Favourite Hard Body

[Matt]

The use of Hard Bodied lures for Bream has been somewhat overshadowed of late by the Soft Plastics craze, but there are definately some situations where the use of a minnow is a must. My personal collection has really dwindled over the last year. Tackle store visits involve restocking plastic and jig heads but I cant remember the last time I purchased a new minnow meaning that losses aren't being made good.
I have decided it is time to restock the Hard Bodied area of my "FTSR" (fishing tacle storage room) and to that end I would like to know what are everybodies favourite's?
Personally I love the Attacks, specifically in Purple and Rainbow Trout

Cheers
Matt

[Richo]

G`Day Matt,

Very Interesting question - at this stage Id have to say the sneaky scorpion in the CrawFish, as it has claimed my last 2 decent fish. But since Albany Ive developed a soft spot for the sinking Gold n Orange back scorpion (which got my fish in Albany) and the OarG ripper in JG (looks dynamite in the water), and also my collection is on the rise with 2 more added this week.

I was someone who totally wrote them off previously but now can`t get enough of them. And like yourself gotta add another box to store them. I reckon my mind will no doubt change the more I use them, I know bear and some of the guys reckon the Attacks are super... just gotta keep chucking them.

Cheers

Richo

[chris_lemess]

Yo Zuri Snap Shad in gold/black back. Awesome little lure!

By the way, WA guys - Campbell's has a huge box of snap shads @ $9.95 each until they run out. I suggest grab a few because Yo Zuris aren't going to be brought in to Aus any more...

Chris

[Bear]

Maybe that's a grab for Warren. Breammaster Yo Zuris :-)

I still find it hard to go past the Attack in Breammaster gold in deeper water. In shallow water I go with Chris, grab a Yo Zuri. I like the Our Gee in Gold as well.

[Dave W]

Favorite hardbody of all time.....

I'd have to say the old style Bennet/McGraph(sp) in red with the black tail spot - I've still got a few but they don't get much of a swim anymore, I don't want to loose them.

I like the Rebel Wee Frog and Crickhopper in summer - you think Bass have explosive surface takes, wait till you get your first Bream

I've got a ton of different small hard bodies that I use for Bream - the last time I used any of them I just kept working my way through them to see what worked, that's the reason we need soooo many

Cheers,

[Dan Stead]

There is no doubt about it that Oar-Gees are my favourite.

I pre-fished with Matt Fraser at Taree for the B.R.E.A.M. Grand Final, and if we weren't fishing Atomic Craws in the snags, we were fishing the racks with Oar-Gees in colours JG (my favourite) or BR, which Matt found out to be a fairly desirable colour for the bream.

I fished a few different hardbodies when pre-fishing, and another lure close to my heart was the Teeny Wee Craw in the Stream Crawfish colour (twc 60). I found that this fished better when the water was clear.

Although we found lure colour and type to be very important, long casts when fishing in clear water was a necessity.


Dan.

[PECKER]

The attacks and oargees have also worked well for me but if you are after a hard body that works over racks then the smilin jack raw prawn is not a bad budget option but remember to remove the bottom hook.:

[Kris]

Heya all,
For my two bits worth i'd have to say my fav. hardbody for bream is........ 5cm "floating Rapala Original".The colour is orange. Still have one in my tackle box but I'm scared to use it for fear of losing it.
These lures are pretty hard to find so if you see one grab it.
Caught my first bream on one of these about 15 years ago totally by accident and have pretty much used them all the time since.
anyway ,
cheers,
Kris

[Matt]

The old Rapala hey, its amazing that the original Rapala F5 Minnow is still the benchmark by which most hard bodied minnows are judged. I have not purchased a new one in many years but still have quite a few older ones that I run occasionally. In fact the orange one you mentioned Kris we used to modify by painting red/brown dots on them so they represented Brown Trout for use in the Alpine Lakes, these modified Rapala's caught more than a few Bream aswell.

Cheers
Matt

[MickC]

Good question Matt,
Although I have done pretty well on Attacks,especially the Fire-Tiger pattern,I would have to rate the Rebel Crawdad in the medium size as my favourite.My colour choice is brown back with orange underside.
Most of my bigger Bream caught on hardbodies have taken this lure.
When I take a beginner bream spinning with h/b's,it's the lure I get them to use.A mate of mine ,second time ever Bream spinning,pulled a 46cm horse from the Hawksbury oyster racks while we were doing a recon for the September S/fish Bream comp.
IMO,the high pitched rattle is a real bream magnet in discoloured water.You do need to change the hooks on these lures though.

Mick

[geoff_abrams]

my rebel crickhopper has accounted for heaps of bream around the central coast so has smilinjacks raw prawn

[Daniel_Folley]

while fishing around the central coast with hardbodies targeting bream and flatties my rebal crickhopper in yellow has caught a large number of bream and i like using manns5+ and attack lures for flathead.

[Ross L]

Apart from attacks, scorpions, orgees and crawdads that have been mentioned I've had heeps of luck with the small cottoncordel
Big O in the green perch patern. In fact my missus got a ripper in the Clyde on it . About 1.4kgs and I'm still hear'n about it
10 months later.

Ross

My favourite crankbait is the Taylor made Little nugget. A small lure that dives quick and comes up just as quick. Attacks, scorpions just dont dive quick enough for my purposes. The oargee stable have a few good crankbaits as well.

[MickC]

Yeh; RossL, I have used the Cotton Cordell in the two smallest sizes and they have taken some nice Bream.Did you mean the smallest or the next size up ,the small one has no rattle,not that that matters,I'm just trying to ID which one you meant.
Another hot little Bream lure is the Bomber Little Fat A, a bit hard to cast far ,but deadly in the right situation.It has a really small profile with high pitched rattle.
I've been looking around for one, but they are seldom seen unfortunately.

Mick