What's the go with paddletail SP's and bream??

[Windknot]

I've often looked at paddletail styled soft plastics in the smaller sizes, but I've heard that bream (black bream) aren't too fussed about them, preferring curly tailed SP's. As a consequence of this, I have never really given them a decent try.

Is this information correct? Do bream much prefer other types of SP's? Have you ever had much success using paddletailed soft plastics? If so, which ones have worked for you?

[silvertreva]

Originally Posted by Windknot

I've often looked at paddletail styled soft plastics in the smaller sizes, but I've heard that bream (black bream) aren't too fussed about them, preferring curly tailed SP's. As a consequence of this, I have never really given them a decent try.

Is this information correct? Do bream much prefer other types of SP's? Have you ever had much success using paddletailed soft plastics? If so, which ones have worked for you?

personally i prefer curly tailed but those new Madeye plastics look good.

[Alex]

From my experience, only ecogear grass minnows (pink) do produce on unweighted rig.

[Bream lust]

Originally Posted by Alex

From my experience, only ecogear grass minnows (pink) do produce on unweighted rig.

yep, the only paddle tail softy i have consistantly caught bream on.

[Ca11um]

I have caught good fish on the Atomic Shad things in 2.5"

Avocado is killer on them use a 1/16, *1 hook for them, really gets the tail working nicely.

[seanh]

I've caught bream on little atomic paddle tails and sliders. I use squidgy resin heads and let them sink a bit and give them a short rip every now and then.
Have caught more on grubs and critters though.

[breambucket]

I have caught some nice bream both slow rolling and kill n burn with 65mm squidgy fish in flash prawn and grass hopper colours. It's actually how I teach some of my friends who are not that coordinated how to catch fish with plastics and can be very productive at times

[smokindrags]

i have not had alot of result on paddle tails
but curly tails as others have said i have had good results

there is a new Gulp i seen the other day i have never seen before
it was a swimmow.
looked like a long minnow with a paddle tail.

[Windknot]

Okay, thanks guys. Generally speaking it appears that the use of paddletails for taiking bream isn't really worth much consideration, with just a couple of exceptions. This is pretty much what I thought was the case.

I'm heading off to Mallacoota in December (yeah, I know it's still a long way off ...) and I was thinking about which SP lures to take for dusky flathead. I was thinking along the lines of some 4 inch paddletail lures, but now I will start looking around for some curlytail SP's of about the same size, as I don't want to miss out on catching the odd huge bream as a by-catch when flatty fishing.

On previous trips to Mallacoota, I've done very well on both species using Daiwa Doubleclutch HB's. I was hoping to find something as suitable for both species in a soft plastic as well. Most of my time there will be spent specialising in bream fishing though, with more typical bream lures.

[The G factor]

im going to have to say the opposite Windknot.

Paddletails have produced lots of bream in the past for me. Not only as bycatch, but whilst targetting them. Most times it has been when I know the bream are targetting fish, whether it be bait schools or on the flats chasing little mullet. Either way its about matching the hatch, but a slow lift and drop with a responsive paddle tail plastic infront of a bream, well, my experience says they will eat it!

[redfinfisho]

I've never managed a bream on a paddle tail all on curtails and creature baits for me but reddies love a paddle tail

[pipnosis]

There is a thread somewhere here about whats the best flatty / bream lure. Squidgy wriggler in 80 or 100mm seemed to be a popular choice. Appealing to both fish. The opinion seemed to be that flattys will hit almost anything so focus on bream. I have caight plenty of both on Atomic cranks 38.

[s_robbs]

Mate like a lot of the other guys, I haven't had much success with paddletail sp. Curly tails on the other hand imo are much more consistenton bream.

[Windknot]

Well, I suppose it's like everything, it depends on just how you fish them. I can't see why a bream wouldn't take a perfect plastic reproduction baitfish dangled in just the right fashion, in front of its nose. I believe that the weight of the jighead might be the crucial key to using paddletails on bream, not to mention the method of using them.

Personally, I have fished with paddletails a lot in bream rich waters while targeting dusky flathead. I'm talking of smaller paddletails such as 4 inch Storms, etc, and I've never caught a bream on one. Yet, as soon as I tied on a 3inch grub, I had bream climbing all over it.

As I said before, I've had loads of success using Daiwa Doublecluches on both bream and dusky flathead, but the water has to be around 8 feet deep or less, as that's their maximum working depth.

I believe an 80 or a 100mm Wriggler would probably be the best all rounder in a soft plastic.

Thanks again to everyone who as responded to my question.

[surfcoastkid]

down our way the berkley T tails have done quite well on bream. rig them on a 1/16 so they tail has a bitmore action.