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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Andrew Poulos on May 29, 2007, 10:13:18 AM
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them.
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 .
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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Hi Andrew - I haven't found them in Australia although you should be able to get them. After all, they are the blades used in spinner blade lures. I got mine in Singapore.
I use the biggest ones I can get.
Some of the more expensive poppers do come with spinner blades like the Fisherman Krogs.
I agree with Jon in that the blade acts almost like a type of rudder.
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Plenty of different sizes available in both Colorado and Willow patterns, from 1cm long to 100cm long. Gold or silver.
Most opt for #5 or #6 Colorado (the rounded type) size 6 is 45mm long and 30mm wide.
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Neil - you have these in stock?
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100cm long
I hope that's a typo ;D
Neil,
Are you able to give the guys an indication of pricing?
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Hey Luke - with what we were discussing, this would be one seriously big lure!! :D
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Hey Luke - with what we were discussing, this would be one seriously big lure!! :D
Very true...hopefully we will get to try it in September ;)
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holy smoke, Luke - I might leave it to you to throw the 1m long lure around!! :o
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I think it's called half a rubbish bin.
Should have been 100mm.
#6 gold - $2 each, less for bulk.
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boy, if you use those gold SJ-41 or SJ-51 owners hooks with a gold blade on the back there will be some serious bling on the lure!
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Guys ,
Here is the outfit I buy the spinner blades from : http://www.upnorthoutdoors.com/stamina/spinner_blades.html
Jon .
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and one of the newbies to the collection
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Very nice Andrew,love the bling on the tail lol