Lures - Barramundi

FIRST PUBLISHED:(3 October 2022)   This is a hybrid of two very different types of lures … a prawn imitation and a grub tail soft plastic. Both those types of lures have their place but I have to say that this combination, my grub tail prawn, has earned a place in my tackle box as a…

I am pretty sure that barramundi take these long thin soft plastics as garfish which are a popular food source for Barramundi. The Alpha Gar is based on my Hammer Variant with the main difference being it is much thinner. Like my Hammer Variant as well as a very active tail the Alpha Gar have a…

Slickrigs are one of the most successful soft plastics that "Squidgies" ever produced. In the 130mm size they come in packs of 4 lures fully rigged ready to fish … on that basis alone have been a popular barra lure for a number of years. When I started to get involved in competition barra fishing…

This is a fantastic lure from my point of view and and one that carry in all sizes except 165mm. The three sizes I carry are 65mm, 95mm an 10mm. All 4 sizes come in an extensive range of colours. Even when the lure is sitting on the bottom, the slightest current will have the tail pulsating and…

The Belista Juggernaut is unique in that it has a built in flashing light at the tail that comes on when the lure gets wet. I over-paint my Juggernaut's in two popular barra colours. The first is gold with black bars and the second is black with chartreuse bars. In each case the area where the…

Like the Belister Juggernaut this lure has unique properties that have earned it a place in my hard body lure boxes. It's not a an every day lure for me and only comes out to play when fishing for barra I can see in deeper water when I have my Garmin's set in "Perspective" mode. Being relatively…

This is a lure I have added to my Coastal and estuary lure box particularly for barred grunter. Grunter turn up in our estuaries and rivers during summer and will often stay there until heavy rain makes it too dirty for their liking. In times of low rain they may stay in their summer abode right…

The Jackall Transam 95mm weighs 20g and is the first vibe that I caught barra on in Central Queensland and it is still my favorite. It sinks quickly and has a really tight vibration at a range of speeds. Effective across a wide range of retrieves from vertically vibing through schools of fish or…

The Westin "Bony the Bream Vibe is 100mm and 30g of weight and is one of my favourite Vibes particularly in stripy perch (black/orange) & smelt (which is basically white with a little orange). If barramundi, fingermark, mangrove jack, make up any of your fishing tastes then you have a new best…

The Zerek Live Mullet is a jointed soft plastic swimbait that is built from the super strong TPE. They swim well reaching depths of around 2 meters on a slow roll and of course swim a little shallower on faster retrieves. They are available in 3.5", 4.5" and 5.5" sizes and in 13 colours. Like all…

There are very few fish that don’t eat prawns or at least shrimp. Prawns can be fished in a number of ways right through from horizontal rolls at various speeds and depths to long vertical or angled lifts and falls in the zone where fish are holding or even jumped back to the boat just above the…

This jointed soft plastic swim bait is ready to use straight out of the packaging and is a favorite of mine for deeper water. The form and a very fish like swimming action of this paddle tail are complemented by a small spinner under the the belly which adds just enough flash to bring it to the…

This just one of the Happy Rock softies that is a credit to its designer Trev Burgess. He gave me my fist one probably two years ago and I have been using them ever since. Unfortunately Trevor passed away in a tragic boating accident at Lake Awoonga on 4th September 2020. A very sad day for our…

The Jerky J Swimbait 7" is one of just a handful of soft plastics I rely on when Barramundi fishing in competitions. Predominately this is a dusk, dawn or full moonlight soft plastic. My three favorite colours are: Green Shad as in the top of the photo above Boneless Chicken which is a translucent…

Powerbait hollow belly soft plastics are available in 5" and 6" versions and I use them for both weedless and jig hook presentations. The four colours that I use are: Tennessee shad Hitch Bone shad Blue gill Weedless hook presentations In those cases The reason for that is that they are indeed…

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The Jerky J Swimbait 5" is the little brother of the &' version. It's a great lure to employ at those times when barra are looking for smaller baits or when smaller baits that land softly are required. My three favorite colours are: Salt and pepper as in the top of the photo above Golden shiner…

Bombers in general are a very well known lure and it's likely that one or more colours are represented in lure boxes across Australia than any other lure. They have a retrieve depth of 2-3 feet when cast but on a longer troll swim down to 4-8 feet even at a slow speed. Bomber BMB Long The brown…

"Plastec" is the name given by ZMan for their proprietary form of TPE material. It's different to the TPE material used in Zerek, Chasebait, Transams & Barumbah lures but still has to be stored away from traditional plastasol soft plastics. I store each of my straight TPE and Zerek TPE soft…

This walk the dog type lure is an older model and the colours the orange chrome is no longer available. I was lucky to snag a couple of these at our local Tackle World. The new ones have a lateral tail fin that stabilizes the retrieve a little but I am happy without that because without the tail…

Whilst the Zerek Ripper Diver was designed with trolling in mind, the Ripper Diver incorporates a weight transfer system that enhances its casting distance. It's a floating lure which is handy when fishing around snags and on the cast swims at around 3 meters. The side to side wobbling produces…

This is my favorite medium size soft plastic paddle tail swim bait and has a great mullet shaped profile and realistic swimming action at any speed. I rig it in two ways. On TT Headlock jig heads generally in 1/4 oz and 3/8 oz sizes It has a big advantage over most other paddle tails rigged on jig…

This is one of the bigger soft plastics that I carry and is only pipped for size by my 8" top pour soft plastics. Both these big lures generally get a swim any time I am fishing in low light or in dirty water. This is the biggest of the DieZel Minnows that I use and I like it because the Z Man…