Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Jazzing up lures
Andrew Poulos:
Hi all,
Does anyone add that "little" extra to their lures for when they find the fish are finnicky...
I tend to use some fly tail material in ghost white or pearl blue on the the trebles of lures. With the stickbaits that I have used lately , due to the clear water around here I have just painted the trebles red to see if that helps reduce shyness.
Ive seen some lures have the metal blade on the rear as well - has that helped anyone ?
cheers
andrew
Brandon Khoo:
I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them. I find that with this, it gives more options on how you use the popper. Apart from the more traditional chugging action, a quicker action with fast jerks of the rod works quite well with a spinner blade on the back. There is simply more flash to the action and I have found the blade to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the lure.
Cam Foley:
Yip check out this puppy didn't work to well would not sink fast but looked awesome coming back up . Its a 300gram river to sea knife with a skirt glued on ,was a bit board one night i call it the hula jig
Jon Li:
--- Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2007, 01:15:14 PM ---I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them. I find that with this, it gives more options on how you use the popper. Apart from the more traditional chugging action, a quicker action with fast jerks of the rod works quite well with a spinner blade on the back. There is simply more flash to the action and I have found the blade to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the lure.
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I find spinner blade tends to " hold " the popper and prevent it from cartwheeling when jerked too vigorously , it functions as " propeller " to keep the popper in straight line motion throughout .
Jon .
Andrew Woodley-Page:
--- Quote from: Jon Li on May 30, 2007, 01:45:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2007, 01:15:14 PM ---I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them.
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I find spinner blade tends to " hold " the popper and prevent it from cartwheeling when jerked too vigorously , it functions as " propeller " to keep the popper in straight line motion throughout .
Jon .
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Very interesting discussion.
Brandon/Jon, do you add aftermarket blades or do your poppers come with the blade? If the former, can you specify a manufacturer/supplier and brand or size?
Thanks in advance
Andrew
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