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Title: Your favourite lure
Post by: Andrew Poulos on April 20, 2007, 08:23:22 AM: Hi all,

If you were heading out for a trip, what would you consider your gun lure and wouldnt leave home without it ?

@ndrew
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Hal Harvey on April 20, 2007, 09:56:57 AM: GT trip? Black Jack Cubera.

Light tackle trip? Dorado Slider 14.

And not the first choice many places, but an ever-reliable essential, 5/0 white leadhead jig.

Typical tackle rat, gets told to choose one lure and can't get below three.
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Luke Wyrsta on April 20, 2007, 04:31:36 PM: Same with Hal, i can't really restrict it to one lure.

Blooper/Chugger: Fisherman Big Mouth Hp Tail / LPB Big Bang

Stickbait: Carpenter Gamma/Livebait
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Andrew Poulos on April 21, 2007, 11:14:45 AM: Yeah, I have more than one as well....I havent chased big GTs , but with kings I reckon sluggos have been my fav. But this morning tried the orion bigfoot and had quite a few follows so it may end up being my gun lure soon.

Ps Luke the Precision rod works well.Nailed my first king on it this morning....fish had no hope of getting away.
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Brandon Khoo on April 21, 2007, 09:03:24 PM: Stickbait - Orion Bigfoot and Heru Wahoo

Popper - Fisherman Krog and Carpenter Sea Frog. The Cubera Hal refers to is also terrific
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: George Pang on April 27, 2007, 10:21:52 PM: Stickbait - Heru Wahoo, Orion Bigfoot

Chugger - Bills Bug!
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Brandon Khoo on April 27, 2007, 11:37:01 PM: but George - only one of the bugs works properly!! ;D
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: George Pang on April 29, 2007, 08:35:08 PM: Quote from: Brandon on April 27, 2007, 11:37:01 PM
but George - only one of the bugs works properly!! ;D

I dont want to highjack this thread, but brandon have a look at Bills bug thread when you get the chance.
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Juan on May 06, 2007, 05:02:06 PM: Poppers: Mura mura poppers for me
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Brandon Khoo on May 07, 2007, 07:44:30 AM: I don't think I am familiar with the mura mura lures. Can someone give me a bit more info about them? ???
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Andrew Poulos on May 07, 2007, 08:50:14 AM: Brandon,

I tried the a mano yesterday...pretty good. I might get the next size down though to make it easier to cast...Has potential for me !
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Greg Burt on May 07, 2007, 09:45:23 AM: Andrew,
Whats a Mano. ???
"Mura Mura, Mano' I'm so confused !!!!! ::)
Off to the river to try a 'Riding Pepper' by Tiemco. ;D
GPB
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Andrew Poulos on May 07, 2007, 11:09:02 AM: Greg,

this one.... :D

http://www.bluewater.net.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_97_407&products_id=1387
(http://www.bluewater.net.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_97_407&products_id=1387)
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Greg Burt on May 07, 2007, 01:14:59 PM: Thanks Andrew, for somebody learning popping jargon and names the 'Amano' instead of 'a mano' and a pic helps a lot.
Off to the Mooloolaba river again to practice Popper casting. ;D
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Brandon Khoo on May 07, 2007, 02:01:14 PM: it looks pretty good in the water, doesn't it? That said, it'd need to be a good king to go a lure that size so maybe the smaller size will work better for you.

Greg, wait till you get into the Japanese lures and then you'll be into S-Pops, Tamagos, E cups (the mind boggles), Diablos etc ;D
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Cam Foley on May 07, 2007, 02:58:07 PM: The old cheap and nasty HALCO deep diver in purple allways with me along with a RAPALA CD something JIGS i love the RIVER to SEA 300g knife in green and gold cheap and nasty.
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Greg Burt on May 07, 2007, 03:46:29 PM: I've been doing a lot of GT/Jig web surfing [thank god for broadband] so I know what you mean. Got the Google translator working well, some funny Japanese translations.
Greg 'Bun Burt
Title: Re: Your favourite lure
Post by: Cam Foley on May 07, 2007, 04:47:27 PM: web surfing ,droping in a ,score any overhead tubes?