School Bass caught on 5cm Spro Trout Master Snake Paddle lure fished on an Illex Gambit Straight jighead – one of my favourite combos
Soft Plastic Lures
The choice in small, soft plastic lures suitable for LRF and light lure fishing is immense. Take your pick from shads and paddle tails, darting lures, pin tails, worms and creature baits. All in every conceivable colour. If you are looking for inspiration, browse through the dozens of posts that feature my successful soft-plastics and the many varied catches made.
LRF Smelt
LRF Smelt caught on a tiny 2g Illex Gambit Straight jighead and a Jacks LRF lure
LRF Mullet
My first lure caught Mullet. Saw a shoal feeding at the base of a flood drain, free-lined an artificial worm back to them and wallop, we were on! Lure was half a Lip Ripperz Trout Wormz dipped in Jacks LRF Special Sauce
X-Layer = Bass
My Bass fishing received a well timed boost last week with a couple of decent sessions. I went back to what I know and rekindled my relationship with the X-Layer with instant reward. Not that I had gone off these lures, I just wanted to use everything else I had instead, and this had kind of confused my fishing a bit. So after a look back at last years Bass fishing it was quite clear the X-Layers caught me fish, simple. So with a clearer plan and many less lures in my bag I ended up on my usual spot at the right state of tide two days in a row.
Catch The Hatch
More catch-the-hatch than match-the-hatch!
Perch on Black Sperm Tail
Small Perch caught in cloudy water using a black Sperm Tail on dropshot rig
Bada Bing… Jumbo Pouting
Nice sized Pouting taken on a Delalande Spaghetti, fished on an offset hook
Wrasse on a Reins
Lovely looking Ballan on a Reins Saturn G Tail.