Archive for July, 2009

A change in tone is in order for this installment of Tales I think. Rather than drone on about my woes and misfortunes I thought we would have a look at an area of bream tournament fishing that attracts a diverse range of views….the Pre-fish. The Pre-fish Day always brings about much discussion at tournaments. …

I love fishing soft plastics as much as the next obsessive compulsive plastic fisherman but being of the generation that grew up fishing hard bodied lures I still have a place deep down that takes great pleasure in fooling fish with hard chunky offerings. I recently got my hands on some Berkley Frenzy Flicker Shads …

Last year it was the metal blade, this year it’s the hybrid. The MF40 is a cross between a plastic and a blade, a lead weight head with a Powerbait coating. The MF40 is a little bulker that the Big Eye Blade which gives it more water resistance, therefore the MF40 has an excellent sink …

After much hooplah and some serious test fishing the Berkley MF40 soft vibe has arrived. You can expect to see these baits hitting the stores by mid week of July 13 onwards. The first eight colours are all available but as the majority of the first shipment has sold out and we don’t expect the …

The ABT Mallacoota qualifier was a highly anticipated event by all participating anglers. With fine and calm weather predicted it would be hard to find a more picturesque location to spend a couple of days chasing bream.Due to work commitments I had to miss the prefish day which lowered my expectations for the tournament. My …