berkley pre-rigged shrimp -kev C

[kevinchen19870316]

ok here's what i did this arvo

i tuned this berkley 10cm prerigged shrimp for better action and hook up rate.

the lure was rigged by a single hook with around 25grms hidden weight. so i took out the hook and hidden weight cuz it's obviously too heavy for most estuary fishing.

next thing i did was placing 2 size 2 decoy SW trebles where big fish r most likely to bite onto. the hooks are connected by 23lb varivas casting PE( double) and after a bit, i thought i'd put on 20lb wire in case some toothy fish want it.

i also put in a 8-9grms sinker at the lower front for better sinking action ( idea from squid jigs!)

so here's berkley shrimp -kev c, meaning it's super tuned by me. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01813_AFO.jpg

[kevinchen19870316]

hopefully fish will love it [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01814_AFO.jpg

[fishyman]

hahaha

hahaahhahahaha

nice work kev that should catch you a few more threadies to add to your total

[Angus]

When are you going to try it out?

Angus

[benno573]

are you using braid to connect the hooks or is that what you changed to the wire?

[kevinchen19870316]

haha, thanks fishyman, i wish...

more likely some cod and flattie though. maybe some very very ambitious bream?

[fishyman]

seems like a good concept, hope it works for you

[kevinchen19870316]

benno573 wrote:

are you using braid to connect the hooks or is that what you changed to the wire?

i used only braid at 1st but figured what if some toothy fish hit the lure? so for strength and durability reasons, i kept the braid connection and put on 20lb wire as extra protection. either of the connection have at least 15lb strength so i can rest assure that a fish hooked won't get away by tearing apart the lure.

[pinkey]

Awsome stuff, kinda like a soft prawnstar.. should have a good hookup rate..

[brisfisher]

looks pretty good,how does it swim?

[kevinchen19870316]

i'll use it as a jerkbait just like any other sps without built in action, only that this one's bigger.

[kevinchen19870316]

alright, now the bait's hanging on some random fish's mouth! time to go heavier than 23lb braid!

[ellicat]

Maybe just a better knot:P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[chubbstar]

Bigger spool?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Gazza]

A Alvey perhaps

[Dan23]

You guys shouldn't tease Kev or he'll post what he landed on that lure before he lost it and put you all to shame.:laugh:

[ellicat]

That'd be a good contribution. Much more interesting than denegrating other members' abilities.

Bring it on Kev.

[Gazza]

that will be a first pics of fish lol

[chubbstar]

Dan23 wrote:

You guys shouldn't tease Kev or he'll post what he landed on that lure before he lost it and put you all to shame.:laugh:

Dan I would be very happy to see Kev catch a awesome fish on his "super tuned" plastic. I love seeing big fish, I dont care who there caught by. So I'm looking forward to the report where he was "Super Finese" Bream fishing with 24lb braid and his "Super tuned" sp, even the pic where he's holding his fish as far away from his body to make the fish look bigger.

Yes we're all learning, the tricks of the trade!

Jayson

[Gazza]

This is one I rerigged for a better hook up :woohoo: [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/lure_AFO.jpg

[Rocket75]

is the can for illustrative purposes only? or are you gunna get the fish drunk too:silly:

Rocket

[Gazza]

fill the can with resign the mind boggles if it worked imagine the sponsorship from CUB vb lures :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Gaz

[Terry H]

Some posts have been removed as the are inappropriate (more so than others) and subsequent posts relating to them. Eging thing is getting old.

Kevin: do you mean heavier than 23lbs for use in the plastic, or as your mainline?

My opinion is: if you're having trouble with 23lbs in the brissy river, then you really need to tighten that drag of yours up mate. Either that or fish with more than 50m of line when doing 30+m casts :laugh:

[fishyman]

TerryH wrote:

My opinion is: if you're having trouble with 23lbs in the brissy river, then you really need to tighten that drag of yours up mate. Either that or fish with more than 50m of line when doing 30+m casts :laugh:

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

considering where kev fishes id be using 30lb minimum if i want to keep lures

and maybe land a few fish:P :cheer:

[pinkey]

for what i said before, sorry i got a name mixed up.

But kev, its great to see your lure works soo well. Awsome stuff buddy!

[Terry H]

fishyman wrote:

TerryH wrote:

My opinion is: if you're having trouble with 23lbs in the brissy river, then you really need to tighten that drag of yours up mate. Either that or fish with more than 50m of line when doing 30+m casts :laugh:

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

considering where kev fishes id be using 30lb minimum if i want to keep lures

and maybe land a few fish:P :cheer:

Fishyman: It's not really anything to go by as I have only seen and felt kevins gear once, but his drag was set extremely light, which cool for the sport of it. His reaction when he felt my 4lbs told me that he doesn't fish his gear anywhere near what he COULD. Maybe he does normally fish it a lot harder in these areas, I don't know, it's just the impression I got.

