My personal preference hard bodies work better for bass in creeks and rivers and soft plastics work better for bream but starlo thank you for showing us another great video
Great video Steve. The tactics, the underwater shots. Hardbodies are great when there's no weed or snags. You're a legend fishing in these icy conditions.
Oh oh one more thing legend please congratulate your wife what she and others are doing for women’s fishing is amazing the more responsible fisherwomen and fishermen the better Jo is killing it her groups and all of her affiliates and great posts are great it’s peaked my wife and my friends wife interest in this amazing sport and the girls Are getting involved now which we love. However I could do with being out fished hahaha it sometimes seems like picking a horse in the Melbourne cup cause the colour is pretty and they win hahah . All in all you and Jo are invaluable in this wonderful last time we all enjoy
EXCELLENT video Steve this really helped I am about to get into this fishing style I’ve done the plastics and have semi sorted my key lures and techniques thanks to you and this video couldn’t have come at a better time I’m just about to kit up and this helped heaps
I'm SO glad to hear that! Make sure you tell your friends and maybe share the video as I think lot of fishos might find something useful in it. Thanks for your feedback!
You could expand on this to show floating (poppers, sub surface and diving) suspending and sinking hard bodies. Just like a good mechanic who knows every tool in his toolbox and how to use it correctly so will a good angler, after all lures are just the tools of the trade. Ripper video as always Steve ! BTW what do you think of the Lefty Kreh leader knot ? I know it isn't a scratch on the FG , Double uni or Albright but someone mentioned to me once that the weakest knot was the loop knot you tie your lure on with, this got me thinking and I wondered if some anglers are wasting their time tying complicated knots like the FG, then undoing all that work by using a weaker loop knot especially when fishing for smaller fish or in open ground like a sandflat . I know that if I go down to the Parra River for a fish and walk, I'm not doing anything too serious and the quick and easy option is appealing!
Yep, good suggestion re the lures! Lefty's loop is good in heavier leader material but I don't use it in light stuff. I either tie tight to the eyelet/ring or, if I need a loop, create a Uni Loop, even though it'll often snug down tight during the fight. But as you say, not a lot of point having a 100% strength connection between braid and leader if you're going to tie the lure on with a 75 or 80% strength loop knot (which is probably about what the best-tied Lefty's loop comes in at)>
Soft plastics can be far more versatile than a HB .......BUT a HB will last longer catch more fish in its life and not fill fish with poly vinyl chloride, i say that as someone who used too make and sell sp even had a Squidgy wriggler rip off mould made in the U.S that sold like hotcakes. I dont make and sell SP anymore because of the damage they do in my mind to the environment Yes you can get sp made from "bio soft plastics" But the HB will still last longer also fun to keep and put on a wall with notes of what it caught. Trying not sound preachy and each to their own ..cheers
Cheers! Probably a tad quicker and a little less emphasis on pronounced pauses with the yellowfin bream, but I've caught plenty of yelllowfin on the retrieves I use for black bream, too.
I prefer soft plastics because 1) cheaper, 2) more snag resistant and 3) cast better. If fishing is hard, I can use Gulp and pretty much guarantee a fish.
I've been fishing my bream/flathead hard bodies for 3 years plus so the price point is much cheaper and I can cast my hard bodies much further and more accurately than softies...
@@StarloGetsReel I found a softer action rod for hard bodies works better for me, I don't seem to pull the hooks as much and I have a lot more luck with a fast action rod when it comes to fishing plastics.
Still a legend mate, love your shows, I even still have your original books your sent to me when I was kid. I wrote to about my fishing adventures 👍👍👍
@@ShaunClark-ov9qt how cool is that?! Thanks so much for still being interested in my content. Tight Lines!
My personal preference hard bodies work better for bass in creeks and rivers and soft plastics work better for bream but starlo thank you for showing us another great video
What a way to start the week
Thanks!
Magic Steve. Cheers
Thank you!
Great video Steve.
The tactics, the underwater shots.
Hardbodies are great when there's no weed or snags.
You're a legend fishing in these icy conditions.
Cheers! Yes, it was bitterly cold out there!
Terrible conditions for fisherman but great for the fish. Couple of very tidy bream there starlo. Awsome as always looking forward to part 2 👍
@@huntinfishin7214 Thanks!
Oh oh one more thing legend please congratulate your wife what she and others are doing for women’s fishing is amazing the more responsible fisherwomen and fishermen the better Jo is killing it her groups and all of her affiliates and great posts are great it’s peaked my wife and my friends wife interest in this amazing sport and the girls
Are getting involved now which we love.
