Bullet spoons for Kob?

[gert]

Hi guys


I'm new to this site and i see lot of topics about lure fishing.  My question thou is this what's your opinions about using bullet spoons for cob in areas like East London and i would like to know how big do you guys thing a gully must bee for catching cob in the surf when spinning for them?  thanks and any advice will be greatly appreciated.


regards Gert

[Manuel Junior]

 

[WalkersKiller]

Howzit Gert 

Bullet and S Spoons produce quite a few Kob along sandbanks and over them into the gullies in the EC, a 1 ounce bullet should do a good job... Look for the large Havoc lures that are weighted, deadly for Kob in the surf in the EC!

[Half-Pint]

While I'm not the best lure fishermen around I would focus on the s bend spoons. They are designed to be fished much slower than bullets and are therefore more suited to kob. Cast over the banks and allow to sink then retrieve very slowly allowing it to bump the bottom every now and again

[gert]

hi

Thanks for the tips my son once caught a cob at j-bay in the Havoc lure but it was a long time ago and me and him are trying to get into the game again.  I would also like to know how deep and how wide do you guys think the gully in front of the sand bank must be for good catches and what tide will be best for spinning for the cob with Rapala or spoons high tide, low tide, dropping or pushing tide thanks again for the info.


regards Gert

[REEFMAN]

This is what Tommo says:

http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,4517.0.html
Spinning for Kob

Kob will take slow moving lures, especially those that swim near or on the bottom with lots of vibration. Spoons retrieved slowly so that they bump the bottom occasionally are successful for this fish, as are weighted swimming plugs, also retrieved fairly slowly. Swimming plugs with rattles have an advantage over those without. Leadhead jigs, dressed either with bucktail, or preferably with a plastic grubtail or fish body with plenty of vibration are also succesful, especially if worked slowly and allowed to make plenty of contact with the bottom. Yellow seems to be the best colour for plastics when fishing for kob. Obviously when using lures and making contact with the bottom one should try and fish over sand, otherwise you will lose lures. Lure fishing at night is particularly successful for kob. There are anglers in the Eastern Cape who specialize in throwing lures for kob at night with great success. When fishing swimming plugs over scattered reef and sand it is advisable to use a floating swimming plug, weighted with lead wire wrapped around the shanks of the hooks. The plug should be weighted so that it still floats when at rest. This means that if the lure runs into rock the angler can immediately stop retrieving and the lure will float up, enabling the angler to carefully draw it over the rocks. When using weighted plugs, use plugs equipped with a big lip, preferably concave in shape. The added weight robs lures of most of their action, big lipped lures retain a certain amount of action, whereas small lipped lures tend to run straight once weighted, with very little wobble to attract fish. When planning to fish at night for kob it is a good idea to visit the spots where you plan to fish during daylight for a recconaisance. Get a clear picture of where the holes are and where there are rocks. Learn the layout of the area with particular emphasis on your own safety in the dark. Things tend to look very different at night.




Also try the Rapala Glidin' Rap (10cm)

[Tommo]

Hi Gert, firstly welcome to Ultimate Angling! If you want to use spoons for kob, the two that seem to work really well are the Krocodile spoon, with its very pronounced S-Bend shape. This produces a great wobble at slow speeds, and can therefore be fished effectively deep down near the bottom. The Lucas spoon is also a very good kob spoon, and has caught many. It is a very straight spoon that casts very well, but seems to have an attractive action to kob at low speeds.
Bullet spoons rely on a fast rtrieve to give them action, so I don't think they would be a great kob lure. A slowly retrieved bullet spoon would probably be a bit like pulling in a sinker....
 
Don't be aftaid to try bucktail jigs and dropshots, worked with a whipping action. I deally you want to fish this way over sand, as you will lose a lot of tackle fishing over reef, as you want your lure to make regular contact with the bottom. If you are fishing a gully between the shore and a bank in the surfline it is usually most productive if the distance is arounf 50 to 70 metres (gully width) this varies and of course kob will move into very shallow water, particularly at night.
 
Best of luck with catching some of those kob, and remember to leave some for next time!

[gert]

hi


Thanks for the tips that already gives me a bit of backbone about how to fish for these fish on rapala my son is going to Cintsa on Tuesday just North of East London.  Thanks again.


regards Gert