Fishing with SLAM soft baits is extremely effective when targeting species like john dory. This is a huge advantage as the john dory is usually only available to those using live baits.

If you come across signs of bait fish either on the surface or on the sounder then it is quite likely that a john dory is lurking somewhere close by.

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John dory love hanging out in weed line situations where weed and sand exist together. Here, the john dory will hang ready to ambush an unsuspecting bait fish passing by.
Alternatively they could be swimming within a school of bait fish and this can be anywhere in the coastal environment.
One other place you can expect to get the odd john dory is from the shore and casting a soft bait around from the rocks or beach can produce the goods.

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