New Carpenter GT lures

[Brandon Khoo]

Monster Hunter, Mick

[Luke Wyrsta]

Has anyone been successful with the pandoras and kattobis? They have now been out for a while and disappear like a puddle on a sunny day when they are available.
So does anyone have any opinions on them? And forgive my ignorance but do you work the kattobi like a pencil popper or with more a sweeping motion of the rod?

I haven't seen a Katobi in action but the Pandora worked great.

The Pandora sinks really well, with the weighting and being more hydrodynamic in profile. This lure's action is basically cast, let sink and slow consistant wind back.

It accounts for GT to 52kg as well as Dogtooth to 40kg.

I do plan to use this lure more towards the middle of the day in deeper areas.

Luke

[Gary Prerost]

MMM thanks Brandon and Luke awesome stuff " It just gets better"

[Brandon Khoo]

The Kattobi is a pencil. Cast it out and reel it in at a speed that is enough to skip it over the surface. I actually work it just fast enough to do this.

[Kiel Hinds]

Thanks guys! Great info as always!

[Peter Olesen]

Monster Hunter, Mick

Brandon, which of the monster Hunters did he use? On your advice, I bought the MH80H. I just purchased some Orion lures, among others a bigfoot 230. It actually weighs 240 grams on the scale. I guess it would be stretching the MH80H to use this weight (plus hooks) on it, since it is stated to a max lure weight 250 grams. What do you think?

I do have a heavier rod though that can handle this lure weight, but it is not really suited to stickbaits.

One thing I noticed when I weighed the Orions is that almost every model (Long Tom, Nambas, Big Foot, Cono-Cono) was heavier than stated. Is this common?

Best regards

[Ralph Holland]

This is the second time in 2 years I see a carpenter seasnake on picture.

Very innovative and unique lure I think.

@Brandon: Is this a pencil(trumpet) or stickbait lure?

[Brandon Khoo]

He used a MH80H. It is stretching the capacity of the rod but it did manage. That's why I've been suggesting it for big stickbaits.

If you're using sinking stickbaits like Orion Bigfoots, you don't need a stickbait rod. The specialized stickbait rods are meant for surface stickbaits, not sinking ones.

I have always found the Orions to be pretty spot on and in fact, Eric designates them that way by rounding to the nearest 10g.

Monster Hunter, Mick

Brandon, which of the monster Hunters did he use? On your advice, I bought the MH80H. I just purchased some Orion lures, among others a bigfoot 230. It actually weighs 240 grams on the scale. I guess it would be stretching the MH80H to use this weight (plus hooks) on it, since it is stated to a max lure weight 250 grams. What do you think?

I do have a heavier rod though that can handle this lure weight, but it is not really suited to stickbaits.

One thing I noticed when I weighed the Orions is that almost every model (Long Tom, Nambas, Big Foot, Cono-Cono) was heavier than stated. Is this common?

Best regards

[Brandon Khoo]

The Sea Snake is a pencil. Carpenter stopped making these many years ago. I'm about the only person I know of who likes using them!

This is the second time in 2 years I see a carpenter seasnake on picture.

Very innovative and unique lure I think.

@Brandon: Is this a pencil(trumpet) or stickbait lure?

[Tak Otsuka]

The Sea Snake is a pencil. Carpenter stopped making these many years ago. I'm about the only person I know of who likes using them!

This is the second time in 2 years I see a carpenter seasnake on picture.

Very innovative and unique lure I think.

@Brandon: Is this a pencil(trumpet) or stickbait lure?

It's 1990's lure

[Peter Olesen]

Thanks, Brandon. I am happy to find out that it can actually handle this weight.

What about the floating Nambas 210 - do you think the action is sensitive to the character of the rod? One of the Nambas 210 I got from Eric was actually weighing 230 gram. I hope it's still floating when I add hooks 

Cheers

[Brandon Khoo]

Nambas is not as sensitive to tip action as surface stickbaits like the Gamma or SS Twister so i don't think you need a specialised stickbait rod for this lure
Well, if Nambas does not float, it can be used as a sinking stickbait like Bigfoot!