Mickyj

Actually my issue was the old myth or what used to work on bream before i swapped to plastics then swapped back in 2018. The Old that used to work a hard body with an orange belly . Talking to a younger lure flicker I had info passed onto me see through lures now catch bream. That helped me because my older lures with an orange belly struggled to land anything including STs . My issues with the tackle Shop was being told that type of hard body was the only type that will catch bream in the Pat . Yes they did before I changed to plastics Move forward from when that Shop t

Plus fish don't always take the same lures year after year . Sometimes tackle Shop staff tell the same thing over and over . That lure i got the 33 on was purple Green clear with a red throat and uv colours . I bought it caught an undersize bream weeks later throw it again 33 cm. Got to say I loved being told you must use the orange belly in strong winds and dirty water . So this lure worked on a dodge tide low dirty water in 20 to 30 knot winds . Now my middle name isnt lucky lol

Like that

Not much of a whinge I lost two of my favourite lures this week . Went into a tackle Shop near my parents place . I've told them before nicely that the old rule that of only lures with orange bellies work . Told them nicely before things have changed clear or see through do the trick now . I know I was one who always said that but I've listened to younger fishers clear or see through are the go . I replaced my totally see through and another one with green . To be told they don't work if the waters dirty or its windy you need the orange belly . Umm today it was 20 or 30 knots dirty water lande

I still have pictures of that this one was a crank I think the types called not cranka small but fat Today I lost a clear lure to a seagull I cast before I could do anything seagull picked it up and flew off with lure

By the way thanks everyone I'm enjoying relearning everything i learnt before my injury . And boy so much has changed . I got told at a tsckle Shop recently the old rule any lure used in the Pat must have an orange belly . I've learnt the old lures don't work any longer or as good as they used to . I do enjoy relearning things What still works slow then even slower and stopping the lure . All good guys My aim clear or see through do work but which ones work better or which ones dont work . Nothing better than getting a shock on a lure that hasn't pro

Well I'm going by what a young Fisher told me clear or see through hard bodies catch bream they do I've found that out myself The cranka I'm not sure about It's just a trial The lure that landed me bream last week I had doubts over supposedly a killer bream lure in the port and west lakes does work in the pat to . Guess it's trial and error

Out of three lures I tried today including one that's got me bream the crank was the lure that got more follows . But I could feel it not sure I like it

I don't recall ever buying one and using one . So I bit the bullet and bought a see through one . Not sure I like it or don't like it . Feels different I had a test run this morning no hits no touches lots of smalls following . I'll try again when there's more water Still not sure I like them

I went for a flick today down the Pat a donut . While I was flicking I noticed this teenager on a BMX bike ride behind me on the footpath . Then he moved down on to the grass . He rode behind me four times I kept checking to be sure I wouldn’t hit him .Fifth time behind and above me on the footpath . He stopped and started mumbling when he spoke up he was saying do you want me to put those hooks in your mouth you won’t like that . I looked at him thought you didn’t take your meds I said what I’ll put those hooks in your mouth then you’ll know what a fish feels . He said that a few times then s

Just looked it up online looks the same reel 79 bucks I’ll keep it in mind

Yep good idea HBT I’ll keep them in mind when I’m ready .

i just went online looked up BCF they had a combo listed way too much money . I did see the replacement reel Nacsi if i have the spelling correct . about 70 bucks dearer than ive seen online lesson one nice place to look see what you like but sometimes a big priccy on big ticket items like reels

When the weather cools down I’ll go for a walk and look thanks mrfish

Lol good points thanks

Let’s forget my other reply any clues on a store who sells them

Cheers Brenton I did a little search supposedly replaced by a nasic if I’ve got the name right .mind you the 750 size seems a big issue lucky I’m ok with my old one

When my Shimano symetre 750 dies so to say what replaces the Symetre in the shimano range . Not looking at upgrading yet I’m under orders from my adult kids no new reels lol

Ok just a quick update totally different way to use the Crabs walked for an hour . Yep reckon Bream will take them in the warmer weather I had intentions of hitting the four beaches the drop off the bridge pylons and the pontoons the boats are Moored at . After an hour of walking getting covered in weed at two beaches and the pat drop off my head started playing up thought I’d head home . Swapped to the savage plastic that was coloured in with paints that smell from a pen sixth cast a ST which I lost at the rocky shore so there was still fish .anyway I learned a bit warmer weather no weed and

Territory Lad that’s what I think .theres always somewhere to try a new lure

I can’t seem to quote anyone else now kidney slapper I’ll be at the Pat . Land based limited pontoons moorings in the marina I’ll walk that way caught bream there around the one bridge . Also caught bream on the rock walls steps foot paths and beaches . Cranka Crabs never tried before what I have been told the beaches at the pat they work .just watched a video from 2014 I will rig them like the video shows never seen the jigs they used but I’ll give it ago

I reckon you fish them the same as all plastics cast out let them sink twitch slow retrieve between 2 and 5 . That’s how I use Zman Grubs Zman slim swims and savage painted plastics that you colour in all have landed me fish . The fuse that are like grubs with three tails done the same no hits . For myself sometimes you got to try outside the box I’ve read so many guys you can only use motor oil coloured grand ...... ok so when they stop hitting and taking a motor oil grub what do you do me I try different colours ....., I had so many plastics fishers on Facebook horror struck you can’t not us

Sorry for the long reply sometImes I post longer than I talk lol or as my teacher at school calls me a mechanical writer

I reckon you fish them the same as all plastics cast out let them sink twitch slow retrieve between 2 and 5 . That’s how I use Zman Grubs Zman slim swims and savage painted plastics that you colour in all have landed me fish . The fuse that are like grubs with three tails done the same no hits . For myself sometimes you got to try outside the box I’ve read so many guys you can only use motor oil coloured grand ...... ok so when they stop hitting and taking a motor oil grub what do you do me I try different colours ....., I had so many plastics fishers on Facebook horror struck you can’t not us

Here’s the packets I had a $10 voucher so I got two packets for less than 1. Which I can’t upload sorry guys