After several months of field testing the Trollcraft Prism Murrin range on Murray cod and golden perch in my local waterways I had become totally convinced of their unbelievable fish catching abilities. I was now keen to test them out not only on new waters but in a tournament situation as well. The time had come after deciding to take the plunge and make the 8 1/2 hours drive from Batlow to Timberlake for the first running of the Timberlake Legends tournament. When I finally arrival at the lake I was greeted with what I’d hoped to see, a very shallow and snaggy dam, perfect Prism Murrin water.

The reason I say this is that over the months of field testing the Prism Murrins on my own local waterways, I found that these lures worked better than any other lipless crank bait on the market in shallow water applications. So as I was being told at the briefing that Timberlake is no more than seven metres deep and on average is only around three metres deep, I was getting very toey to see if Timberlake's resident green fish loved the Prism Murrins as much as the ones from my local waterways do.

This lovely little Mannus lake cod hit a #3 sized Prism Murrin on the drop. This seems to be a common occurrence using PM's as they have an erratic wounded fish action in free fall that will really entice fish into striking.

MY OBSERVATIONS

The Prism Murrins have a much slower sink rate than the more well known, more expensive lipless crank baits on the market, many of which seem to just nose dive straight to the bottom like a sinking rock. The super slow sink rate of the Prism Murrins really helps to entice more strikes from fish especially those holding tight to cover. As we all know the longer a lure is in a fish’s territory or presence the more likely it is to be belted either out of hunger or territorial aggression. I also found that the Prism Murrins had an erratic almost side to side sink action on the drop much like a dying, wounded or struggling fish. This amazing sinking action also plays a big part in the exceptional amount of hits you seem to get with these lures in free fall.

Obviously being lighter than most other lipless crank baits on the market they allow for a much slower presentation. This means that they don’t require such a fast retrieve to get the lure to work effectively and this is why I say that these lures work their best in shallow water. Other scenarios that I have found them to be unbelievably deadly is when they are slowly rolled along the edges of willow trees and thick weed beds for shadow hugging Murray cod and golden perch.

When I say that these lures work their best in shallow water scenarios I certainly don’t mean that they don’t work in deeper situations as I have still caught a lot of fish in what most people would call really deep water. When you're targeting fish in deep water all that is required is a little more patience to allow the lure to flutter to the bottom. This is not necessarily a bad thing as this will give the fish much more time to see your lure which will in turn give you more of a chance of enticing the fish to strike.

When you’re chasing Murray cod and golden perch you very rarely need to fish deeper than around twelve metres which makes the Prism Murrins perfect lure for targeting these fish species anywhere, any time.

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