big fish on dropshot

[YELLOWTAILER]

I went out at buffels bay on the kayak and hooked snoek on drop shot, worked well just one problem. The dropshot gets shredded instantly by the snoek's sharp teeth

 

[chrisquinton]

Victoria Embankment, turn into yacht mole. You can fish along the pier there, and at low tide you can get onto the banks.
unfortunately you are not allowed to fish anywhere else in the bay unless off a boat.

I haven't been down for a few months, but have had some good action every now and then. Kingies prefer smaller lures, but pickhandles will smash a fairly large surface lure. They often bite me off on dropshot.

 

[mr zipozn]

Hey chris which are your favourite lures for the bay?

 

[chrisquinton]

I like surface lures. small poppers for kingies (red/white with some tail flash) and bigger stickbaits (white xrap walk) for pickhandles.

rapalas work well too, but not as exiting as surface fishing. small dropshot is also effective, but pickhandles bite you off often (at lease its cheaper than pokopoko).

 

[mr zipozn]

Thanks and yeah they got some serious teeth

 

[YELLOWTAILER]

Hi,there

What kind of fish is that, looks like a barracuda but the teeth look the same as a cape snoek ?

Does it fight because a snoek is really lacking performance ?

 

[mr zipozn]

Hi the bigger ones put up a good fight on light tackle but whats really nice is the way they smash a surface lure.

 

[chrisquinton]

the gulp plastics, although more expensive, are more resilient to sharp teeth and last much longer than any of the others I have tried. I have taken many shad on the same Gulp.
the others dont usually last more than one hit never mind one being landed. try it on the snoek and see..

 

[YELLOWTAILER]

Hi there
Sounds like an idea !!!
But have you seen what happens when your line and lure enters a shoal of feeding snoek? They bite everything they see..... Line , knots, swivels woteva,,,, its full of teeth marks or full of holes.

I think spinners might be a bit better for this fish.

 

[chrisquinton]

unfortunately I have not been lucky enough to find myself in such a position.
if it gets like that, spoon on wire or jighead on wire.
but since you asked about the plastics, thought id share my learnings with you. you will have the same problem no matter what you throw then.

 

[chrisquinton]

imported post

 

[YELLOWTAILER]

Thanks for the reply

A leader of 1mm thick and steel trace helps , but this is what a mcarthy orca looks like after one take.

 

[chrisquinton]

try the gulp. you wont be sorry.
i will make sure i take pictures of this for you next time i get toothy takes.
sometimes you get unlucky, and a half minnow comes back, but they dont slice up like the others.

 

[YELLOWTAILER]

Ill make sure to try them out, elf season is almost here so I need lures that last.

 

[chrisquinton]

get the nuclear chicken.
its a pink and green combination. works best for me.

 

[Johna]

Where was this caught?

 

[YELLOWTAILER]

Bufferls bay , cape point so 2 weeks ago

 

[frank22]

got this on a hogy 7 inch rigged for drop shot

Tarpon 22kg , 10lb power pro , 5000 stradic fjs reel and 9 foot savage gear xlnt 20-60grm rod

 

[D.v]

Awesome catch man.where was this.

 

[frank22]

got it where i am currently based in the british virgin isles