Best reddie plastics?

[bream_busta]

If you guys had to pick say three or four soft plastics to use on redfin in rivers, what would they be? I reckon mainly small grubs and things but what do you think? Thanks.
Photos will also help.

[Bear]

Hawgs
Bass Minnows
Yamamoto Senkos 3"

atomics work cause my dad caught one on a red and white atomic. not sure on the name
anything small or big works that is orange or red cause they love those two colours.
those fish are so aggressive, i remember my dad telling me he caught redfin on barra lures. (no joke)

[Bream Addict]

some of the little storm pre-rigged shags have worked well for me

[troy-the-boy]

Bug Ants.
Pad Tue.
Squidges Wrigglers ( Brown and Rainbow Trout ).


Troy

[bream_busta]

Thanks alot guys. How would i retrieve them?
Dont get me wrong, i catch reddies all the time on spinners and hardbodies, but lately they seem a little less aggressive towards my lures. So i'm thinking if they aren't in the mood to chase down a lure, they would probably have a go at some sort of plastic bounced along the bottom. Any thoughts?
Could soft plastics really fire up my somewhat dull fishing lately?

[troy-the-boy]

Instance 1: Seen a reddie follow a hard in but not to be seen again as I threw 15 diff hards at it. Wacked on a SP and second cast BANG I was on. Sadly the fish was lost due to my stupity but as I dropped the rod tip it's mate hit it and was landed. As far as a follow up ( change up ) they are tops. Since I have been using the Sp's I mentioned earlier my catch rate has increased. Here is a shot of the 2 reddies I coiuldn't raise a second time on hards.

[troy-the-boy]

As for retrieves I keep the Sp off the bottom in rivers. To many snags. I loose a few still but I catch more fish. The first couple of casts is spent working out the count down, this is where you will loose a few SP's. Then it is a matter of a couple of tweaks wait a sec or 2 then tweak a couple of times and wait a sec or 2 again, keep repeating this.
In lakes you can afford to rest the SP on the bottom for 4-5 secs. With Pad Tue's and Bug Ant's retrieve them by shaking the Sp just off the bottom for 2-3 metres then let it rest for 4-5 sec's, keep this retrieve going all the way back to the rod tip. Vary the retrieve if you know they are there but not taking the SP. Hope this helps a bit.
Troy

[DAGGA]

My 3 faviroutes would be:
Atomics (Amber, avacado gold, pumkinseed green and pumkinseed)
Bassminnows Cut down from 3" to a tiny mosquito fish size (Blue pearl shad)
Paramax "2

[bream_busta]

thanks guys, especially troy the boy. I shouldn't have to use a really light jighead with reddies should i? They are pretty mean little critters.

[bream_busta]

Troy the boy, what do you mean by 'shaking' the pad tues just off the bottom. Hope i don't sound like a compleat ameteur.

[troy-the-boy]

By shaking the plastic is pretty much just, you just shake the sh#t of the rod sideways in 4 or 5 cm whips while ever so slowly lifting the rod tip. Fish the lightest heads you can.
Troy

[bream_busta]

Thanks troy. Is there anything else i should know?

[DAGGA]

Yer sometimes redfin like it when you burn the lure past them it can turn them into a frenzy mode and sometimes letting the lure sit on the bottem for a while can be very effective!
Dont be afraid to use tiny lures on them also even though people say use big lures, i catch heaps of tiddlers and score a few bigguns along the way on cut down bassminnows and atomics.
My biggest is 43cm which was on a atomics (from memory)
I also got one on a bassminnow cut down to about 1" which was 37cm and then within the same week i got another one in a different dam at the same size on a atomics fat grub.
Bigguns tend to like to pick it up off the bottem.

[DAGGA]

Heres a monster!