Fishing our estuary systems with lures is a very popular area of our sport in Australia. Being based on the NSW south coast puts me right in the thick of the estuary scene and, since relocating back here, I’ve made it a mission to get better at tossing all sorts of lures in our local estuaries. I spend a lot of time on the water and in the past 12 months I’ve fished with several “gun” estuary lure fishermen with the idea of improving my skills in finding fish along with lure selection and presentation, etc. I’ve learned a lot and now I’d like to share some of that very valuable information with Fisho readers.
Estuary lure fishing can be as simply or complex as you want to make it. If you’re happy to throw some soft plastics around over summer for a flathead that’s fine. But, if you want to catch big flathead consistently, you need to understand your prey and how they think. Same with bream which have never been a favourite species of mine until recently when I figured out on what I was missing out on. If you want to catch a jewie on a lure you have to know how to find them and what lure to present. Let’s have a close look at the finer points of estuary lure fishing with the view of increasing your fish finding skills and lure selections/presentations. So, strap in for an estuary lure fishing masterclass.
BREAM
Bream, as a species, are very cunning and adaptable. They will survive in a wide variety of habitats while actively feeding and avoiding predators. Read that again. Wide variety of habitats,
