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What is your favorite hardbody and softplastic lure for bream and flathead?


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Ive had success with 3inch gulp grub in watermelon colour for flathead yet to try out the squidy fish though apparently they are lethal on the flatties, got a couple of poddy mullet imitations which should be good i think many people say the silver fox is the closest to the poddy but i found a squidgy actually named "poddy" has any1 had any success on it because it looks lethal? :thumbup: only one way to find out

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Hard to pick a favourite with either... Depends on the situation.

I have caught bream and flatties on poppers, divers, vibes, walkers and S/P's.

So lets list a few faves of each.

Popper for bream and flathead = Bushy's Stiffy in the pearl colour

diver for bream = lucky craft pointer 48 in bluegill

diver for flatties = Rapala XR 6 in white or blue

vibe = strike pro cyber vibe 35 or 42 in bluegill

walkers = bassday sugarpen in bluegill or lucky craft sammy 65 in chartreuse are deadly on both species.

S/P for bream = squidgy critter, bug, fish in 50 mm or wriggler in 80 (any colours for given situation)

S/P for flatties = 100mm wriggler or 70mm fish (any colours for given situation)

I have all of these on me plus many more when heading for an estuary fish and rarely walk away empty handed but those listed would be my go to lures in any given situation.

Good Luck.

Luc.

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Soft plastics

3 inch minnow gulp nuclear chicken for bream

5 inch gulp jerk shad lime tiger

Hardbody

Flathead and whiting

Lucky craft Sammy 65 in clear white pencils

Bream sx40's (they are the only hardbody lure I hav caught Bream on)

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dont the squidgy fish in 65mm and 75mm work?

Absolutely they will. I have caught many a flatty on 70mm fish. They are perhaps a tad too big for bream but if you trim a little off the front I don't see why bream wouldn't go for them too. If you take an inch off the smallest lobbies bream go for those too. :biggrin2:

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Favourite hardbody for bream is berkley 3b fatdog in shallow

plastic is squidgy 80mm wriggler

Flatties plastic is 100mm squidgy fish

havent really targeted them on hardbody though so cant help you there.

OMG bassboy i use the EXACT same lures.

Is your fat dog the reddish one?

And your squidgy fish for the flathead, gary glitter? : )

Great minds thinkg alike :1prop:

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OMG bassboy i use the EXACT same lures.

Is your fat dog the reddish one?

And your squidgy fish for the flathead, gary glitter? : )

Great minds thinkg alike :1prop:

hahaha great minds do think alike :thumbup:

the fish i use in a few colours, gary glitter are one of the colours, along with silver fox and evil minnow.

And the fat dog in snoop or mongrel. the browney coloured one.

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