The Ultimate Barramundi Fishing Guide: How To Catch More Fish With The Right Lures (2024)

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The Ultimate Barramundi Fishing Guide: How To Catch More Fish With The Right Lures? ›

Lures like the 4 and 5 inch Paddle Prawn are perfect for barramundi when rigged on a conventional 3/8oz jig head and 3/0 or 5/0 hook. Alternatively they can be rigged weedless on a worm hook to avoid snagging in heavy timber or weedy areas. Barra can be moody.

Lures like the 4 and 5 inch Paddle Prawn are perfect for barramundi when rigged on a conventional 3/8oz jig head and 3/0 or 5/0 hook. Alternatively they can be rigged weedless on a worm hook to avoid snagging in heavy timber or weedy areas. Barra can be moody.

In open water such as bays and reefs, you can use a brighter lure such as chartreuse or orange. Another good option is to use bright colours such as chartreuse or yellow with dark patterns such as black or brown. This contrast will make the lure more visible and attract barramundi.

Go slow and learn to break your wrist with the twitching action imparted on the lure. Well, not literally break your wrist, but snap it downwards before pausing and allowing the lure to sit momentarily before repeating. In shallow snaggy water, try and use floating lures which avoid snagging up repeatedly.

Line: Good Quality Braid Line 20-30lb is ideal (Power Pro or Fins PRT). Leader: 50-70lb (20-30kg) monofilament or fluorocarbon; also single strand wire trace 50- 70lb (20 – 30kg) for mackerel. Lures: Saltwater Grade lures; eg Classic Bluewater, Rapala X Rap 20+.

Vibration is also key—Barramundi are attracted to movement, so it's important to use a lure that creates a lot of vibration. This will help to attract the fish and get them to bite. Koala Pro Tip: When lure fishing, retrieve slowly. Barramundi are lazy ambush predators that wait for an easy target to pass by.

A 6-15kg braided mainline fished on a bait-casting outfit is a good setup. The most common fishing method with Barramundi is hard-bodied lures with a slow, twitching retrieve with occasional hard twitches.

Fishing with live bait is also another way that can bring success, but it's not as effective as using a quality hard-body lure. Barramundi are attracted to bright colours - white, yellow, orange and red. So make sure your lure matches the water environment.

Best lures seem to be traditional minnows and soft plastics. Bouncing a frog lure across water lilies is also productive for catching barramundi. At night-time slowly retrieving surface popper lures to simulate mullet cruising around on the surface seems to be productive.

Silver & gold are your main colours. They are your basic colors which will work in all situations. As a general rule, silver is a great color to use on bright, sunny days, where as on darker, cloudy days, gold would be best. Also, consider the water clarity you are fishing.

What is the best lure for barramundi at night? ›

Sub-surface: When it's windier, or there is a bit of chop on the water and surface fishing won't be an effective option, night-time barra can still be caught running either hardbody lures or paddle tail soft plastics. My go-to lures here are the Bagley Rumble B's and the 6" ZMan SwimmerZ.

The trick to hooking fish in the corner of the mouth, especially barra, is to fish the rod in gear and let the fish inhale the bait. Don't strike at the fish like you see on TV. Another tip is go up 1-2 hook sizes to what you usually use in a J hook or suicide hook, when live baiting with circle hooks.

It's a fairly widely held consensus among most impoundment barramundi anglers that the lead up to and, in particular, the few days before a full moon are the best times to chase barra.

We stock a wide variety of inline singles which are very popular for attaching to stickbaits and some poppers. We also carry many brands of trebles in barbed and barbless models in all sizes from the size 8 for Barramundi right up to size 7/0 for the biggest of apex fish species.

Half tide out to half tide in is the best time to fish. The bottom of the tide really concentrates bait and can be the best time to fish, especially for barramundi. Neap (smallest) tides are best for lures fishing, because of the better water clarity when compared to the bigger spring tides.

For Barramundi we generally recommend a minimum of 20lb braid, ideally you would want 30lb braid with a 50 – 60lb monofilament leader.

Traditional minnows and soft plastics are good lures to use. Popper lures with a sluggish retrieve can be used at night. Running depths, motion, shape, colour, castability, hook up, holding, and buoyancy are all factors in creating a superb Barramundi lure, and everyone has their own favourite.

Best lures seem to be traditional minnows and soft plastics. Bouncing a frog lure across water lilies is also productive for catching barramundi. At night-time slowly retrieving surface popper lures to simulate mullet cruising around on the surface seems to be productive.

Hard bodied, diving minnows are some of the most productive barramundi lures you'll ever own. The swimming action and vibration created by a hard body can at times bring fish from a long way off. Plus, this style of lure has plenty of hook points to get a hold in the bucket mouth of a barra!