Prawn*Star... Anyone have any luck with it before?

[alteclansing]

Hi all,

After I found some crazy money in the car this morning (under the car seat), I had an excuse to head to BCF for a bit of lure shopping...

Knowing that most fishes love prawn therefore I have decided to get some lure that looks similar to prawns... The only lure that looks like a prawn that I knew of is from Squidgy, which I had no luck with ANY soft plastics so far..

So I keep walking around and I saw these Prawn*Star lure.... It says it imitates prawn action in the water etc etc etc...so I a fortunate enough to buy 4 of them to try out... Read some reviews online about it and people only can catch Flatties with Prawn*Star...

I had a play with it on my desk and I found that it is a bit stiff thats all. Anyone here had any luck with Prawn*Star before? or I have wasted $40 of crazy money which I can buy 4 more SX40s from Jeryl...

Cheers

Hilary

[img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Photo0356.jpg

[Dazzamcgee]

ive caught bream flathead mangrove jacks and moses perch with prawn stars and am soon to try out on bass!!

[pcsolutionman]

Mate they are a gun Jack lure, cod lovem too. I have caught, flathead,trvally,bream,cod etc

Lee

[alteclansing]

Thanks guys, so what method do I use when retrieve? Is it slow retrive wih jigs here and there? or any Other methods? Let it sink and slow retrieve? or let it float?

[James W]

i got one once ...first cast a small cod..second cast...snag...never even thought about buying one...not real cheap...never on sale...thou once i was yakkin and saw gavan dunn(bush n beach writer) out nxt to me in bribie passage and he was killing monster flatties on em...they were huge!

[Feral]

I got 5 from Amart on special about a year ago. Very stiff, never caught squat on them. Dust collectors in the tackle box these days.

[kevinchen19870316]

good morning feral.

i've tried prawns stars a few times but i've never got a hit on that. oh well, 1 squid did hit it but i missed hook up.

ppl say they r great for jack and cod, i can't see why flattie and bream won't hit a smaller sized one.

[Feral]

Good morning to you! I just reckon they are way to stiff Kevin! NO action in them.

[kevinchen19870316]

i just got back from fishing , lol, tried prawnstar when action's hot and it cooled everything down. lol

[Burko]

I have caught a few fish on em. the trick is to change the retrieve to a slow almost dead stop with hard twitches, about a foot of rod tip movement will do but really wack it this pulls the tail under and clicks it (noise). I have caught tailor and a very small jew at deep water bend on them plus the other usuals.

[Leighton]

Burko wrote:

I have caught a few fish on em. the trick is to change the retrieve to a slow almost dead stop with hard twitches, about a foot of rod tip movement will do but really wack it this pulls the tail under and clicks it (noise). I have caught tailor and a very small jew at deep water bend on them plus the other usuals.

Burko is on the money, you have to get that tail click happening.

As with a lot of lures, its about having confidence in that the lure is going to catch fish!

Looks like you forgot the best colour though, the deep red/purple colour

[Dinodadog]

As I have mentioned before they are a gun lure for bass, I have done well with them at baroon dam hopping them along the bottom or rigging them weightless and using them pattnoster style and jigging them. Small ones in the natural and also purple worked up there

[Cando]

Feral wrote:

Good morning to you! I just reckon they are way to stiff Kevin! NO action in them.

mate, i put all my new 1's in a cup of hot water for 2min's to soft'en them up a bit.. They work for me..

Noel

[Death Ray]

Thanks Burko,

I will try what you suggested. I have had no luck with these dust collectors to date, but will give em another run soon. Are you having more success on smaller or bigger ones?

Thanks

Andrew

[Bommie]

I've had success with these cheapies, caught bream, flathead and the bass love them [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0566_AFO.jpg

[will]

whats ur thoughts on the rio prawn it was made up on the nth coast

[Dan23]

Bommie wrote:

I've had success with these cheapies, caught bream, flathead and the bass love them [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0566_AFO.jpg

Yeah those kokoda prawns are great if yo just pitch them out and freespool. Watch the bream swallow them then flick the bail and strike!

[jeff f]

will wrote:

whats ur thoughts on the rio prawn it was made up on the nth coast

did allright with them years ago when they first came out

still got a couple but haven't had a hit on them lately

[faulked]

i found one brand new in the packet at npd but thats the most luck ive had :laugh:

jason

[alteclansing]

Cando wrote:

Feral wrote:

Good morning to you! I just reckon they are way to stiff Kevin! NO action in them.

mate, i put all my new 1's in a cup of hot water for 2min's to soft'en them up a bit.. They work for me..

Noel

That's good advice... Thanks, hopefully wont melt the fella...

[Bommie]

Dan23 wrote:

Bommie wrote:

I've had success with these cheapies, caught bream, flathead and the bass love them [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0566_AFO.jpg

Yeah those kokoda prawns are great if yo just pitch them out and freespool. Watch the bream swallow them then flick the bail and strike!

spot on Dan same with bass

[shortie]

have caught bream, trevs, flathead on them. Have seen a mate get same plus squire and Jack.

[Burko]

Death Ray wrote:

Thanks Burko,

I will try what you suggested. I have had no luck with these dust collectors to date, but will give em another run soon. Are you having more success on smaller or bigger ones?

Thanks

Andrew

The smaller ones work well on bream etc but the big ones are great on cod and a couple of other unidentified unstoppables. I have caught a 15cm bream on a big one and i have also caught a 80cm flathead on a small one. just have try what suits conditions and times etc, same with every other lure.

Burko