Don't use the plastics as artificial bate mate. You need to rig them up on a jig head and work them so they look like an injured fish or a grub being swept by the current.

Get yourself some of these http://www.ttlures.com.au/product.php?id=230 and then hold your plastic against it to see where the hook should come out and thread the hook down the plastic. The plastic should sit straight on the hook without being bunched up to allow the best action. 

To work the plastic you cast it out and take up the slack and watch the line until it goes slack again, flick your rod tip up (single flick or little flick followed by a bigger flick), reel in the slack and repeat until you have a fish or you have to cast again.

 the plastics. Use eating quality prawns from the supermarket 

Jack, yer i know mate....:) I was jsut showing my selection... I suck at rigging the jigheads but I am getting there... Gonna use 1/16  in upper canning I think. Is that true about using suppermarket prawns, or you just messing with me? :)

 nah its true that they are a good bait but i havent tried them on bream. the best way to catch bream is with a whole river prawn and pretty much no weight

 Go the supermarket of fishmongers prawns. Get as fresh as possible which usually means Aussie caught.

I havent bought bait prawns for over 10 years now. They are just the scrapings from the factory floor.

yer bait prawn s relaly are horrific....ill do that mate thanks alot...ill try the softies first. if I dont get any luck, ill use the bream rig with a half a prawn if they are too big....

 Throw away the suicide hook too, buy some bait keeper hooks. They will present prawns much better and chemically sharpened hooks will hook up better. Go black swivels, brass ones flash too much light about.

I have bought king prawns for bluebone before, for the same reasons as you mentioned Tassy. Its worth buying the better quality stuff. Don't be conned into buying the already "thawed for your convenience" rubbish, ask for frozen and keep them frozen until 1 minute before you use them.
keep working on the softies !

Do people  still dig for bloodworms 

when I was younger my old man used to take us down river at low tide dig for them. 1/3 ice cream container full would be enough for a days fishing. then would go back at high tide to fish. one of best baits for bream imo 

...you need someone to actually sit down with you and demonstrate how to rig a softie! It's not hard, even with the tougher materials like you find in the Zmans etc. Even a quality tackle store would show you how. Explaining it on here just isn't as effective.

The other things to remember when using softies include making sure the weight of your jighead and length of your plastic suit each other AND the depth/conditions. Also important to have a sensitive rod, braided line, and good quality mono or FC leader, and to make sure the braid to leader join is a proper knot....the simpler ones are the back-to-back uni, Albright, and slim beauty...something tells me you may not be doing this? Again, tackle shops or someone on here who's convenient could help you out...maybe organise to meet someone at a fishing spot...would love to help if you come fishing down Mandurah/Rocko way!

na I use Albright no worries at all, ... I use swivels, as wlel as the braid to fluro.

My line is the really thin black stuff Oceanside put on for me when I bought the rod (2-4kg) so thats all sorted. 6-8 lb fluro for leader... I jsut sit down while watching telly an keep hooking the softies.... its jsut poractice an yes it isnt hard... watched a few vids on it...Just cant seem to get past the damn things twisting on me an hooks either dont go in far enough or coem out side... ill get it:)...