Australia's Top 10 Bream Lures

[brad mcdonald]

berkley 3" bass minnow (in pearl watermellon they are like crack cocanie for fish)
berkley poo grubs
squidgy critters
berkley power hagws
ecogear eyball tails
sx 40 & 48
damiki monster miki's
halco laser pro 45's
r2s static shad 45 & 60's
gulp - the shape is irrelavant

[Daniel_Folley]

1.8Omm Wriggler in Bloodworm
2.Gulp 2' Shrimp
3.Chubbies
4.Strike pro Pygmy
5.Sx 40
6.3" Bulky Hawgs
7.Atomic 2"grub Brown Crawdad
8.Vx 35
9.Ecogear Grass Minnow
10.Oargee Lil rippers

[cobby]

Zipbaits Rigge 46
Ecogear SX40
Zipbaits Khamsin JR
Zipbaits Khamsin Tiny
Smith Camion
Squidgy Wriggler
Squidgy Bug
Ecogear Paramax 3inch
Damiki Monster Miki 2.5inch
Berkley 2inch Powergrub

[Breamobsession]

1. Bloodworm Wriggler
2. R2S Baby Vib
3. SX 40LC
4. ZX 30 or 35
5. Gulp Camo Sandworm
6. Strike Pro Micro Vibe
7. TT Switchblade
8. TT Ghostblade
9. Atomic shad
10. Berkley 3" Bass minnow

[Blooper]

1-Damiki M Grub
2-Atomic 2" Prong
3-Bassday Lipless 50
4-Cranka Shad
5-Ecogear PX45
6-Atomic Shad
7-Banana Prawn
8-R2S Bubble pop 35
9-R2S Baby Vib 35
10-Impact Tackle Bladez

*I fish in the swan and canning and over this year these have all produced bream.

[CHUNQX]

Don't know if I can find 10, but these are mine in order of preference (1 being most preferred):
1. SX40F in any of the gold variations or 339
2. Strikepro small fry II
3. Blades (no brand because I make my own)
4. Atomic fat grub 2"
5. Gulp sandworms 4" & 6"
6. Berkley power grub 2"

Don't really use much else though I'm hoping to change that this summer. While I've got a magazine person online, there was this one mag that I only browsed through one day in a newsgent. I forget if its fishing world or sportsfishing Australia but there was this article in it featuring Tim Morgan and his favourite 3 lures. I vaguely remember one was an atomic hardz and the other was the tiemco stick minnow and he'd proceed to explain what lure he'd use where... I left in a hurry and when I wanted to find that mag again, it was gone. Any chance you could help me out here?

[Breamingwithjoy]

Originally Posted by CHUNQX

Don't know if I can find 10, but these are mine in order of preference (1 being most preferred):
1. SX40F in any of the gold variations or 339
2. Strikepro small fry II
3. Blades (no brand because I make my own)
4. Atomic fat grub 2"
5. Gulp sandworms 4" & 6"
6. Berkley power grub 2"

Don't really use much else though I'm hoping to change that this summer. While I've got a magazine person online, there was this one mag that I only browsed through one day in a newsgent. I forget if its fishing world or sportsfishing Australia but there was this article in it featuring Tim Morgan and his favourite 3 lures. I vaguely remember one was an atomic hardz and the other was the tiemco stick minnow and he'd proceed to explain what lure he'd use where... I left in a hurry and when I wanted to find that mag again, it was gone. Any chance you could help me out here?

I will check to see i it was Sport Fishing Australia for you... if it is await a PM sometime soon

[panger]

1 Deep chubby
2 Baby vibe 35
3 SX40
4 3 inch Bass minnow
5 Gulp shrimp
6 Atomic deep crank
7 Ecogear PX45
8 LC sammy 65
9 Gladiator hip 40 baby
10 Squidgy critter

[mattyp]

My top 10 in no particular order:
1. Gulp 2" Prawn
2. Atomic Hardz Crank 38
3. Gulp Turtleback
4. Zipbait Kamsin Jr
5. Zipbait Rigge 46
6. Squidgy 80mm Wriggler
7. Squidgy Bug
8. Ecogear SX40LC
9. Strike Pro Micro Vibe
10. Megabass Dog X Jr.

