Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
My new lure board....
Christoffer Hansen:
Hey Warwick,
I've been using the gorilla owners instead of the sj41. Don't rust anywhere near as quick and the point on the hook is better. Drive em into bone! Always spray my hooks, belly swivels on poppers with a lubricant too. Last ages and saves a lot of $.
Chris
Peter Childs:
Gotcha Tony.
Just working the bugs out on the new machine on the home waters. I managed a deep jigging session on Saturday for 6-8 kings in the 4-6 kg range (not huge but not bad for summer time). More encouraging, was that I was comprehensively smoked on two occassions on PE5 after a mid water hookup! Burried into the reef both times, so there are a couple of bigger fish still out there.
I'm keen to get up to the bay as soon as the crowd subsides, probably first couple of weeks in Feb. I wasn't aware they did the Shoal Bay ramp, has it got much gradient on it? Those bunk trailers are a right royal pain in the %$*# on your own on a flat ramp.
I'll drop you a line, when I'm heading up if you are keen for a kingy luring session, any reports coming in of fish in the shallows?
Mark Harris:
--- Quote from: Peter Childs on January 10, 2012, 09:58:15 AM ---Nice work Tony, I agree with you, armed and ready for battle!
We'll be the ones leaning over the side with the bent rods, not the ones fumbling around the floor of the boat looking for that 11H split ring - during a hot bite.
When you said you had a couple of FCL's, I didn't realise you were wall papering the house with them!
What are you using to keep the hooks in new condition? The down side of carrying everything pre-rigged of course!
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Pete, on hook preservation and for what it is worth, I keep all mine in sealed plastic food boxes with rings already attached. After each use I wash them thoroughly in cool fresh water and spray the eye (by far the part most susceptible to corrosion) with a spot of WD40. That definitely helps.
Peter Childs:
Thanks Mark, maybe I just need to be more dillegent with my washing and lubrication.
I find the SJ41's particularly troublesome, especially if stored with stainless rings attached! Not just at the eye either, they seem to cause corrosion to break out all over the hook!
Mark Harris:
Yep agreed. In fact all of the owner gold colour singles (eg SJ 41, SJ 43, SJ 51) do not fare especially well. I really only use those for jigging but the problem is the same. All very good hooks but they do corrode.
For singles on casting lures I tend to use Owner Jobus which are far, far more corrosion resistant. Gorillas are another cheaper option but I don't like the non-welded eye on those.
I have had far fewer corrosion problems with the huge matt silver Decoy jigging hooks, but they are silly money compared to an SJ43 for example.
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