CAN’T BEAT ‘EM, JOIN ‘EM

There was quite a few spinner bait manufacturers fishing in the Legends tournament and as the field of competitors were rigging their rods in anticipation, there was a lot of friendly sledging going on. I knew spinner baits would work in this dam but after already having a plan of attack I decided to stick with it and proceeded to tie on the #3 sized Prism Murrins.

Hoot! the siren sounded for the beginning of the first session and off we all went to our preferred fishing destinations. A fellow competitor who had decided to troll for most of the tournament was rewarded almost instantly with a nice little Murray cod, not far from where I was fishing. I put a cast out and as I was waiting for the lure to reach the bottom I started to congratulate him on his nice fish. I only got half way through congratulating him when my Prism Murrin was belted by a nice Murray cod. After a couple of minutes battle a lovely 65 centimetre Murray cod was quickly measured then released.

These fish must be really going off I thought as I put my next cast in. Boof! the lure was hit on the drop in mid water by what felt like a big cod but surprisingly after a quick but dirty fight a small 57cm Murray cod was in the net. What a start! Two fish inside the first 15 minutes, might have been a bit of a fluke I thought or maybe they're just going off and everyone’s catching them. It didn’t take long to get the next fish in the net or the next or the next. We had five fish measured within the first hour and a half of the competition, all were caught casting with the Prism Murrins.

The author with a 65 centimetre Murray cod he caught within the first ten minutes of the Legends fishing tournament at Timberlake.

The thoughts I had earlier were soon answered when the majority of the anglers (most of them fishless) had not only moved to my location but had changed from their spinnerbaits to lipless crank baits. Due to the popularity and exposure the Jackall range gets most of the other competitors only had Doozers or TN70’s to use. Once the lure changes where made I noticed these anglers starting to catch a few fish but they just didn’t seem to be catching anywhere near the numbers we where catching on the Prism Murrins.

I don’t know if it was the Prism Murrin's slower action both in free fall and on the retrieve, their slightly different rattle, their awesome appearance with their red and black eyes or a combination of all of these things that was making all the difference. I just know they were working!

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