This soft plastic never lets you down FISHING FRENZY

An awesome fishing session was crazy productive with heaps of catches using ultra light gear and soft plastics. Captured some awesome footage. Using an oldie but a goodie soft plastic a staple favourite of many. The ever reliable Z-man 2.5 inch grub in midnight oil and motor oil rigged on a 1/20 hws jig head. Has to be one of my favourite soft plastics of all time that never lets you down and is great for a whole range of fish species including bream, pinky snapper, snook, trevally, flathead, salmon, flathead, and so much more in the bay, estuaries and also the lakes and rivers.
Fishing Gear Used
Zman Grubz 2.5 inch midnight oil and motor oil
hws 1/20 jig head
4 lb line and leader
Millerod twitch freak
Daiwa Luvia LT 2000s
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[@johnsipolis]

Good morning session Alan, i'm amazed how you can pull those fish in using line that light especially that trevally. That grub is my go to lure, caught many fish on that. Good one mate.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks John, yeah always a few intense moments with 4 lb line and leader and 1-3kg rod, but that's all part of the fun. yep the grub has always been an outstanding soft plastics choice.

[@calamarikid6666]

Awesome vid! Your the reason I've taken up SP fishing and it's bloody great on light gear. Great work 👍

[@fishingmad]

Great to hear! Thank you so much for the big complement. Trust me you'll love our next vid coming soon which is a lengthy one of all the soft plastic fishing techniques.

[@Galo1908mg]

Hello mate! Ive noted hundreds of mullets coming up the river these days. I just used bread as floating bait and catch a huge one for lunch. So happy about the mullets. Even though Ive never cath anything by using soft plastics 😢

[@Doodsy1975]

Good to see my fellow podcaster getting int the fish too.

[@fishingmad]

Yes indeed !! Thanks fellow podcast host. Gotta get you on a yak one of these days

[@JJFishingCrazy]

Dammmmmm I’m not first this time, I was having dinner:( lol. This is gonna be another great viddd!

[@fishingmad]

LOL youll get it next time. This ones great im sure you will enjoy it. Whats for dinner ?

[@JJFishingCrazy]

Chips, chops and salad!😂😀

[@jaredbuttigieg]

Awesome video Alan 👍🏼 went fishing on the boat near point cook on Saturday. Caught some decent size flat head. Biggest one was 60cm

[@fishingmad]

wow 60cm is awesome especially around Point Cook. What did you get it on bait or plastic ?

[@jaredbuttigieg]

Got it on some squid

[@fishingmad]

Awesome well done, 60cm is amazing for that part of the bay

[@jaredbuttigieg]

Yea, it’s the biggest one I’ve ever caught to be honest

[@KK-gj9ds]

Liked the video before I watched it and I was not disappointed! Looks like a great sesh! I wish we can get decent size pinkies here in Sydney inshore area.

[@fishingmad]

THANK YOU yeah pinkies here are very hit and miss too. We get plague volumes of tiny ones in many areas so good to find spots where they are 35cm and above consistently. Thanks for watching and supporting

[@fishwithchris03]

Nice plastic bro , love the scream on that reel.🦑🦑🐠🦑👍👌✌️

[@Swwa89]

Love using my 1.5-3kg rod so sensitive and fun!!!! Makes even a small fish feel big saying that have caught some proper fish on it. I do have a heap of those ZMan grubs in motor oil colour maybe it's time to try the plastic fishing!!!

[@fishingmad]

Yep the 1.5-3 kg rods are so much fun. As you said makes catching the smaller fish an enjoyable sport. 100% give the plastics a go they work great

[@craigstockton3103]

Been using grubs for decades. I use a Phenix 8 ft rod with 5lb Pline floroclear line. Best outfit for light line fishing for 1 to 4 lb fish.

[@danielmeehan1509]

Alan the grub is lethal and great for people new to plastics because it is so versatile and i love it. But also the gulp 3 or 4inch turtle back worm is a killer. I've caught, snapper, flathead salmon, whiting, bream and wrasse land based on one or the other. I caught a king goerge whiting no bigger than a turtle back worm on the turtle back. That's how affective they are. In short they are awesome.😁

[@fishingmad]

100% agreed with exactly what you said. Those are my 2 favourite goto plastics and I' too have caught just about everything imagine using them. The 7 inch turltebacks are also fantastic too.

