Casting lures in estuaries is a fun option when the weather prevents you heading outside. It’s also an exciting and productive means of catching fish in its own right. Floating diving minnows and soft plastics have long been favourites with creek casters but the variety of techniques and lure styles is growing along with the range now available to Aussie anglers. Sinking lures are now turning heads and catching quality fish.

Sinking lures are best used with thin lines. This reduces any belly in the line, gives you more chance of detecting strikes and also facilitates a faster sink rate. It’s important that you concentrate on your line whenever the lure is in the water, watching and feeling for any signs of unusual line movement. Strike at anything that makes the line move or feels unusual.

Using your line as a bite indicator is just one of the many subtle tricks to catching more with this style of lure.