Confidence Lure Fishing

[crabcrusher]

Gday there ,
We all have one ambition when we go out for a fish , and that is to catch a fish , be it decent or an absolute horse .Most of us hope that by the end of a session we have at least a couple of rippers in the live well , if not a stable full of fine looking thouroughbreds. Every Bream angler has there thought and ways of how such a feat should be acheived , different technique as well as lure selection . But when it comes to the crunch , and a fish cant be landed , there is one lure that you may insist works . My favourite plastic is the Atomic Green /Gord, favourite Hard Body , is yet to be decided as they all work .Although , it would have to be as Strike pro . I love the Eco , but can fish more confidently with The pros .. So i was wondering if i could get everyones feedback on their favourite "CONFIDENCE" lures . Namely just two , 1 SP Favourite , and 1 Hard body favourite . It will be interesting to see what lure and color will come out trumps.. Cheers Nick

[yellow door 1]

sp - watermelon pearl bass minnow

hb - translucent light brown eco gear

I know they're not particularly original choices but they work for me

[bubba]

Alot of the time the "confidence lure" is what you have caught on in different rivers.
For instance I use 2 inch powergrubs in pumpkinseed in the swan. If im fishing the blackwood I use 3 inch Bass Minnows in Emerald Shiner. Walpole I will use River 2 Sea in the gold/Orange. The Murray is a ****************ful river (for me anyway) but I use Dan Magrath's Attack in the Brown trout.
Now these are my go to lures when what ever else Im using doesnt work.
The problem with confidence lures is that if you dont catch on them you can lose the focus needed for comp fishing.
Something I have found recently that helps is prefishing oldschool style.
By that I mean go back to the lures that worked 18 months ago for you. Things like 2inch Bassmaster grubs or Sneaky Scorps. Use stuff that was around before the new fad of SX40's (an overated lure for my books) etc came out.
I feel this works for me and others. Look at Tim Morgan in the Grand Final. He used a lure that he had confidence in at Forster. The Crawdad fatgrub. He may not use it at any other river (you would have to ask him that) because something else works for him.

[crabcrusher]

Definantly hear you Bubba.

[yellow door 1]

I know I was generalizing but I was only doing what I was told

[deacon]

i am with bubba on this one i fish diffrent lures in different rivers.

the hay river
hb. brown trout dk -6
sp. pumpkinseed atomic fat grub

kalgan
hb. r2s shad 45 gold
sp. pumpkinseed eye ball tail

king
hb. r2s shad 45 gold
sp. pumpkinseed bass minnows

walpole
hb. lazer pro 45 new crawfish or king brown.
sp. bloodworm snap back jerkbait.

deacon

[Conehead]

hb

Hard to go past the RMG scorp 35 or SP pygmy.

sp.

Atomic 2'' fat grub/2. 75 paddletail.

[Bream Addict]

notto original for me either

hb,guppy sx40
sp,ecogear grassminnow pink colour

[lure_muncher]

Im currently happy with Atomic 2" Fat Grubs.
HB- I dont have a preference

How do those paddle tails go, Ryan? I like their looks.

[Conehead]

It's a silvery fleckeld baitfish imo.

The paddletails work when the fish are a bit spooky'!

[panger]

My Current but unoriginal confidence lures:
SP: Rainbow bass minnow
HB: Red/gold SX-40

My Old Skook confidence lures:
SP: Motor Oil Bassmaster grub
HB: Red tiger attack

My big bream confidence lures:
SP: Juro longtail minnow
HP: None yet

[crabcrusher]

So far there is a pretty vast mix in colors and lure selection .. Good to hear...