The best lures and soft plastics to catch Redfin

Welcome to the guide on the best lures and soft plastics to catch Redfin. Redfin or English Perch is an iconic bread and butter species brilliant to target with lures and soft plastics. Reddies are predatory fish with wide mouths that school up in big numbers. They taste great and are especially fun to catch using light spinning gear. Redfin is very accessible and found in many rivers and lakes throughout Victoria. Have a look at our detailed fishing locations guide for Melbourne & Victoria to find some location suggestions to target redfin. Some anglers consider redfin to be a noxious pest. In fact, it’s illegal to return them to the water in some states and systems locally. However, at FishingMad we love them and consider redfin to be an underrated fish species, with beautiful colours.

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So what are the best lures to use to catch redfin. Reddies are opportunistic feeders that will happily scoff most lures, metals, and soft plastics. An aggressive cannibalistic species that will have a go at anything that imitates a minnow, redfin, or trout. They will often take a lure near the bottom so allow time for your lure of plastic to sink. They respond well to bright colours. Flashy silvers and golds work well, so do bright red, green, pink, yellow & orange. Redfin love structure so aim to get your lures and plastics hard up against weed beds, rocks, and tree branches.

Here’s a detailed list of our favourite lures. Remember when targeting redfin use an ultralight spinning outfit. This should consist of a fishing rod around 7 feet long. Typically 1-3 or 2-4 kilo capacity class. Coupled with a reel in 1000, 2000 or 2500 size. Spooled with a high-quality braid and finished with a leader. Further species information about Redfin can be seen by viewing our Redfin species guide

How to catch redfin with Grub style soft plastics

Curl tail grub soft plastics are a great choice for redfin. These are most effective by keeping them close to the bottom with subtle lifts and pauses. Cast grubz out and give it time to sink to the bottom and retrieve it by applying small lifts and pauses every few meters. Redfin will often strike when you pause and plastics tail is fluttering down back to the surface. So pauses are very important. A few casts in one area then moving on to trying to locate the schools. The beauty of these soft plastics is the action in the tail. You can also cast and do a slow constant roll called a slow roll. This will account for many redfin and prevent you from snagging up.

Good options here include the

Strike Tiger curl tail grub
Zman Grubs
Kietech flapper grub
Daiwa Bait Junkie 2.5 inch grub
Berkley powerbait grub
Squidges biotough grub
Savage Gear Pro Grub
Gulp 3 inch minnow
Atomic Plazos
Damiki grubs
Storm Hypno Grub
Munroes 2.5 inch grub

Watch the video below as Al catches some BIG redfin using grub style soft plastics

The best spoons to catch redfin

Spoons have grown in immense popularity recently with the release of the Nories Wasaby and the Pontoon21 Paco. Ranging in weight from 8 grams to 15 grams these metal spoons allow you to cover great distances. They cast a mile and for this reason, have become great land-based options. Allowing you to reach deeper water. Fishing these are quite simple cast out far then let it sink for a second or two then a constant slow or medium pace retrieve. It’s a good idea to mix up the retrieval speed and add in the occasional lift and twitch.

Good options include

The best Paddle tail soft plastics to catch redfin

Paddle tails are another great option for Redfin and it’s the simple movement of the tail which gets the attention of the ever-aggressive Redfin. These are generally fished by casting out letting the paddle tail hit the bottom. The retrieve is a simple slow roll with some twitches and pauses. I generally have the rod tip pointing down towards the ground and vary the retrieval speed. The beauty of these soft plastics is the action in the tail. So you can also cast and do a slow constant roll called a slow roll. This to will account for many redfin and prevent you from snagging up. best lures catch Redfin.

Good options include

Zman Swim SwimZ
Dawia Bait Junkie paddle tail minnow
EcoGear powershads
Kietech swim impact fat
Fish arrow 3 inch flash j shad
Strike Tiger T Tail
Savage Gear Fat Minnow T-Tail
Munroes 3.75 paddle tail

The best hard body lures to catch redfin

Hard Body lures come in a huge variety of sizes, weights, colours and bib styles. Recently Redfin hard body lures have grown in popularity thanks to the Australian release Bullet Lures which cast a mile and are easy to use. There are many techniques to try when using hard body lures they can be as simple as casting out, keeping your rod tip down and retrieving with a slow roll or casting out and retrieving with a range of twitches lifts and pauses all controlled by your rod tip. You need to experiment and find what works for you.