[@cyrilstevenson5833]

Thanks for showing us the soft plastics to use/ Not just the scenery

[@pa1264]

Great session👍😁🐟

[@fishingmad]

Thanks 👍

[@LightspeedTutorials]

green twister tair is also one of my top favs, works for zander, perch, pike in NE-EU

[@fishingmad]

I wish we got Zander here in Aus, they are so aggressive and look like lots of fun to catch

[@dragginmedown]

You love the lagoon mate. Some good garies around there in winter

[@fishingmad]

100% next few vids will be at different locations to keep showing variety

[@anthonya1300]

Good vid as always mate keep it up 👍 time for me to try the plastics down corinella way!

[@fishingmad]

Thank you, yeah you really have to pick your moments when fishing with plastics around Corinella because of the strong tidal flow, which can make the finesse stuff tough. But some amazing fish that way.

[@anthonya1300]

@@fishingmad hopefully I get lucky, your videos keep me inspired to catch!

[@calamarikid6666]

@ anthony A hang in there mate, it just takes one good session on the plastics and you won't look back, it's so much fun!

[@anthonya1300]

@@calamarikid6666 I've heard, but never had success, but won't give up 🤙😁

[@fishingmad]

I hope so too, I'm sure you'll get there. Takes some time to get comfortable with it but once you start catching with plastics its amazing. My next vid will be a very detailed step by step guide on plastics fishing so stay tuned for that which should be helpful.

[@bentaylor9795]

I was just watching one of your other vids when this popped up. Perfect timing..

[@fishingmad]

LOL perfect timing. Enjoy the vid !!

[@nicholasfenton7522]

Great video mate

[@fishingmad]

Thanks 👍

[@josephaerialphotography6734]

Great video Alan where is this place?

[@leopfishing2110]

Awesome vid 👍

[@fishingmad]

Thanks! Leo much appreciated

[@refaiabdeen5943]

Cheers Mate.

[@fishingmad]

Thanks

[@stevenlin7938]

Great video👍 I usually use a 1/8 or 1/4 jig head as current always pushes the lure away from my target zone before it hits the bottom. Plus it helps to cast further… I wonder if you also use 1/20 when doing land base?

[@fishingmad]

All depends on the system your fishing and species your targeting. Eg if im land base fishing for bream 100% im using 1/16 or 1/20 maybe 1/12 using the wind to my advantage where i can. In high current situations for things like flathead than must drop down to heavier like 1/4, 1/6, 1/8 to get the plastic down to the strike zone

[@stevenlin7938]

@@fishingmad thanks for the insights! Very helpful👍

[@flynnmcguane5790]

I got a front row seat to the GOAT was great to see you out at my local spot bit angry i didn’t come up and say hi I didn’t want to get in the way keep killing it 🐟

[@fishingmad]

Thanks !! Don't ever hesitate to come over and say hello, I'm always happy to stop and have a chat.

[@peternohlmans3388]

Hi Alan where is this place located looks good guys

[@Rsquirres]

Hello, whereabouts is this? What colour jig head and grub do you use? I’m in Perth and can’t seem to catch many

[@fishingmad]

Victoria based, was using a 1/20 hws jighead and Zman grub in motor oil.

[@martindekorte6732]

Great Vlog again mate, how good is the Twitch Freak 👌I use mine on PPB for pinkies with a 1000 size reel .

[@fishingmad]

Yep agreed 100% the twitch freak is a magnificent rod. What 1000 reel are you running, I'm thinking of getting rid of the Luvias LT 2000 I love its light weight a few things about it frustrate me

[@martindekorte6732]

@@fishingmad hey mate I am running a 1000 size Vanford on it. A question for you , I have paired the Brawler with a 3000 Sustain have used it only twice but noticed that the drag is very sensitive as in two clicks more drag almost feels like locking it if you know what I mean .

[@TheHonro]

Perfect Muss territory! Im surprised you didn't use one!

[@fishingmad]

1000% perfect muss area, ill be fishing there next time with those solely to see how they go, but Im pretty confident they will do great

[@TheHonro]

@@fishingmad If you're going to use them, I strongly suggest you consider upping your leader. They get hit so hard they will snap you off on 4lb. We were getting busted off by bream on 10lb leader last weekend. Some Muss fishers use 20lb leader with them!