Like the looks of, but yet to try Cranka, Maria, Pontoon 21 and Damiki HB's.

Look forward to the article.

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by Breamingwithjoy

Tis all good, I try and leave the AFN stuff out of it when I can resist the urge to plug the mag/dvd/whatever.

Mainly just come here to satiate my inner tackle junkie and catch up with the guys I am heading out fishing with on the weekend.

Good place to find all your new gear to run in the mag too

The only thing I remember about AFN are their excellent tear proof/water proof maps of Lake Eildon, Westernport and Port Phillip Bay.

Now you're telling me the same guys are making Mags and Dvds

Dont hold back on that stuff - The AFN brand has always been synonymous with quality fishing productions in Victoria. Dont think of it as plugging - if its about AFN - Its a "public service announcement"

My introduction to AFN occurred 30 mins into my first bait session in Northern Westernport many, many moons ago. (High tide launch with no knowledge of the channels - and a time when sounders were for flashy DohDohDohDohDohDohs

At the 29min and 48sec mark everything was going good. 12 seconds later - we'd done ourselves a mischief on a mud bank.

We were aiming for a hole, just off a bluff on French Island - in an over-loaded tinny with no tilt control on the motor.

Best way to get there? - the general concensus of the pissed idiots polled was - as the crow flies

The solution was - dig through the frozen pippies and pilchards we bought at PW's Fishing World, to find the map that PW said we'd be idiots not to buy...........

read the map......then put the arse of the fattest bloke on the boat in the anchor well to lift the motor out of the mud. Then once we got some pace up - just gun it till we hit the channel.

The gummies werent there but we smashed the whiting.....I still have the indent of a sand anchor in my arse and finnished the day with wet socks

Without the AFN map - it could have got very ugly.

[Breamingwithjoy]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

The only thing I remember about AFN are their excellent tear proof/water proof maps of Lake Eildon, Westernport and Port Phillip Bay.

Now you're telling me the same guys are making Mags and Dvds

Dont hold back on that stuff - The AFN brand has always been synonymous with quality fishing productions in Victoria. Dont think of it as plugging - if its about AFN - Its a "public service announcement"

My introduction to AFN occurred 30 mins into my first bait session in Northern Westernport many, many moons ago. (High tide launch with no knowledge of the channels - and a time when sounders were for flashy DohDohDohDohDohDohs

At the 29min and 48sec mark everything was going good. 12 seconds later - we'd done ourselves a mischief on a mud bank.

We were aiming for a hole, just off a bluff on French Island - in an over-loaded tinny with no tilt control on the motor.

Best way to get there? - the general concensus of the pissed idiots polled was - as the crow flies

The solution was - dig through the frozen pippies and pilchards we bought at PW's Fishing World, to find the map that PW said we'd be idiots not to buy...........

read the map......then put the arse of the fattest bloke on the boat in the anchor well to lift the motor out of the mud. Then once we got some pace up - just gun it till we hit the channel.

The gummies werent there but we smashed the whiting.....I still have the indent of a sand anchor in my arse and finnished the day with wet socks

Without the AFN map - it could have got very ugly.

I'll pass your well wishes and thanks onto Joy our Maps lady She'll yell at me but it will be worth it.

Yeah we make all kinds of things in the willy wonkers factory that is AFN. We even have this guy "walkingwithboys" or something that chips in with bream stuff every now and again.

