tail bite offs

[mike_mad_fisho]

gday guys
just wondering is it unusual to get a lot of tail bite offs when fishing for bream i use the atomics 2 inch range .
thanks michael

[Bear]

Not unusual when there are blowies around :-)

[Daniel_Folley]

no not unusual at all!
one of my mates got back from a trip the other day at the spit and when he got back he said he didnt catch nothing except he had half a tackle box left of chewed up softplastics!

[mike_mad_fisho]

gdat
oh ok yeah and what r blowies
michael

[Matt]

Over here in Sydney we have a plethora of "arse biters", mostly small Tailor, Toads and Spikey Flathead. Most trips out see about 1/2 dozen tails getting shortened by something small with teeth

Cheers
Matt

[geoff_abrams]

yeah as daniel said i went down to the spit the other day (windy as all !@#$) it was to windy to see the takes . though everytime i threw out the plastic it got nail either as it sank down beside the pylon or halfway back to me. i used atomic 2" grubs , squidgy wrigglers , strike me lucky 1" grubs , and sliders and about 2 or 3 colours in each sort .i put it down to peckers like small bream , maybe some tailor , toadies , or some school of yellow striped fish that schooled behind the lure and followed it to my feet everytime. my brother was using bait and he had a small 1.5 ml thick hook baited with a prawn bitten in half .

[mike_mad_fisho]

gday where i fish there r no toad fish
never seen one in the raby bay canals
thanks michael

[Dave W]

Just a thought guys - they're not always caused by Toads or Choppers, Bream do it too!!

Try running a longer shanked jig, or shortening the plastic so the hook comes out only just before the tail - and turn some of those missing tails into fish

Cheers,

[geoff_abrams]

i tried that using aus spin 1/16 jig heads which come out perfectly on small plastics .but when they are peckers they are peckers and there is not much you can exept maybe try shads or something a little stronger

[Bream Jr]

Hi Bream Jr here! does any one know how to keep the blowfish away from the sof plastics? is there any hope?

My real name is Kyren.

My email adress is: devildude132@hotmail.com

[matt_mad_fisho]

G'day Michael

you and me get "tail bite offs" all the time, because where me and you usualy fish the waters are filled with pike, longtoms, little and big choppers and those dreaded spiefoot so the best thing we can do is rip ya softie out of the water as soon as you see one (unless it is a chopper)

Cheers Matt

[caramel_fisher]

its not that unusal for the tails to come off. if ur fishen for bream theres other stuff down there as well. my dad on sat the 11th got the tails bitten off a whole heap.

phill

[LakeConjolaFish]

Out of this whole thread Dave W has the best words of wisdom follow his advice to the letter, and you will definately get more hook ups.


Good one Dave

Jim