[@fishingmad]

Wow thats crazy, Thank you for the tip as knowing me id be going ultra light. Might be time to get the brawler and twin power out for that one

[@knjohd]

The 2.5 Motor oil Zman Grub / HWS jig is the 'estuary assassin' ...the commercial netters used to net across the entrance to that system before they were banned...also known as quite a sharky place back in the day so let us know if the drone catches any footage!

[@fishingmad]

Agreed the Zman grub and HWS is a killer setup. I didn't know about the netting there or sharks so thanks for letting me know. ill keep an eye on it 100% now.

[@xr5turbo1]

Do you apply scents on the soft plastics?

[@kettlebells-ez9xi]

like the new intro/outro

[@fishingmad]

Thank you, yeah I've really been assessing everything on the channel and really trying to trim down some of the bloat and make it all about the content and production. slowly getting there but the feedback has been really positive. I appreciate the feedback

[@davidmackenzie8903]

Do have any tips for stream trout on lures 😀

[@alanfiddick1887]

Gday mate I'm brand new to plastics. Just got a 6'6" Shimano Blue Romance 1-3 KG rod with Shimano Stradic 1000HG reel, also got a heap of ZMAN GRUBZ and SLIMSWIMZ in 2" also some BAITJUNKIE 2" GRUBS. I just wish the jig heads were sold in grams rather than imperial, i find it very confusing.

[@broklynsoheyl]

what place do you go to buy your lures/

[@lucast5964]

Awesome Session! I just have quick question though, when exactly do you set the hook for SP fishing? Is it at the first bite or after a few bites because I was doing some SP bream fishing and kept on getting bites and not hooking a fish and it's pretty heartbreaking at times.

[@fishingmad]

Great Question its something you just slowly master with experience. I tend to wait for the first few nibbles and when you feel the weight than strike and engage the hook. This can be different depending on the hook up. Eg some fish will just pick and play with the lure and you will feel little twitches but no weight so I just leave it there waiting for the weight before striking. Other times the fish smash the soft plastic and in those cases you load up straight away.

[@lucast5964]

@@fishingmad Yes I think I will need a bit more experience, the fish seems to be nibbling it too much, if it's not small fish then I suspect my jighead (1/12) being too heavy.

[@blackouthq4732]

@@lucast5964 1/12 should be fine but get the size 2 hooks they fit in breams mouths better. If u get a good bite but no hookup just pause and let it sink back down then start winding in really slow and hope it comes back but bream tend to spook pretty easily.

[@blackouthq4732]

@@lucast5964 Also u don't need to strike that hard just slowly apply pressure until u feel the weight like OP said. Some times I'll give a couple small tugs to really set the hook but I don't even know if that's necessary

[@waynebrown731]

If they are picky scent on the lure can help

[@noelandrews7509]

It's let me down every single time. Blowies love em tho lol

[@davidmackenzie8903]

I lost salmon on light jigging set up /was great fight /nearly had all line of the 1000 size reel ,then lost it on a snag .

[@dangoaicunghoa]

Your videos are interesting

[@theinventionsofmegsy3137]

i can never catch a fisjh on those. but the pumpkin minnow is killer

[@fishingmad]

Wow thats interesting, its always my goto which catches heaps, but agreed that pumpkin minnow is also very good.

[@IainHMcLean]

Nice video. Question: how does dropping your line weight improve hook ups? Is there a big difference between line weights even with braid when it all is pretty much the same size?

[@fishingmad]

Dropping the line weight makes a massive difference. It helps with casting accuracy and distance, it helps with sink rates of lightly weighted soft plastics and it helps leader shy fish like bream which are smart and finicky. You will be surprised dropping line and leader strength can help massive with catch rates. I take guys out fishing all the time and often they will ask how come your catching and I'm not and generally its because I'm fishing much lighter. We spent 25 minutes talking about this topic on our latest members podcast that will go live in a few days which might also be helpful.

[@IainHMcLean]

@@fishingmad thanks for the insight. Might have to go buy some new line...

[@nelayangeelong5865]

Awesome video yet again, Alan!! Enjoyed every moment of it right till the end!!👍👍👏👏👏Do you add any S-Factor to the grub you’re using? Does using S-Factor really help to catch more fish? Thank you!!🙏

[@fishingmad]

Great question, in this session I didn't use any s-factor that being said i always carry a few tubes with me and apply a small amount to the tail when the fishing gets a bit quiet. I can 100% help catch rates, just don't use to much of it.

