jiron 81 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 What your favorite/go to lure or plastic for redfin im thinking of getting some blades or 3" grubs but not sure what color Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meppstas 4,956 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Most metal blade spinners ( Vibrax, Celtas & Mepps ) work well on them as do small hard body lures... Here's one that I caught in the Mersey River a couple of seasons ago on a F-3 Rapala rainbow pattern, This river never had Redfin in it before, found out it had come from a farm dam that someone had put the redfin into. Thankfully I haven't caught one in the Mersey River since.. Redfin Perch taken on a Rapala F-3, Mersey River at Merseylea back in 2014 cheers Adrian BarneyB, lofty64 and Tinker 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BarneyB 1,939 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Copper blade spinners with red wool on the hooks used to work well for me, was a long time ago though. Meppstas, Tinker and Muddy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AquaticResearch1 1,046 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Small blades or 2.5 inch Zmans are the go in general. If you're only buying one type, consider where you'll be fishing. In Dams the blades are great for casting and catch plenty of fish. In creeks + rivers the grubs are more snag resistant and are able to be worked slower. Also not as hard on the pocket when you inevitably lose a few. Tinker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Spinners and small blades up the Warren where I need to cover distance with my casts. In rivers and streams, small HB vibes, and weedless rigged SP grubs and worms in the snaggy stuff. And Barney's suggestion of red wool is good advice, redfin go crazy for the colour red. BarneyB and Meppstas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meppstas 4,956 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Here's a few pic's of some decent size redfin perch... A Bullen Merri monster.. 48 cm redfin Solid redfin.. cheers Adrian Sykes, Squid Inc., BarneyB and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 1,645 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Thank yer mother for the rabbits.....yibbida, yibbida. Meppstas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Hi jiron Apparently there is an accepted common wisdom that as Redfin are cannibalistic, any lure in a Redfin pattern will quite often do the trick. The hard body in the first photo in the post from Meppstas (above) would tend to support that theory. Most of the better lure manufacturers offer hard bodies in a Redfin pattern. I have also heard that Trout patterns work well, too. Cheers af BarneyB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 A small selection of what's out there in a Redfin pattern (all bar one purchased in SA): Cheers af BarneyB and Meppstas 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiron 81 Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Thanks for the advice flicked a few plastics yesterday but no luck thought i found a go back water not to far from my place on Google Earth but when I got there it was full of river weed and couldn't find a clear patch to fish in so thinking of trying some creeks around Adelaide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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