Take Just One - Lure

[Travis Heaps]

Been a bit slow around here lately so thought i'd pose a question....if you could take just one (size and style) lure with you, what would it be?

For me, based purely on prior performance, its a Skipjack 120 in Fusilier colour.  Casts a mile, easy to work all day, can make it bloop but also work back on a fast swimming style retrieve and it's caught plenty of fish for me in the past.  Struggles in heavy conditions but I can sacrifice that I think.

[Jay Burgess]

Hmm gotta be a Craftbait GT2, not sure what colour though. Can work it easily and effectively all day, good presence in the water.

[Brandon Khoo]

there'd be quite a few lures which i think I could get by on their own with.

My pick would be the Sea Frog or a SS Glans but realistically, you don't need these. I'd be pretty confident out there with just a Heru Cubera in a 150g size.

From a stickbait perspective, a Orion Bigfoot 170 would do the job.

[George Pang]

bigfoot 140

it is the only one that will still be working at the end of the day

[Brandon Khoo]

actually, that is a really good point, George. If it was literally only one lure, it'd have to be an Orion. Anything would look like a hairbrush before too long! 

[Mick Cunningham]

hmmm

popper got to be old jai popper for me so far 

stickbait i got the most catch on wahoo 100 when they first came out  .

now i am hooked up has been collecting few different lure,s after i notice from a few report,s that you have been using 

i can,t wait to try them out on my next trip  .


p.s. any one got the old jai popper i would like to buy it off you 

[Bruce Ingram]

If I was going to Ono Island Fiji I would definitely go for a green River 2 Sea Dumbell.

I was there in March and the Green R2S Dumbell outperformed all other lures on the boat (Cuberas, skip jacks, Rooster Haymakers, Gt Specials and a few other assorted poppers and stick baits).

It was also noticeable how more effective the green was compared to say the the blue.

They do get a bit beaten up by the end of the day.

But then again none of ours made it to the end of the day.  

  

[Graham Scott]

Hey Bruce,
I'm with you, river to sea dumbell 200, cheap as, sticks to the water in our sloppy conditions around shoalwater bay and seems to hang together OK.
Does "dumbell" refer to the lure or the user?

[Brock Arifovic]

Orion Bigfoots hands down

[Brock Arifovic]

Mick,

i probably have 1 or 2 left

[Brandon Khoo]

Mick, I've got the original 130g model but not many left - maybe six to eight of them.

I remember you buying Jai Bigheads every morning at Shoalwater a few years ago to replace your losses from the previous day!

[Chris Young]

This is a no brainer for me   Full Scale Long Kong...handles the rough water well, has good presence and it can be fished all day on PE8-10....Most importantly it will still be fishable after quite a few fish .Unless you lose it

[Mick Cunningham]

Mick, I've got the original 130g model but not many left - maybe six to eight of them.

I remember you buying Jai Bigheads every morning at Shoalwater a few years ago to replace your losses from the previous day!

hi brandon

yeah that,s true . that is why i am after the old original jai Bigheads popper  cos the new one has changed a bit .

sent me a pm if you wish to sell some or not ??

[Brandon Khoo]

Hi Mick - sorry, I'll hold onto these. Too hard to find this model these days.

[Mick Cunningham]

Hi Mick - sorry, I'll hold onto these. Too hard to find this model these days.

no problem i understand as these are your collection 

just like the sea frog and gamma hard to replace them 

i have asked the maker for the old original one but they has changed the way of making them now . so i can,t replace them now .