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Clint Fannin with a cracking 124cm barra caught in the Fitzroy River on an ultra-slow retrieve.
TIt’s a prawn thing: the low-down on Live Shrimp
HE arrival of the Zerek Live it an exceptional piece of lure en- Shrimp created a stir unlike gineering and allow it to be rigged many other lures in Austral- multiple ways.
Fishing Techniques
by STEPHEN BOOTH
ia. The Live Shrimp catapulted to Three sizes (2”, 3.5” and 5”) also
the top of the charts almost as soon as it was released and, after more than eight years on the market, still maintains its place at the top of the heap.
lure? And where has the develop- ment of this phenomenon gone? Back to the start
means there is a Live Shrimp suit- able for every species in Australia. Let’s look at the features first.
But what is it about the Live Shrimp that makes it such a user-friendly
The Live Shrimp is a prawn-shaped soft plastic lure that is constructed from durable thermo plastic (TPE). It has a host of features that make
The Live Shrimp has unique rig- ging slots in the body to shield the weedless worm hook, making the lure virtually snag proof while maintaining exceptional fish-hook- ing abilities.
Aaron Gibbs was excited to learn from the locals and put it all into practice at the Rocky Barra Bounty with this beautiful Fitzroy barra.
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And lastly, fluorescent eyes add extra visual appeal to an already * continued P29
Its tail is segmented to provide a very realistic tail action and these segments are held together by Kev- lar matting to give the tail excep- tional durability.
The legs are stiff, however this stiffness relates to their action in the water as they quiver realistical- ly rather than fold up and over the body as they do in softer materials.
The Live Shrimp also comes with an inbuilt rattle chamber to add ex- tra sonics to the lure. This rattle can be removed when rigging the Live Shrimp on a jig head or if you feel the extra sonics are not required.
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