Off the back of another thread I know you have been rummaging through, I have documented the microvibe technique for all to see on the next Sports Fish DVD. Not a plug for the DVD but a plug for the handsome man who presents in it

[UrbanAngler]

I really need to start using other lures - and catch more fish. I can only name 5.
9 if I can mention every Micro Vibe colours I caught bream on

Strike Pro Micro Vibe
SX40F
R2S Baby Vibe
Camo Gulp Worm
Atomic Ripperz 2" Fat Grub

[Savvyfishing]

Originally Posted by CHUNQX

Don't know if I can find 10, but these are mine in order of preference (1 being most preferred):
1. SX40F in any of the gold variations or 339
2. Strikepro small fry II
3. Blades (no brand because I make my own)
4. Atomic fat grub 2"
5. Gulp sandworms 4" & 6"
6. Berkley power grub 2"

Don't really use much else though I'm hoping to change that this summer. While I've got a magazine person online, there was this one mag that I only browsed through one day in a newsgent. I forget if its fishing world or sportsfishing Australia but there was this article in it featuring Tim Morgan and his favourite 3 lures. I vaguely remember one was an atomic hardz and the other was the tiemco stick minnow and he'd proceed to explain what lure he'd use where... I left in a hurry and when I wanted to find that mag again, it was gone. Any chance you could help me out here?

Ah yeah, I might be able to help you out there mate, I wrote that article!

Tim is a gun to fish with and a top bloke to boot. Your right, his 3 tier approach was a hard bod, then a stick minnow, then a Gulp Shrimp in the deeper water out from the shoreline. It was an eye opening experience.

I'll see if i can rustle up an old copy for you. Or PM me and i might shoot you a PDF of the article instead.

[Emo]

This is a good idea for an article, it would also be an interesting extension to find out the top ten lures on yellowfin and black bream in seperate polls. I reckon yellow bream fishos would rate topwater lures much higher than us who fish mainly for Blacks.
Anyway here is 10 of my top lures, the order could probably change each time I think about it though

1 sx40
2 Chubby minmow
3 Tiemco stick minnow sinking
4 chubby deep
5 eco VX
6 daiwa gekkabijin sinking
7 eco zx
8 rapala Husky Jerk
9 powerbait bulky hawg.
10 squidgy wriggler.

Appologies: mirashad, presso minnow, many blades, eco grass minnow, gulp minnow, monster miki, mighty pepper, sugar deep, pointer

[Cortinaboy]

[QUOTE=Piscateur;320221]Funny how there are always knockers even to simple questions, anyways good Luck with the article.

I wasn't knocking the asking of a question, more simply pointing out that whatever info he gets seems to have no context. Presumably the article is intended to be informative and I was wondering how you could generate an informative article from asking 200 random people for a list of 10 lures without knowing:

1. where they fish (ie which state)
2. What sort of lures they've actually used.
3. Whether they are good or indifferent at fishing for bream (ie pros, good amateurs, or once a year)
4. what sort of bream they are targeting.
5. Whether they fish from a boat or are shore-based.
6. Whether they fish rivers, ocean, around piers, structures or flats.
7. Whether they are fishing deep or shallow.

With even a little bit of that background about each person's list, an overall top 10 could be super-informative and make for an interesting article, but without any of it, it just seems pretty lazy journalism to ask "What's your favorite lure?" of 200 random people without finding out anything more and then knocking an article together. I'd hope most fishing mags go to a little more trouble than this when writing articles about favorite lures for particular species. Just my opinion is all. Admittedly, I'm flicking through the lists and getting ideas from people who i know fish near me or in water's like where I fish, but this 'journo' won't have that info. That's all i was asking of him - how is this going to become an article in a magazine that people will be paying for when people (me anyway) expect the journos to have some expertise in the area they are writing about so that I can learn something. Perhaps there is something he's getting here that will be informative- I was simply asking how this sort of vox pop 'survey' will become an article worth buying?

my top 10:
1. sx40
2. squidgy wriggler
3. Strike pro micro vibe
4. Squidgy critter.
5. jackall chubby deep diving
6. Gulp 6" sandworm cut back to 4"
7. plastic grubs and worms (various sorts and colours)
8. Bassday Konguku Shad
9. Tiemco stick minnow
10. Halco sneaky scorpions


That's about all of my regulars that I'd regard as reliable bream catchers!