Lures
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{{+1}}Chatto’s Grub tail prawn – open/top pour soft plastic{{-1}}
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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.{{end}}
Last Updated: December 16, 2022
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{{+1}}Alpha prawn – open/top pour soft plastic{{-1}}
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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.{{end}}
{{+1}}Alpha Gar – open/top pour soft plastic{{-1}}
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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.{{end}}
Categories: Lures, Lures - Barramundi
Tags: #fishonfly, Barramundi, barramundi lures, Paddle tails, pouring 
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{{+1}}Z Man DieZel MinnowZ – 7″{{-1}}
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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{{end}}
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{{+1}}Z Man SwimmerZ – 6″{{-1}}
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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.
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{{+1}}Zerek Fish Trap Soft Vibe{{-1}}
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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.{{end}}
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{{+1}}Samaki Vibelicious Vibe Lure 8.5cm{{-1}}
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The elongated tail gives it a tight shimmer vibration when it moves through the water, perfectly mimicking the baitfish. It’s made from durable 10x super stretch material, with Japanese premium wire for strength. Perfect for drawing in predators.{{end}}
{{+1}}Zerek ripper diver – floating 110mm{{-1}}
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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 plenty of flashes of the pint job on these lures.{{end}}
{{+1}}Rapala x-Rap Walk 09{{-1}}
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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 fin the swimming action is a little more erratic.{{end}}
{{+1}}ZMan Pop FrogZ – white{{-1}}
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This is the only ZMan soft plastic that I carry in my barramundi kit. It gets a swim only a couple of times a year and whilst I have had some follows and a couple of hits I haven't hook up on this set up yet. When it does hook up I am sure it will be a lot of fun.{{end}}