If he's fishing snaggy terrain, then from what I've read and heard from other anglers, then perhaps he should be using another line other than varivas to get better abrasion resistence.

I stand by my statement that the lbs gear he is using should be ample.

[kevinchen19870316]

Dan23 wrote:

You guys shouldn't tease Kev or he'll post what he landed on that lure before he lost it and put you all to shame.:laugh:

thanks dan. don't really wanna post though, wait till i land the fish that took my VT65!!!

[kevinchen19870316]

terryH, i won't comment on what sort of technique ppl use to play the fish.

i won't set the drag to 8lb when breaming in open water and i certainly won't use 3lb drag when using 20lb leader for m+ fish around one of the places where landing the fish can't be harder

[kreel]

That lure was wild looking, are you going to make another? I'd be interested to hear how it goes.

[kevinchen19870316]

i'll definitely make more. say 3-5 and maybe i'll put even heavier connection when 20lb wire in cuz i'm going heavier than 20lb on my casting combo.

[fishyman]

TerryH wrote:

fishyman wrote:

TerryH wrote:

My opinion is: if you're having trouble with 23lbs in the brissy river, then you really need to tighten that drag of yours up mate. Either that or fish with more than 50m of line when doing 30+m casts :laugh:

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

considering where kev fishes id be using 30lb minimum if i want to keep lures

and maybe land a few fish:P :cheer:

Fishyman: It's not really anything to go by as I have only seen and felt kevins gear once, but his drag was set extremely light, which cool for the sport of it. His reaction when he felt my 4lbs told me that he doesn't fish his gear anywhere near what he COULD. Maybe he does normally fish it a lot harder in these areas, I don't know, it's just the impression I got.

If he's fishing snaggy terrain, then from what I've read and heard from other anglers, then perhaps he should be using another line other than varivas to get better abrasion resistence.

I stand by my statement that the lbs gear he is using should be ample.

yeah fair enough terry, i reckon he could get away with it and he has been but if he wants to land everything he hooks heavier is the go.

i agree on swapping from varivas to a more abrasion resistant line.

[kevinchen19870316]

i'll be using mono next time i'm there fishyman. 25lb at least.

[kevinchen19870316]

here r some of my favorite baits that i've all tuned

all with super strong split rings and oversized thick decoy/owner/katuage hooks. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01823_AFO.jpg

[kevinchen19870316]

see the oversized hooks:laugh: [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01824_AFO.jpg

[Rocket75]

after spending all that time (and dollars) on those lures I'd be gutted to lose one...hope that they each catch you a fish before being confiscated by the fishing gods;)

[kevinchen19870316]

yeah, you are right rocket. losing the 1st shrimp actually made me happy because it proved the effectiveness but when i started losing more, i was really gutted. even more when i lost all my VT65s of favorite colors.

[batman]

Kev

I really like your style mate! The shrimp is just brilliant....I will definatley start doing the same thing. I recentley put new rings and bigger treble hooks to my favourite hard body...gave to a run out at Wello point and woohoo got most of my fish.....def better hook ups.

Good onya!

Batty

[Terry H]

batman, just make sure when you put bigger rings and hooks that you dont put too much weight on them, it can detract from the action of the lure.

[kevinchen19870316]

thanks batman.

putting trebles on those shrimps is definitely one of the best decisions i made last few days. hook up rate jumped from 0% to 90%.

as for bigger trebles and heavy duty rings on those HBs, i won't recommend this mod to be used regularly as sometimes it will ruin the action of lures.

but if u notice the lures i chose to upgrade, they all have very very strong actions so some extra hardware should be fine. those extra strong hardware will make sure that there's no weak point throughout my set up so that i've go confidence to really lock up the drag and give massive fish some serious stopping power

[kevinchen19870316]

here's the combo i'll be throwing the heavier ones in the pic

loomis forcelite 10-17lb( wish it was 15-25lb)

calais 100a

73m fireline 30lb with bimini twist at end

1.8m 60lb leader( hopefully i can get black magic tough) or 5m wind on 80lb leader if i still get bust offs)

all rings on lures will be changed to 40lb test rings. all lures i'll throw will have new hooks that can hold up to 30lb force.

when fishing, i'll keep drag at least 10lb-12lb at all stages of fight.