Lures – coastal and estuary waters

Coastal waters such as Gladstone Harbour, the front of facing Island and estuary waters such as Coliseum Bay, 7 mile, Port Alma and Turkey Beach all have transient and in some cases resident populations of a range of popular species including blue and king salmon, mangrove jack and fingermark, barred and silver grunter and of course flathead.

Reel Action vibes

Reel Action Vibes which work out at about $8 each including freight. For shallow water I select the 95mm with 20gram of weight and for deep water I go for 115mm with 45grams of weight

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Chatto’s soft plastics etc

I really enjoying making top pour soft plastics and am keen to share with fishonfly and fishonlure members the process of making soft plastics and will progressively add that information to this link.

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Coastal & Estuary Lures

This post is not a be all and end all of a selection for Coastal Waters and Estuary fishing just a starting point selection for you to give you some ideas and for your to build your selection on.

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Zerek Fish Trap Soft Vibe

This is a lure I have added to my Coastal and estuary lure box particularly for barred grunter. Grunter turn up in our estuaries and rivers during summer and will often stay there until heavy rain makes it too dirty for their liking. In times of low rain they may stay in their summer abode right through winter.

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