Soft plastics arsenal on Bream

[Keechie]

I always thought that plastics were a generic term for soft artificial lures ..... whether thay are made of Silicone , PVC or starch based
Gulps .... for me just fall into the same category ! They have a profile , soft ( till they are left out of the pack ) & are fished the same way as any other artificial soft lure

Just my opinion

Nagg

PS ...... You can dead stick any soft plastic & catch fish!

hey nagg i agree i still call them soft plastics if they were bait then why aren't they in the freezer at bcf??? exactly they are a soft artificial bait(lure). i did a test (dead sticking) at nudgee one day through out 3 soft plastics 1 a squidgy, 2 a storm soft plastic and 3 a gulp worm suprisingly the storm picked up the first fish (a flathead 39cm), second fish bream on the squidgy and nothing on the gulp. the lures were spaced about 1m apart. Anyway i will tell you about the bream stuff after school.

regards,
keechie

[NAGG]

I have a few favorites ...... 3" Atomic prongs in shrimp core , Squidgy flick baits in evil minnow , Gulp craws in pumpkin seed / Camo & Squidgy bugs in Jellyprawn/wasabi ....

Having said that ...... my biggest bream over the past 12 months or so (39,41 & 43cm) have all come on larger 80 / 100mm Squidgy fish

Nagg

[imnotoriginal]

no dont fish gulp its to easy use a real plastic!

Now now, we can't all be purists . I think using gulps is fine, if you get to a level of skill where you can, or want to try to catch them solely on just plastics made from plastic (maybe even not covered in s factor) then more power to you. But I think your average plastics fisho doesn't need to limit themselves like that.

Getting back to the original point... Plenty of good options already pointed out here. My personal favourites are the gulp 2" shrimp in new penny and the gulp turtleback worms cut down to about 3". But the powerbaits and prongs still do the damage. Don't be afraid to try something different. I caught one on a 5" jerkbait once, that was quite a surprise.
Joel