grub tail plastics around for some light action fun!

When we arrived the water was very green and murky and i thought we had no chance of catching any fish especially on plastics, luckily enough the pro lure trick baits all come with a tube of pro scent, a small dob on your plastic rubbed in really helps fire the fish up and i discovered how well it actually works on the first cast of the day when my little 65 mm paddle tail grub in crystal pink was slammed by a king George whiting, i have spent hours wading and kayaking the sand bar with berkley gulps, z man scented plastics and squidgy wrigglers covered in "S" factor targeting king George whiting and i have had many follow the lures right back to my feet on several occasions but they would never eat them,

here i am first cast i hook and land a beautiful little KG, this then set the mood for the next 3 hours catching and releasing over 25 herring 4 big pike 3 king George whiting and several small flat head,

i was surprised how well these little grubs were holding up against the pikes big teeth. most plastics don't last more then one pike yet one grub caught 3 pike before loosing its tail!

my mate was using a squidgy pro flick bait in chartreuse for about the first 30 minutes till he got sick of watching me catch and release fish after fish! he soon picked up a pro lure grub tail in the U.V worm and instantly started catching fish!

Fishing the drop offs along the edge of the sandbar as they met the edges of the weed were our most productive areas, the herring were patrolling the edge picking up anything that washed off the sand bar, the pike were caught over the top of the weed and king George were pulled out of the sand holes in the weed, it was without a doubt one of the hottest light tackle soft plastic sessions i have had in a long time. The two pro lure plastics of choice were the crystal pink 65 mm paddle tail grub and the U.V worm 60 mm grub tail. A fluorocarbon leader of about a meter is a definite must i use 8 lb black magic, always fish the lightest jig head possible the more natural your lure looks the better! we were quite wind affected and were using 1/8oz nitro jig heads with a size 2 hook.

I will be defiantly stocking up on some more pro lure Australia trick baits that's for sure!

Check them out at www.prolureaustralia.com.au

Catch ya next time

Corey Chandler