Powerbait – Hollow Belly

Powerbait hollow belly soft plastics are available in 5″ and 6″ versions and I use them for both weedless and jig hook presentations. The four colours that I use are: Tennessee shad Hitch Bone shad Blue gill Weedless hook presentations In those cases The reason for that is that they are indeed hollow and so … Read more

Fishing season reminders / NSW

Bass Zero bag limit for bass and estuary perch starts 1 May and ends 31 August. Catch and release is allowed. The zero bag limit does not apply to fish in stocked freshwater impoundments, including Glenbawn Dam and Glennies Creek Dam in the Hunter Valley, Brogo Dam near Bega and Clarrie Hall and Toonumbar Dams … Read more

Sad day for trout fishing in The Snowy Mountains

Well, that is just my personal opinion. Please find following a notice from Snowy Hydro on possible delays on Tantangara Road over the next month … I think this is the beginning of the end for our Snowy Mountain trout fisheries.   26.10.20 – Construction Notification – Site establishment at Tantangara – 28 Oct 2020 … Read more

Slick rig 130 – competition tuned with stinger or blade

I have progressively modified the Slickrig by reducing the internal weight so that it swims mid water, have modified the tail so that it swims better at a slow speed, added a subtle rattle to make it easier for barra to detect the lure and finally have added either a spinner or a set of trebles under the lure to induce and convert more hits to hook ups.

Jackall Squirrel 79

Jackall Squirrel lures are all Hank tuned and consequently they come out of the box already tricked up with hardware suitable for barra. The original 79mm version swim off the cast at around 3 meters and a little deeper on the troll and come in a version including rattles and a silent version. In late … Read more

Tiemco 40mm soft shell cicada

This very popular surface lure is my choice of cicada surface lure for bass and for any species that feeds on the natural. My colour choice is black or olive tsukutsuku. The wings fold in on the cast so that it casts well and the pressure of water as the lure is retrieved makes the … Read more