[@Kiduk90]

Hey Alan, I wanted to know your opinion on using worm plastics + worm scent on beaches/flats for whiting. Do you think this is a viable method? Im also trying to learn how to catch beach worms to target them and was wondering if its worth burleying my fishing areas while using my SPs targeting the whiting?

[@fishingmad]

Yes it will work I'm sure. Whiting love worm soft plastic imitations just like this video highlights kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4CnpHmretGVf6M on the flats just need to get the jig head weight right. Plastics like the turtleback worms are already scented so you wont need to add any scent there.

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

I love soft plastic fishing especially when a fish smashes it

[@fishingmad]

Awesome !! I hope you enjoy the vid !!

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@fishingmad I sure do

[@kianglay7193]

It might be nothing but every time I watch your videos one thing I always notice and not a big fan of is the way you use the guides as a hook keeper.

[@fishingmad]

Yes, true its a bad habit. Most of the rods have rod keepers but i am guilty of using the guides when moving from spot to spot on the water

[@sercantunler4863]

Hi Allen what size Jig head?

[@fishingmad]

HWS 1/20 1-0 cheers

[@sercantunler4863]

Thank you allen

[@hakai7417]

Hey allan, I’m looking to buy a new lightweight rod for whiting, squid and maybe pinkies. My price range is 150 - 200 max $250 for rod and reel any suggestions?

[@fishingmad]

Heaps of great options at that pirce range. Atomic arrowz make some great affordable stuff, the new base model infeet another great options so do NS Amped II and at the entry level stuff like the raiders and Airds are always great value. otherwise try and see if you can pickup something like a zodias when they are o special. In our latest members podcast we spent 30 minutes talking about the best rods and reels under $200 might be worth a listen.

[@hakai7417]

@@fishingmad thanks for the help, any suggestions for 2500, 3000 reels for $100

[@paulgenevincent5564]

where are you fishing alan?

[@NoOne56488]

Still getting Pinkies this time of year?

[@fishingmad]

Yep 100% getting plenty of them. Its 18 degrees in the bay this will change a lot over the coming month or two.

[@danielmeehan1509]

Have you tasted snoek? If so are they alright eating?

[@fishingmad]

Yeah I'm not a massive fan of snook I usually keep them for gummy shark bait. I found them a tad flavourless and mushy. However I have a few mates who love them and eat them regularly, so maybe they know how to cook and prepare them better then me.

[@dillonmansur2008]

Where is this place anyone knows it boys?williamstown?

[@justintapner4976]

I would say willy

[@dillonmansur2008]

@@justintapner4976 looks like geelong but not too sure bro. Thanks for your replay mate

[@jasonjarrett4394]

@@dillonmansur2008 Avalon maybe

[@damianthompson6794]

Geelong grammar school lagoon.

[@dillonmansur2008]

Thanks mate

[@samwalsh27]

Why only half a paddle?

[@fishingmad]

Takes up less space, and I will be using my mirage drive or electric motor 99% of the time as were fishing in close to where we launch.

[@lesalbutt9716]

You all can't get on the spaceship

[@picking11111]

Intro is too long

[@gregoryschwartz6980]

Купи взрослые удочки и катушки хотя бы на 2500 и тогда перестанеш выглядеть клоуном с рыбешкой в 500грамм.......

[@AliKalu-l7f]

Купи себе сеть и не парься с удочками. Он ловит самую большую рыбу которая есть в этом заливе. То что он ловит, это то что живёт в этих водах и рыба как bream, travelly, snook (может под 2кг) king George whiting она изредка достигает 800гм-1кг. Про bream вообще забудь больше 40-45см в Порт Филипе потому что рыбацкое давление очень высокое. 😂 Лейкин катушки, как раз чем лучше рыбак тем меньше ему нужны диаметр шнура, поводка и катушки, а если клеще знаешь какая рыба водится и на что она спасло на так и подавно не нужно dрочится с 5-6000. Поэтому твой комент это тупость, лучше на хер и струну балалайки лови и не порти воздух.

[@gregoryschwartz6980]

@@AliKalu-l7f У кого ума хватило, тот понял, кто не понял - его проблемы, к стати после тебя , воздух не стал чище!