Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Halco Roosta retired
Max Grimbacher:
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on February 16, 2012, 11:16:39 PM ---....... or a Yozuri Surface thingy. Or even an unmentionable Maniac lure :)
Jokes aside, I think that's great. I get loads of ribbing about the rather silly quantity lures I own, but I have some old faovurites as well which are literally falling to pieces.
Notable is a black Cubera 125 which is now more filler than actual wood. I have caught so many fish with that lure I just will not let it go into retirement.
Similar is a Craftbait GT3 150 which was completely mutilated when it would not stop catching Red Bass and Barracuda in Lombok. It has been filled and resprayed so many times it now weighs 190 grams! Testament to Craftbait though is that the wiring is the same now as the first day it went into the water.
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what have you found works for filler? i have a few trolling lures that have been "Mackeraled" and don't swim straight with chunks missing.
Mark Harris:
To be honest Max, nothing I have tried really works that well. Once a lure has been patched I have found it needs doing again and again. I only bother with lures that have a special place in my heart :) .
The filler I have used most is Bondex Water Putty Wood Patch.
--- Quote from: Max Grimbacher on February 16, 2012, 11:46:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on February 16, 2012, 11:16:39 PM ---....... or a Yozuri Surface thingy. Or even an unmentionable Maniac lure :)
Jokes aside, I think that's great. I get loads of ribbing about the rather silly quantity lures I own, but I have some old faovurites as well which are literally falling to pieces.
Notable is a black Cubera 125 which is now more filler than actual wood. I have caught so many fish with that lure I just will not let it go into retirement.
Similar is a Craftbait GT3 150 which was completely mutilated when it would not stop catching Red Bass and Barracuda in Lombok. It has been filled and resprayed so many times it now weighs 190 grams! Testament to Craftbait though is that the wiring is the same now as the first day it went into the water.
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what have you found works for filler? i have a few trolling lures that have been "Mackeraled" and don't swim straight with chunks missing.
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Mark Harris:
Nothing wrong with 15-20 kg GTs, especially if you lighten up the gear a bit to match the fish size. Excellent sport.
--- Quote from: Max Grimbacher on February 16, 2012, 11:35:14 PM ---Last sunday my friend came out and landed one that was 15 to 20kg. Unfortunately i have only once seen a bigger GT on a lure up here - there only seems to be rats and then more rats.
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Cam Munro:
I think the point of this story is when a GT is hungry or something lands on it's head, the H Rooster will do the job....
However, you never golfers playing a round with one club!
Nice post
Graham Scott:
Hi Max,
I started with Halco Roosters and R2S dumbells, and still haven't progressed too far up the money tree for poppers, my current favourites are secondhand Ebi-pops, although I did splash out and buy 3 poppers from fishead.
The R2S make a bit bigger pop than the roosters and casts a bit further, but like you say they do get busted up. I have a range in various stages of destruction (hanging on the wall), but my fav probably caught 8 or 10 fish. Halcos are amazing value for money.
Just a thought on your GT cohort, have you looked in a different environment for a different class of fish? In CQ we seem to have different size classes between coastal headland and Islands, Offshore Islands, and then reef. (with the inshore fish the biggest). Are you driving past big fish to get to smaller fish??? Not sure where you're fishing so may not apply, but GT's definitely have a very wide range of habitats. We have a bloke from South Africa over here who started live baiting straight out the front on one of the swimming beaches on the coast. Before we could all stop laughing at him he has landed 2 GT's over 25kg!!!!
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