However I could do with being out fished hahaha it sometimes seems like picking a horse in the Melbourne cup cause the colour is pretty and they win hahah . All in all you and Jo are invaluable in this wonderful last time we all enjoy
@@mitchmcbride6053 Thank you so much for that wonderful feedback. I just read it out to Jo and she was very chuffed, too. 👍
Great video Steve some reel good nuggets of info in there, looking forward to Part 2 💜🎣
@@PurplePatchFishing thank you so much! 🙏👍
What a beast that first fish was, wow, legend 🫡❤️
Cheers! Second one was bigger!
Fantastic video Steve and those couple of Bream absolutely amazing mate thanks for the tips and encouragement 👍🎣💯
@@lesfredericks4232 No worries! Glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful big blue nose Starlo. But I will be sticking to live bait. 😊
EXCELLENT video Steve this really helped I am about to get into this fishing style I’ve done the plastics and have semi sorted my key lures and techniques thanks to you and this video couldn’t have come at a better time I’m just about to kit up and this helped heaps
I'm SO glad to hear that! Make sure you tell your friends and maybe share the video as I think lot of fishos might find something useful in it. Thanks for your feedback!
@@StarloGetsReel will do mate no worries at all to easy 👌
Great vid mate, Fished that exact spot last weekend. My 5yr old son got a his PB 46cm Bream on the old servo prawn!
Nice one!
Great info, thanks. That looks like the southern side of the 'other' lake?
Thanks! Somewhere round there for sure. 😉
You could expand on this to show floating (poppers, sub surface and diving) suspending and sinking hard bodies. Just like a good mechanic who knows every tool in his toolbox and how to use it correctly so will a good angler, after all lures are just the tools of the trade.
Ripper video as always Steve !
BTW what do you think of the Lefty Kreh leader knot ? I know it isn't a scratch on the FG , Double uni or Albright but someone mentioned to me once that the weakest knot was the loop knot you tie your lure on with, this got me thinking and I wondered if some anglers are wasting their time tying complicated knots like the FG, then undoing all that work by using a weaker loop knot especially when fishing for smaller fish or in open ground like a sandflat . I know that if I go down to the Parra River for a fish and walk, I'm not doing anything too serious and the quick and easy option is appealing!
Yep, good suggestion re the lures! Lefty's loop is good in heavier leader material but I don't use it in light stuff. I either tie tight to the eyelet/ring or, if I need a loop, create a Uni Loop, even though it'll often snug down tight during the fight. But as you say, not a lot of point having a 100% strength connection between braid and leader if you're going to tie the lure on with a 75 or 80% strength loop knot (which is probably about what the best-tied Lefty's loop comes in at)>
The best lures and colors are always what you caught the fish on.
So true.
Soft plastics can be far more versatile than a HB .......BUT a HB will last longer catch more fish in its life and not fill fish with poly vinyl chloride, i say that as someone who used too make and sell sp even had a Squidgy wriggler rip off mould made in the U.S that sold like hotcakes.
I dont make and sell SP anymore because of the damage they do in my mind to the environment Yes you can get sp made from "bio soft plastics" But the HB will still last longer also fun to keep and put on a wall with notes of what it caught. Trying not sound preachy and each to their own ..cheers
It’s horses for courses, but I like hardbodies for jolting strikes
Living on the Swan river, I have to use hard bodies. The Blowfish shred everything within seconds otherwise. :(
Yes, those blowies make it tough to fish plastics.
Good stuff stevo but a plastic n jighead would have to cost more these days
Depends on the brand and size I guess, but you’re probably right. Still a lot cheaper than a good hard body, though.
awesome video champion, do you change up your hard bodied lure retrieval for yellow fin bream, or keep it the same,
Cheers! Probably a tad quicker and a little less emphasis on pronounced pauses with the yellowfin bream, but I've caught plenty of yelllowfin on the retrieves I use for black bream, too.
horses for courses of course different answer for different target and style.
G'day Steve, long time fan and thanks for sharing another great video - very helpful! And a couple of absolute stonker bream! Cheers, Adam.
Cheers!
I prefer soft plastics because 1) cheaper, 2) more snag resistant and 3) cast better. If fishing is hard, I can use Gulp and pretty much guarantee a fish.
I've been fishing my bream/flathead hard bodies for 3 years plus so the price point is much cheaper and I can cast my hard bodies much further and more accurately than softies...
Do you use a different type of rod for fishing hard bodies?
@@tonyallen8626 no. I tend to fish both hard and soft lures off the same rods.
@@StarloGetsReel I found a softer action rod for hard bodies works better for me, I don't seem to pull the hooks as much and I have a lot more luck with a fast action rod when it comes to fishing plastics.
45cm is an awesome fish.
Cheers! Yes, a solid one. 👍
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