Lures

Brogo Dam

When full Brogo Reservoir, covers an area of around 95 hectares. The dam was constructed to meet local town water supply, irrigation and stock and domestic requirements.

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Samaki hardlicious vibe 110

Maneuvered up or down or held on the hang in front of barra I can see when I have my Garmin's set in "Perspective" mode I can see not only the lure but also moving fish. As long as the barra hangs around I am happy to hold the lure in its vicinity imparting just the smallest of movements with the rod tip. When a barra does decide to feel the offing in its mouth all hell breaks loose ... wow.

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Belista Juggenaut

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 light shines has two coats of undercoat so the the light is subdued but still faintly obvious to barra.

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Westin bony bream

The Westin "Bony the Bream Vibe is 100mm and 30g of weight and one of my favourite vibes particularly in stripy perch (black/orange) & smelt (which is basically white with a little orange).

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Chatto’s Grub tail prawn – open/top pour soft plastic

This combination, my grub tail prawn, has earned a place in my tackle box as a favourite when scroungers such as fingermark, blue salmon, grunter, mangrove jack, flathead, bigger than average bream and of course rock cod are on the chew.

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Alpha prawn – open/top pour soft plastic

These 130mm long top pour soft plastics are my take on a soft plastic imitation of a prawn and I use them when targeting not only barramundi but also other larger fish that thrive on prawns such as fingermark, flathead and grunter.

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Alpha Gar – open/top pour soft plastic

These are big soft plastics for big barra. I make them in just 6 colours and fish them in Awoonga Dam which is of course a freshwater impoundment. I also fish them in coastal barra waters including Gladstone Harbor and the Narrows.

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Z Man DieZel MinnowZ – 7″

Barra love big baits and this softy is getting up there. This is one of may favorite baits for low light or in dirty water conditions

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Z Man SwimmerZ – 6″

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 hooks in that with a drop of superglue behind the lead weight on the or on the shaft it is almost indestructible.

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On TT ChinlockZ both un-weighted and weighted.

I only rig the Swimmer Z on these hooks if barra are feeding on frogs. As for the Headlock Z I like to use a little superglue to make the rigging more durable. For the ChinlockZ I put justa drop of glue on the short horizontal shaft on the hook and on top of that bit of soft plastic which is touching the retainer weight on the ChinlockZ.

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There are three colours that I favor in this lure range. Pearl is a great anytime colour for barramundi and accordingly it's one of the first colours I tie on. Gold is a great option also and over the last few months at Awoonga in particular gold and black lure combinations such as "dark ale" have been catching a lot of fish. I like Ayu as a shallow water option and rigged with just a 1/4 oz of weight on a #8/0 TT Headlock it's the colour I fish around the margins of the lake and particularly over weed gardens and the gutters around the weed beds. If your picking up too much weed with Headlock rig it on either an unweighted or lightly weighted #8/0 Chinlock.

Head colours etc

Zerek Fish Trap Soft Vibe

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 through winter.

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