Zman Grubz

LachieH · #1 18-05-2015, 09:03 AM

Hi everyone, I'm starting to do more fishing with lures and right now it's all about the Zman Grubz for me. I mostly hang off the bank on the yak about 20m out, just casting small 1/20 ounce waited Grubz, and slowly twitching back with a 4lb fluoro leader and 4lb fins braid. The thing that I want to know it how do people work the lure differently? I think it's a lure that can do everything, heard of people jigging, twitching, slowly reeling in and many more. The other thing I need to know is how effective are the different techniques?
While I'm making the move from bait to lures, I personally like twitching the grubz because you can let it sit on the bottom and on the pause you feel the tap tap bights of a flathead or the bang and run of a bream.

Thanks,
Lachie

Slazmo · #2 18-05-2015, 09:19 AM

Hey mate the ZMans are doing well for me also. However the packs are getting smaller and prices I've noticed have climbed slightly also.

Just received a care package from Stuart from Hooked On Plastics and these are amazing and come in a wider assortment of colours - really eye opening to the diversity of a custom made bait.

Edit: 20150519 - HOP Plastics picture. He made these packs up for me based on my area and he was quiet thorough with the colours selected. As I have quiet a turbid river that I live near.
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Yet to use my grubs but sure these will work just as well if not techniques seem to vary from place to place and time to time but the subtle working of these lures for me works best. Then in other sides it seems that no movement works like on the drop gets them smashed near the bottom - had one large flattie hit a tiny squidgy as it slowly fell to the bottom. Then some people will say violent retrieval will work. Mix it up and see what works for you for that particular day or time as things can and will change.

Welcome to the world of luring mate - make sure you have a safe word or a support person to talk to when you buy too many or allow them to say when enough is enough...

Partizan Fk · #3 18-05-2015, 05:42 PM

+1 on the hooked on plastics they are great colors and swim great.As Slazmo said Zman have reduced the pack size from 10-8 and didnt reduce the price.Not imressed.Must be like the Tim Tams or Big Macs its for our health lol

Stu at hooked on does some great things and has a great deal at the moment with a grub pack and box or you can mix it up with some paddle tails.
you can find him on face book.
As for retrieve you doing great small hops,double hops,you can do a slow retrieve you can let it sit there for a while and do small shakes there are heaps of ways there isnt one way as slaz said just keep mixing it up until you find which one works.

saratoga14 · #4 18-05-2015, 06:40 PM

Can only endorse what others have said re HOOKED ON PLASTICS .. great lure .. esp the UV models ... fantastic service .. I fished with others using Gulp etc and caught just as many if not more .. value for money!
Cheers Saratoga (Steve)

Slazmo · #5 18-05-2015, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Partizan Fk

As Slazmo said Zman have reduced the pack size from 10-8 and didnt reduce the price.Not imressed.

When I wrote to them asking why when I first saw the reduced packs in store - very early on in the piece where there still were 10 packs with the new 8 packs in front of them.

I asked them whats the basis behind the reduced qty count and the same cost. They said that people wanted this change and werent fussed about loosing 2 count per pack and the elazatech* material they used wasnt really supporting the 10 packs as people were saying that they were having difficulties using most of the bodies in the pack. So they reduced the numbers per pack usually 10 to 8 and 8 to 6 counts...

Sounds like the marketing team caught the dumb that day - were all savvy enough to see whats going on. Great product yes, for the sheer durability, but a pain in the posterior with applying to some jig heads!!! However the lesser numbers of product per pack and the same price and in some places recently I have noticed that the price has gone up again by a couple of dollars...

Sure am going to give Stuarts Hooked On Plastics a good run! And at least these aren't going to eat through my other plastics and deform my lure boxes...

Partizan Fk · #6 18-05-2015, 10:28 PM

+Im with you Andrew im over getting rorted and being given the big one.
I like the opal shad color it goes a nice pink purple unser water.Im going to ask Stu to make a Keitech color with a purple fleck its as if the fleck is aligned and when you moove it it as if its hologrphic