Anyone catch bream on PX45 in rivers around Melbourne?

[CHUNQX]

The concept of these prawny looking surface lure are great, but have anyone got good results on them in Melbourne rivers such as the Yarra, Maribyrnong, Patterson, Werribee etc?

[pat1992]

i tried them on the yarra on a flat under a bridge with one hit from a 30cm bream.

[ruski]

We used to fish them a bit when they first came out. Our biggest locally went 39 (think we have 2 @ 39 on them). We got the better fish right at dawn when it was still a bit dark

[FishBandit94]

px 45's are my go to surface lure in glassy conditions but i live in the sunshine coast so im not much help.

[The G factor]

ive tried them within melbourne with not much luck, even in very shallow water ( less than 2 feet deep) I havent had much success as I have had on other lures.

Saying that they look awesome and should catch fish if the fish are feeding near the surface

[Emo]

I've used them a few times and caught fish on them but not overly productive IMO. Try low light and windless conditions and give em plenty of pauses to improve hookup.

[cobby]

2 second Walk, pop and pause... That said, I've only tried it twice and managed one. There are more productive ways to get some fish, but always handy to have and try when all else fails

[ruski]

Originally Posted by Emo

Try low light and windless conditions and give em plenty of pauses to improve hookup.

And cut the feelers down to hang about 1cm below the trebles, otherwise you'll get a lot of takes where the bream just grab the feelers...

[isaac.chopper]

Originally Posted by Emo

I've used them a few times and caught fish on them but not overly productive IMO. Try low light and windless conditions and give em plenty of pauses to improve hookup.

in tassie every bream ive caught on the px's smack them when you wind them? if you pause they hardly eat it? strange tassie bream, great lure though

[Danmaso]

hi chunxq i ran into you at pattos on sat morning i believe... my mate i was fishing with has had good success with them... how did u end up after sat morning? get onto many?

[FishBandit94]

Originally Posted by isaac.chopper

in tassie every bream ive caught on the px's smack them when you wind them? if you pause they hardly eat it? strange tassie bream, great lure though

true. when i walk them at a steady pace they seem to smash them and hook up first hit. but when i give it pauses i get a lot of boils behind it and less hook ups. it just depends on how the fish are feeding.

[BreamSpider]

haeppssss!!!!

[CHUNQX]

Originally Posted by BREAMCRAFT3000

Tomorrow I'm going to buy some PX45's and head to the Nong! They are a cool looking lure and I bet they are real fun!!!!!!!!!

So, have you caught any bream off the nong with the PX45s?

[Pigdog]

Whats best retrieve with the
PX45/55 .. Ive been just winding the Px55
quickly and flicky rod tip for whiting.

Do you use a loop knot with them ?


Pig