Mangrove Studio Stickbaits

[Ewan Macleod]

Has anyone fished with these?

190mm long / 115grams

http://www.mangrove-studio.com/mangrove_s/products/ocean/ocw-um.html

[Brock Arifovic]

Nup not me.

[Brandon Khoo]

Ewan, keep away from these. The only thing they're good for is being used as a quasi pencil popper; that is, cast it out and reel it back at a decent speed where it skips on the surface.

I can't get these things to swim at all.

[Ewan Macleod]

Thanks for the tip Brandon. I've come close to buying a few times under the impression they are a good functional shape.

[Mick Cunningham]

Ewan, keep away from these. The only thing they're good for is being used as a quasi pencil popper; that is, cast it out and reel it back at a decent speed where it skips on the surface.

I can't get these things to swim at all.

i am wondering would this work better with soft tip rod on slow speed ??

[Brandon Khoo]

Tried that!

[alex frangoulis]

what would you recomend thats similar yet effective?

[Brandon Khoo]

Alex - surface stickbaits are a bit of an art form. To really get them to swim properly needs relatively calm conditions and a soft tipped rod. Most people I've seen fish them almost like a pencil popper but they designed to actually swim. The easiest of the surface stickbaits to fish is the Nomad Dogtooth or Wahoo and the Craftbait Realbait.

The hardest is the Mangrove Studio - I don't reckon Konishi could get this damn thing to swim properly!

[DarrenC]

Have tried these stickbaits with some success but i do agree with Brandon that they are difficult to work, but it is not impossible. First time out in choppy conditions i cldn't extract a favourable action, but when i used it next on another trip where the seas were flat i was surprised at the beautiful darting roll it produced. It subsequently nailed 4 GTs and a bluefin before i kept it from being hijacked!

Trick to it is a medium action rod (like for all other stickbaits) and fast but long twitches with enough pause time in between.

Attached a pic of an average specimen just under 15kgs.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Great work Darren! Nice fish 

[Mick Cunningham]

yea good catch .

hey darren may i ask you what rod was that in your picture .

[Geoff Volter]

That rod looks HOT- what is it?

[DarrenC]

Thanks guys, that rod was self-built from a prototype blank sourced direct from a manufacturer. Rated PE5-6, perfect match for the Stella 10000. Also landed this PB 42kg GT on the same outfit...

[Greg Burt]

Awesome

[Nathan Cefai]

wicked fish there,well done..Labo done the trick!