Working hard bodies for bream

Hey Crew,

I've never really had much success when fishing for bream with hard bodies and I'd definately like to get one this trip.  Has anyone got any tips for how to work them, slow retrieve, bit of a twitch, combo twitches etc?  I have picked up a few different depth lures and different colours and sizes, but when it comes down to it will the bream still take shallower divers if the action is right?  I will be in Walpole and bream country so there will be plenty about, its just refining the technique as soon as I can to start racking up the numbers.  Any tips will be appreciated.

Cheers,

Adam

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Ads I by no mean an expert

Wed, 2008-12-24 11:31

Ads I by no mean an expert but I always seem to get bream with a slow retreive and then a twitch then pause and slow wind again. Usaully the bream strike on the pause as it seems like the fish is injured

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if you have halco scorpion sneakies

Wed, 2008-12-24 14:00

I have found them to be gold. Might not be the flashest or most expensive lure going around, but it works. It hangs rather than floats on the pauses.

also, if you have vibes and baby vibes - fish them "like soft plastics". Cast em out, let em sink, wait a bit, lift your rod (or even double flutter) and leave it. Repeat. I hope that makes sense?!? Awesome around structure like pylons, trees etc.

 

I have found that if you keep everything slow its more productive. Bream are by nature not big "movers" and are fairly oppurtunistic. They wont bother chasing something that whizzes by so keep the pace very pedestrian - an absolute crawl.

 

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bream luring

Wed, 2008-12-24 14:05

Adam,

three general retrieve types;

1. slow retrieve just slowly winding the lure in with no rod action. action imparted by the lure solely.

2. slow retrieve, pause, rip...pause etc with twitching rod action sideways (left-right).

2. same as point 2 but twitch the rod up-down.

2 and 3 require the angler to impart the action as opposed to the lure in 1 and in all reality you can do what you think is best.

just flick the wirst as the quality of rod should impart the action. when you flick the wrist and stop for the pause count to 3 and give it a good pause.

this is general and varies upon the style of lure you use. obviuosly shallow runner over flats rock bars etc and deeper diver into snags and depths. lures are manufactured to sink,float or suspend as a general rule. the type of water will affect this as salt/freash have diff densities. throw it out and watch.

i like sinking lures for snags and depths as you can throw upstream and allow them to sink until desired depth then retreive with stops to let the lure sit in the face of the fish.... but nothing wrong with shallow runner in snags. the water temp will affect fish behaviour as you know. summer = aggressive shallow feeding, winter = deep shutdown feeding. but throw the lure enough at the fish and he will react as bream like ther territory to themselves....  

always got to watch your lure and fish as they react diff in diff circustances.

but bream do like to hit on pause and if you see a fish stop the lure and let him look.....half the fun 

plenty of graound and clear water where you are heading

keep us posted

cheers

 

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