best bream soft plastics

[dantheman]

these are my best bream soft plastics to date , just wanting every one else's opinion cheers dan

[panger]

Are those sliders and atomic fat grubs? My favourites are bass master grubs.

[nifty]

Dan. The softies you have a fine, try to get a stock up of muscadine, motor oil, and pumpkinseed sliders, also have a look at the ecogear softies, keep the size to about the 2inch ones to start with,have a good look at the online store and you can always ask people like Geof p, bear, Ravin etc. read some of the past post re. colours and types to get a better idea. Neville

[dantheman]

Panger ,,, yep they are sliders and atomics,, i find these the best..but thats just what works for me


NIffty..
i have all the ones u have said, but those for me seam to out fish the other's you said, as a fish around the docklands and so on,,,their also awsome on port philip bay pinkies,,, '
cheers dan

[panger]

I like the sliders as well. I've caught fish on atomics, but I don't have the confidence in them as I do with smaller profile single tails. I've had at least a couple sessions where I've not been able to get fish with the atomic and then use a smaller plastic and get hit straight away, only to go back to the atomic later on and no hits again. I know the atomics work fine but I've got it wired in my brain from these couple experiences. Now I'm trying to force myself to fish with bigger plastics to prove they do work, and build up some confidence with them. They just gotta work, other guys win comps with them.

[dantheman]

Panger . your totaly right, whenever i catch a fish on a certant type i seam to use them as a first all the time , i normaly allways start with my favorite lure/soft plastic if its quite ill change to the large range that just builds up in the tackle boxes,haha thats fishing any way good luck ,,

cheers dan

[dantheman]

i think these are a very good colour on the flats ,,, number 1 choice,, the atomic fat grub,, i think the fish think its a small prawn or shrimp and the squidgie is also a good colour,, and good on the flats
cheers dan:D

[Evileye]

hey dan my best colours for bream are the 2 inch amber fat grub and chatreuse shad, they have that bright green tail. i also use some sliders in sunshrimp and have got follow ups on them.

Ashley

[captn' squinty]

my fave is a two inch motor oil single tail... has red flecks. looks great with sun shinin off it. accounted for most my fish in the brisbane area. they unfortunatly do not sell it online here. ???cheapest sp i have too 10 bucks for 50 lures!

[Dave W]

Just something you guys may be interested in if you've got the opportunity.

Next time you're fishing, grab a few different coloured plastics and hold them up so the Sun shines through them - you'll be surprised at how similar some look, and how different the colour is in others. A Brown Crawdad Atomic looks very similar to an Amber, for instance, and a Bloodworm Squidgie Wriggler looks almost a clear yellow / pink.

Makes you think about how they look in the water from underneath with the Sun shining down ;)

Cheers,

[panger]

Dave W,
interesting point. Maybe we should be considering using different colour selections when fishing out in the sun as compared to in shade/cloud cover.

[pw-bream]

It is suprising how some bright, direct sun can really affect the way soft plastics look, last Sunday while getting some excercise (but no fish) along the banks of the Anglesea River I was using an Atomic Fat Grub in the Pumpkinseed/Red fleck colour, occasionally I would see tiny, brilliant, scintillating flashes from the red mirror flecks as the lure came back close to me in the shallows, yet before that I would have said these were some of the dullest grubs I'd seen.

[panger]

Yup I've noticed the same thing with those pumpkinseed atomics.

I got some of those cheap Kokoda K grubs. They looked a fairly drab green out of the water. Once I put them in the water they glowed fluro green. I wasn't impressed. Started trying to change the colours on them now.

[Simon]

I don't think there is such a thing as the best plastic/s. I think it relates to something mentioned earlier.

CONFIDENCE

ie confidence in that colour means you work the lure properly and mix up you retrieves until you find the right one rather than work the lure the same until you find the right colour.


80 -90 % method 10-20% colour.

Mind you some lures action is just all wrong


Cheers

Simon

[dantheman]

Simon,, if you have read or you have mis. read my first post it said my best .. not every ones best i was just asking for every ones opinion thats all..

cheers dan

[Dell]

My top 3 favourite lures for bream would be in the following order

1. Berkley 3" Bassminnow in pearl watermelon
2. Squidgy wriggler 65mm in bloodworm cut down into a thinner profile.
3. squidgy wriggler 65mm in killertomato

[Honest bob]

I would have to agree with Dell my first go to lure is the BM 3" pearl watermelon, i'm comfortable with it and I know if there are bream around they'll have ago at it Its a confidence thing. regards.

[nabs]

I love it as well caught my first bream on it and seems to be one of the best...well one of the more succesful colours in the Bassminnows....They are definately my fav Plastic.
1- 3inch Bassminnow in pearl watermelon
2- 2inch Bassminnow in Smelt
3- Atomic Fat grub in Amber..

Those are just Plastics that have been most succesful for me..

[wadey]

in my opinion the best softies come from the more expensive shops like crazy clarks....sure they wont last as long but hey who cares....:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

:confused:
now u are really scaring me:(

[crabby]

my faves are as follows:

1. Prl Watermelon power bait
2. gulp sandworm
3.snapbacks-any

[ruski]

Originally posted by nabs12

3- Atomic Fat grub in Amber..


Awesome placcy!

My favourite for sure! <-- see bream in av. :D

Haven't had much luck with the bass minnows on the bream, I've just got a lot more confidence with the 2" grubs.. Maybe my action is more suited to the grubs :confused:

[breamn]

i love the berkley 3 inch power minnows, they always produce fish for me "always".

scott

[wadey]

mate i dont know anyone that hasnt said that berkley power minows havent worked for them i think there probably the best lure to hit the market ever

[breamn]

yeah, another favourite of mine is the atomic fat grub pumpkin seed. and eye ball tails pearl colour

[chiefshaka]

Hi all,

This is my first post on this site, and some of the fellas have similar preferences to mine:

1. 3" bass minnow in pearl watermelon
2. 3" bass minnow in pearl blue
3. 6" gulp sandworm natural
4. SX40 hard body

cheers

Chief

ps. They all work well in the Derwent, Scamander and............................................... .........every other place that holds bream here.