flathead softies

[mike_mad_fisho]

gday guys
what would be the best softie to use for the flathead
thanks michael

[Daniel_Folley]

hi mike
it all depends and varies on the conditions at the time so i cannot say what softplastic works best but anyway i have had most of my success on squidgie fish in size 2 in the silver fox and gary glitter colours and also i have caught a numver of flathead on chartruse atomic shads.hope this helps
tight lines

[mike_mad_fisho]

thanks for that can u catch them on the 2 inch atomic grubs
michael

[Daniel_Folley]

i suppose so i think flattie would just about take anything i havent used any grubs for flattie though i have got a few bicatch while spinning for bream.just the other day i was fishing with my mate geoff abrams hes first cast was witha 2 inch atomic grub in blue and silver and a nice flattie grabbed it as soon as it hit the water. good luck

[mike_mad_fisho]

thanks for that it is a great help
michael

[chris_lemess]

There is actually no point in using 2 inch lures unless you are after flatties as a bycatch when breamin'. You cover far more water with 3" or 4" plastics on 1/4 oz jigheads, and even the tiniest flathead and flounder will take lures that big. Plus you can cast further. Definately go bigger plastics for flatties.

As for specifics - flatties don't care. I like to use tubes because it takes hours for blowies to destroy them, but everything and every colour will work nearly 100% of the time. And yes I've tested it. Flathead really are stupid.

Chris

[Matt]

100% agree with Chris on this point, 2" Softies are only going to catch you small to medium Flatties. If you are after decent Flathead any of the 3" upward sized Shads are probably the best. I personally like to use 3" Sliders and then upgrade to 4" Shads if the Sliders are slow.

Cheers
Matt

[Craig_S]

Absolutely, the bigger and bolder the better. And you can still get a "by-catch" bream on bigger plastics. That one in my photo is hanging onto a 3" crawdad/brown fat grub during what was meant to be a flattie session.

[mike_mad_fisho]

ok thanks guys looks like i will be buying some 3 inch and 4 inch softies then
thanks michael

[madsurfe]

Hi all

I find anything small or large in pink to be the go....the bigguns like pink but then again maybe I've caught more on pink cos' I like it but large shads will get large flatties for sure. They are such big gutses

[Bear]

Campbell's have a generic range of shrimp plastics that are about 3 inches long. I've been using them for years and they do very well. Fluro orange is the best colour so far.

[geoff_abrams]

i agreee with daniel the squidgy range of shads , wrigglers and fish all catch flathead the atomic range also all catch fish even the small paddle tail varieties .
ive caught a lot of flathead at brooklyn on pumpkinseed sliders the flathehead daniel mention was a red and white with silver glitter in the tail. but the blue and silver ones still work the atomic shads work pretty well so do the renosky shads.
other brands which catch flatties effectivly include holy mackeral , juro , kokoda , ecogear etc but if your looking for decent flatties try between 2 and 6 inch plastics but rig them with enough weight to reach the bottom as this is where most of the flathead take the lures .
flathead will rarely refuse a nicely presented plastic .you might need to add a few twitches to wake them up a bit and to get them into feeding mode. there are still other plastics like prawn shaped ones like the kokoda prawn and the D.O.A prawn which are similar but the doa has a better action .
if you big ones use big plastics ,small one use smaller plastics even though a big flattie can still be caught on little sliders and atomics. if you use big ones expect less fish but they will most likely be big ones if you use small ones expect a few more fish but of a smaller variety . so i would tend to rather use a medium size as most fish will still have a go at it anyway so stick to 2-4 inches will probably be your best bet.

[Bassifier]

Lunker city rules the roost.

[torvic]

I wouldn't go for the squidgies cause they cost so much! Especially on flathead which would take anything even the cheapo noname brand softies will work. Also if your' fishing sand flats at night where theres a light (ie, claremont jetty) i found that the darker colours work best. just drag a black grub or anything and any in range will go for it.

[mike_mad_fisho]

thanks for the replys guys
michael