cast them out, wind in slow and vary the speed to see what works best on the day. Too fast & they'll run across the shallow bottom. Let them pause for 5 seconds sometimes as well. perch & bream with hit them on a slow wind, trout a bit faster.eddyt wrote:Grabbed a few atomic hards mid and deep. Now i just need to work out how to use them haha
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you did well Adrian! at that price they're a bargain.meppstas wrote:Thanks for that Ratbag, I'll check it out.. I do have some Atomic Shad 4 mid divers and shad 50 mid divers, they've caught a few trout from time to time in the Meander River too.. they're a great little lure and work really well.. at that price they're well worth picking up too..
These are just a few what I have, picked these up some time ago when MO-Tackle were having a clearance sale on them at 2 for $10-00. I bought quite a few (24 all up )of them..
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Never caught a fish on a floating hard body yet so total noob here. When would you use them for bream over sinking lures? Do you cast towards the middle of a lake/river or are they more for the edges and shallow patches? For example on the Tambo river or Metung
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for bream I usually crank them (move the lure ~20cms twice in a row and then pause). Trout definitely like a bit more pace thoughratbag wrote:cast them out, wind in slow and vary the speed to see what works best on the day. Too fast & they'll run across the shallow bottom. Let them pause for 5 seconds sometimes as well. perch & bream with hit them on a slow wind, trout a bit faster.eddyt wrote:Grabbed a few atomic hards mid and deep. Now i just need to work out how to use them haha
This popped up as I was writing the above.eddyt wrote:Never caught a fish on a floating hard body yet so total noob here. When would you use them for bream over sinking lures? Do you cast towards the middle of a lake/river or are they more for the edges and shallow patches? For example on the Tambo river or Metung
It really depends on where the bream are sitting and feeding on as to what and where to throw. In the systems mentioned above these will work well cast around edges, shallows or snags.
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Yakamito are copies of more expensive brands, across the range except for the slugs I think
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That's pretty unusual not catching any on a floating hard body as the majority of my trout caught on hard body lures have all been on hard body lures..eddyt wrote:Never caught a fish on a floating hard body yet so total noob here. When would you use them for bream over sinking lures? Do you cast towards the middle of a lake/river or are they more for the edges and shallow patches? For example on the Tambo river or Metung
As for bream, well I can't comment as I don't fish for them.. What I have seen on the fishing shows the bream are mainly caught on sinking & suspending lures as well as soft plastics..
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Speaking of which. Adrian, do you ever use soft plastics on trout?
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No have never bothered to try them, I know they do work well on the trout too but I catch enough on the Mepps spinners & small hard body lures..Stumpjumper wrote:Speaking of which. Adrian, do you ever use soft plastics on trout?
I carry seven lure boxes in my fishing vest now and that's plenty enough for me.. I could probably halve the amount of lures I carry in the vest as well..
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I used to catch a few trout on black and gold T-tail soft plastics, about 70mm long with a tiny jighead.
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THE ATOMIC hardbody Lures are all suspenders bar the cranks!