THE NEXT EVOLUTION IN HARD BAITS
The new Pro-Tech range started with research and development in Berkley’s labs. It extended to countless hours of on water testing with expert Berkley pro team anglers, real conditions and real fish. Through trial, refinement, failure and success the intricacies of everything from action to sink rate have been perfected in the Pro-Tech range. It’s this process that ensures every new Berkley product is scientifically proven to catch more fish.
PUT TO THE TEST
WHEN IT COMES TO CATCHING MORE FISH THE PRO-TECH RANGE HAS PROVED TO PERFORM ACROSS AUSTRALIA, FROM HARD-PRESSURED SOUTHERN ESTUARIES TO REMOTE TROPICAL BILLABONGS.
SURFACE
FROM. $16.99 RRP
LENGTH: 50mm
WEIGHT: 3.4g
DEPTH: 0m
The Pop 50 is designed to make maximum noise with minimum bulk where it counts. Sitting tail down at rest, its slender rear design ensures maximum hook exposure for the subtlest of bites. It’s super easy to fish, casting like a bullet and able to be worked slow or fast depending on the target species. The Pop 50 has proved deadly on a wide range of fresh and saltwater species in testing, so much so it’s become a favourite of some of the veteran anglers in the Berkley Pro Team already.
TARGET SPECIES:
Whiting / Bream / Bass / Estuary Perch / JUNGLE PERCH
SURFACE
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LENGTH: 65mm
WEIGHT: 4.2g
DEPTH: 0m
LENGTH: 85mm
WEIGHT: 9.4g
DEPTH: 0m
The Pro-Tech Slurp is designed to “walk the walk” and “talk the talk” when it comes to putting fish in the boat. Berkley tuned it with a rocker profile that is easy to walk or rattle with a high rod tip to produce explosive surface strikes. Both sizes feature an extra loud rattle and sit tail down at rest to entice a subtle “slurp” or an explosive take when paused. The Owner ST36 hooks are razor sharp and do not miss fish when they decide to attack. Available in 65mm and 85mm models that have proved deadly in testing on estuary surface favorites such as whiting, bream and flathead. The 65mm model is perfect when conditions are calm and glassy and the 85mm comes into its own when it gets windy and there’s plenty of ripples or small waves on the water. If you enjoy topwater fishing as much as we do, make sure you have a Slurp in your line up!
TARGET SPECIES:
Bream / Whiting / Flathead / Bass / Estuary Perch / Mangrove Jack / SARATOGA / SOOTY GRUNTER / JUNGLE PERCH
SURFACE
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LENGTH: 76mm
WEIGHT: 4.4g
DEPTH: 0-0.2m
LENGTH: 100mm
WEIGHT: 8.5g
DEPTH: 0-0.2m
The Pro-Tech Bender is a unique lure that can be easily controlled with a combination of rod tip height and retrieve speed to make it do what’s needed to replicate a wounded baitfish action. Keep your rod tip high to keep it on the surface or drop the rod tip and rip it down below the surface to entice fussy followers. Berkley designed the Bender with a curve profile that produces a highly erratic, tight action that species like whiting, bream and flathead just can’t resist. Whether you’re on the flats or casting at structure the Pro-Tech Bender produces consistent results.
TARGET SPECIES:
Bream / Whiting / Flathead / Bass / Estuary Perch / Trout / SARATOGA / SOOTY GRUNTER / JUNGLE PERCH
FLOATING CRANK
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LENGTH: 38mm
WEIGHT: 4.5g
DEPTH: 0.4-0.7m
LENGTH: 38mm
WEIGHT: 4.6g
DEPTH: 1.0-1.2m
Berkley have taken everything they’ve learned from thousands of Pro Team hours on the water spent casting at one of Australia’s most popular bread and butter species and rolled it into the Pro-Tech Brimz 38. Every vital detail has been covered from castability, the frequency of the action, to the rate of rise when it pauses. Whether you’re working rock walls or slow rolling it along the side of an oyster lease, fish can’t help but climb all over it. The Pro-Tech Brimz 38 is available in ten great colours and shallow and deep models to suit all types of crankbaiting conditions.
TARGET SPECIES:
Bream / Flathead / Bass / Estuary Perch / Sooty Grunter / Trout
FLOATING MINNOW
FROM. $16.99 RRP
LENGTH: 45mm
WEIGHT: 3.4g
DEPTH: 0.5-1.0m
LENGTH: 60mm
WEIGHT: 7.7g
DEPTH: 0.6-1.5m
The Pro-Tech Twitcher is designed to target fussy estuarine and freshwater species. Its lifelike minnow profile is common in baitfish that live in most Australian aquatic environments making it a very versatile lure to throw when fish are proving tough to get a bite out of. The smaller 45mm model is ideal for twitching adjacent to structure or across open flats to tempt black and yellowfin bream. The 65mm model offers a larger profile suited well to targeting everything from flathead and bass. Both models have tight actions that fish well slow rolled or twitched in a series of rips and pauses. The Twitcher slowly rises when paused and can easily be swam over submerged structure to tempt fish holding tight with a reaction bite.
TARGET SPECIES:
Bream / Flathead / Bass / Estuary Perch / Sooty Grunter / Jungle Perch / Trout
SUSPENDING JERKBAIT
FROM. $16.99 RRP
LENGTH: 60mm
WEIGHT: 4.0g
DEPTH: 0.4-1.0m
LENGTH: 90mm
WEIGHT: 11.4g
DEPTH: 0.4-1.0m
The Pro-Tech Jerk was designed by the Berkley Pro Team with one mission in mind: to build a jerk bait that casts well, has a highly erratic action, and produces plenty of bites. The Jerk 60 can be twitched and ripped to produce an amazing darting baitfish action. You can then stop it dead in its tracks to perfectly suspend in a fish’s face. Both sizes feature a moving cast-weight ball that ensures long accurate deliveries and eye-watering movement. The 90mm model is perfect for working the flats for flathead or pitching at snags for bass and Jacks. If you like working a lure hard, you’re going to love throwing the Pro-Tech Jerk.
TARGET SPECIES:
Bream / Flathead / Bass / Estuary Perch / Mangrove Jack / Trout
DEEP JERKBAIT
FROM. $18.99 RRP
LENGTH: 80mm
WEIGHT: 13.2g
DEPTH: 2.5-3m
Barramundi demand the ultimate in strength and performance from any lures that come their way. With this in mind, the Berkley team set out to build a Barra lure that not just has an incredible suspending, bite-inducing action but is also fitted with super tough hardware to handle the rigors of battle. The Pro-Tech Bazz Bait features Owner rings and ST56TN heavy duty hooks to tame the nastiest of chrome beasts. Slow roll it, or twitch and pause it to provoke knee-trembling strikes. Be warned, you better hang on!
TARGET SPECIES:
BARRAMUNDI / MANGROVE JACK / THREADFIN SALMON / FLATHEAD / MURRAY COD
RATTLING VIBE
FROM. $18.99 RRP
LENGTH: 60mm
WEIGHT: 18g
DEPTH: 10m+
When Berkley set out to design the Pro-Tech Vibe they were looking to create a bait that not only has a strong vibrating action on the lift but also a lure that shimmied on the drop. Many species love to attack a lure that’s swimming seductively down through the water column and the Pro-Tech 60 vibe does this extremely well. Combine this action with a unique sonic rattle and you have a recipe for success in fresh and saltwater. Whether you’re chasing big flathead or soccer ball sized goldens the Vibe 60 is a must have in your lure box.