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Sounds like a plan Kp,,,Havn,t heard much over this way on billies,,but I thought neapish tides were the better times to have a go,,,or is Gove different

jeffish wrote:Sounds like a plan Kp,,,Havn,t heard much over this way on billies,,but I thought neapish tides were the better times to have a go,,,or is Gove different

Um im not completely sure which is best anymore since i havnt seen one in a while, but i hade a mate go out yesterday and he raised 3 sails and a black, but only got two of the sails, so fingers crossed i find something and have some fun.

Well i had a bit of fun this morning, i had one billie come up and chewed on my lure 5 or 6 times but didnt hook up unfortunately, then i lost a few lure skirts to mackerel,all in all id call it a nice relaxing day on the water.......... Well apart from loosing $60 worth of lure skirts.

at least you seen one,,,did you try a switch bait?

No only lures,
theres a lure only comp coming up in feb and i wana try get some practice with em.

yeah Kp it starts to add up the $$$ when you loose a few skirts& lures.
Made a few of these,and they worked well on the macks,about $5 ea.Working on a few larger models soon.

Kp when fishing Groote. when we fish lures we run the smallest lure we can. when a sail comes up to the lure we free spool the lure to the fish for two counts then strike.hook up rate went up 3 of 5 in sted of 1 of 5. paklua and blackssnacks lure in about 170mm long

Buy the big pink squid skirts ,cut the end of em & put them on your pushers & run 2 hooks

Nogood wrote:Kp when fishing Groote. when we fish lures we run the smallest lure we can. when a sail comes up to the lure we free spool the lure to the fish for two counts then strike.hook up rate went up 3 of 5 in sted of 1 of 5. paklua and blackssnacks lure in about 170mm long

Thats sounds like i good idea ill have to try it out next time.

Figured id put up a pic of the lures i was running.


This was the one that had the billie chewing on it, seems like a good colour over here ive had a couple people say theyve got fish on that colour.



And this was the one that the mackerel loved

Hey kp, do you ever try purple skirts? Seem to have better luck on that color than any other

Hey Jeff, nice ones, do you make them to sell or just personal use?

Kp,,how didn,t that hook up,,twin hooks maybe next time,making some of my next ones with a stinger.

MOUSE,, Just a hobby ,I use casting resin for the heads and some clitter mixed in an old 35mm film canister.I,m still experimenting but the first one I made scored a mack,,,,so I must be on the right track

sorry not that one,,,it was only 1/2 that size

Just a hobby ,I use casting resin for the heads and some clitter

Are you chasing male bills or gay girly ones Jeff
Where do you pick up your supplies from

spotlight,for the eyes& clitter,bunnings for the resin

I have found that the hard resin heads didnt get the same hook up rates as rubber heads. I think the fish tend to drop the resin heads a lot quicker. i have heard a few others say the same things. Im not that experianced with billfish how ever so a few of the gurus might have a better idea of the acuracy of this statement. I have seen sailfish chew on tennis balls used as a teaser so I assume they prefer the softer squishier objects.