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I've been having a play with the wrasse in the kayak, with mixed and unexpected results.
Firstly I had great success using spindleworms and xorus sayori shads but the drawback was the heavy tackle losses and so expense.
Plus those ballans make a meal of 'em too!
So I got a selection of likely looking SPs at the buget end of the scale.
The top 4 are some really nice lugworm patters (well maybe not the silver one). These I tried on dropshot but were, suprisingly, a waste of time.
Next is the slug-go ss, had a couple on these and they do look great on the dropshot.
Next 2 are some paddle tail shads which were very successful, 4.5" long fished on a dart jighead.
Next one down is a sow tail bay shrimp, like a shad and the wrasse loved these too!
Bottom 2 are the expensive sayori shad and spindleworm, great lures but lose 10 and wear a black armband for a week!
The only problem I've found is getting a solid hookup using 4/0 jigheads and this size SP.
I've got another load of smaller stuff on it's way including really lifelike prawna and crawfish (squat lobsters methinks).
I'll let you all know how it goes, I'm really enjoying this!
Firstly I had great success using spindleworms and xorus sayori shads but the drawback was the heavy tackle losses and so expense.
Plus those ballans make a meal of 'em too!
So I got a selection of likely looking SPs at the buget end of the scale.

The top 4 are some really nice lugworm patters (well maybe not the silver one). These I tried on dropshot but were, suprisingly, a waste of time.
Next is the slug-go ss, had a couple on these and they do look great on the dropshot.
Next 2 are some paddle tail shads which were very successful, 4.5" long fished on a dart jighead.
Next one down is a sow tail bay shrimp, like a shad and the wrasse loved these too!
Bottom 2 are the expensive sayori shad and spindleworm, great lures but lose 10 and wear a black armband for a week!
The only problem I've found is getting a solid hookup using 4/0 jigheads and this size SP.
I've got another load of smaller stuff on it's way including really lifelike prawna and crawfish (squat lobsters methinks).
I'll let you all know how it goes, I'm really enjoying this!