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Any tips for catching Queenfish. I have the location sorted but only seem to get them on livies. I have tried chrome slices and similar but while I have hits they just don't hook up? Too fast a retrieve, too slow? Are there better suited lures? Soft plastics? Cheers for any help.


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Retrieve as fast as possible. The sort of bait they're after is lightning fast
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White jerk baits, as above fast and erratic
fish are skinny, the ocean is fat
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Pearl white 110mm sqidgy flick baits are my go to queeny lures rigged on 5/0 1/4 oz nitro jig heads works erratically off a baitcaster
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Thanks all, I will make sure I post up any success I have.
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Hi there,

You can't be too fast for the Queenfish…
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Have a good day,
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Hey mate, if there are lots there and big ones, try some poppers and stick bates wound in flat out and worked erratically.

Works for me for the bigger ones

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If there is water and it holds fish, then it is fun trying to fool them into eating what you offer!!

Especially when you can see them!
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Thanks Pecheur and Agent86. Tried a popper last time out but probably didn't persist enough. Think most are small to medium fish.
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I've had some luck with them on bright pink Bomber Lures.
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Yep the flick baits are my go to lures for them as well, good luck
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Queenfish are a pest. Not sure why anyone would go out of their way to catch them?

Plenty of good eating fish in the sea. Queenfish not one of them..
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It's called 'sport fishing' and people do it cos it's fun.
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Sacky wrote:Queenfish are a pest. Not sure why anyone would go out of their way to catch them?

Plenty of good eating fish in the sea. Queenfish not one of them..
not everyone fishes to eat. Marlin and sailfish arent awesome to eat but people still love to chase them. Its all about the fun and queenies are hard to beat on light gear.
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That's it Brent

Nothing like a metre plus Queenie jumping round on 10lb and trying to get him in.
Even better when you see him swim past and watch him eat the lure :-)
If there is water and it holds fish, then it is fun trying to fool them into eating what you offer!!

Especially when you can see them!
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Re: Queenies

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Tell my 11 year old their a pest, got his biggest fish on the weekend......a Queeny, only 75cm but he loved every bit of it.
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