Good options include

Duo Realis Ryuki Spearhead
Daiwa Double Clutch
ecogear sx40
Bullet 3cm minnow
Daiwa Presso Minnow
Bullet 5-0 minnow,
Ecoda mini crank
Rapala Countdown Minnow
small stump jumper
Rapala Scatter Rap CD
Jackall chubby

The best blades to catch redfin

Blades can be a brilliant choice and are great to use at new locations as they allow you to cover big distances. You simply cast the Blade out as far as you can, let the Blade hit the bottom then simply retrieve with small lifts of the Blade then a small wind of your reel to gather the slack line. Then let the Blade sink to the bottom again. Basically hopping the blade up and down of the bottom. This will imitate a wounded baitfish and quickly grab a Redfins attention. You need to pay attention as often Redfin will take the Blade on the drop.

Good options include

Tasmanian Devil Blade
eco gear ZX40
Savage Gear 3D minnow blade
TT switchblades and ghost-blades
StrikePro cyber vibe
Berkley Bigeye blade

The best Spinners to target redfin

Spinners are a timeless classic for chasing Redfin. Cast them out as far as you can or near structure or into open water then letting the spinner sink until close to the bottom then simply retrieving. The retrieve speed can vary however a simple constant slow roll with some twitches works well. I generally have the rod tip pointing down towards the ground and vary the retrieval speed.

Good options include

Bluefox spinners
Celta Classic Spinners
Super vibrax
Rainbow tsunami
Yellow and gold celtas
Savage Gear Rotex Spinners

The best Vibes to catch redfin

Vibes are another terrific choice which can be fished in a similar fashion to a Blade. They too are a good lure to use at new locations providing there aren’t too many snags. They allow you to cover big distances and can fish very well for Redfin. You simply cast out as far as you can, let the Vibe hit the bottom then simply retrieve by lifting a small wind then letting the vibe sink to the bottom again. You need to pay attention as often Redfin will take the Blade on the drop.

Good options include

Samaki Vibelicious
Savage Gear Fat Vibe ( Hard & soft )
Zerek fish trap
Strike pro hummer,
Zerek Fish Trap Soft Vibe ( R colour ),
Entice vibes,
Insanity tackle mini vibe
Storm SX Soft VIB

Old classics to target redfin

Timeless classics are just as effective now as they were back in their heyday. Although people are moving to plastics, hard-body, spoons, vibes and, Blades these old classics continue to work and produce solid Redfin.

Good options include the

Tasmanian Devil lure
Hogback
Ondex Spinner
Silver Wobbler
Red and white Wobbler Spoon

Minnow imitations to catch redfin

Minnow style soft plastics come in 2 distinctive types, natural bait imitations to mimic a baitfish or brightly coloured to stand out and get a reddies full attention. These work really well and you just need to mix up your retrieval techniques and rig them correctly by using an appropriate size jig head and putting them on straight to enhance the plastic action. You may also want to consider using a scent like s-Factor or Pro-Cure for nonscented plastics to increase your chances.

Good options include

Zman Streakz
Jackall clone Fry 3.25,
Berkley Drop shot bass minnow

Bugs and Crustaceans to target redfin

Bugs and crustaceans come in a vast variety of shapes, colours, and sizes and are growing in popularity. With realistic designs and through to brightly coloured designs with a lot of imagination. The reality is they all work. Just remember to mix up your retrieval techniques and rig them correctly by using an appropriate size jig head and putting them on straight to enhance the plastic action. You may also want to consider using a scent like s-Factor or Pro-Cure for nonscented plastics to increase your chances.

Good options include

Berkley Gulp turtleback worm
Munroes ziptail worm
Savage Gear Mayfly
strike tiger nymph
Savage Gear Manic Shrimp

bugs and crustaceans to catch redfin

As you can see from the list above Redfin generally love bright colours. The colours I have always had success with include Red, Green, Pink, Yellow & Orange. They love anything that imitates a small Redfin or a natural baitfish.

The final word from the author

Thank you for reading the best lures catch Redfin guide. I have been targeting redfin for many years now and hope the guide above will improve your catch rates when fishing for Redfin. Remember to adhere to the Victorian legal size and bag limits. Always carry your Victorian fishing license and adhere to fishing rules and regulations. Consult the Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide

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The best lures and soft plastics to catch Redfin