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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Travis Heaps on May 08, 2009, 07:42:28 AM
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Been a bit slow around here lately so thought i'd pose a question....if you could take just one (size and style) lure with you, what would it be?
For me, based purely on prior performance, its a Skipjack 120 in Fusilier colour. Casts a mile, easy to work all day, can make it bloop but also work back on a fast swimming style retrieve and it's caught plenty of fish for me in the past. Struggles in heavy conditions but I can sacrifice that I think.
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Hmm gotta be a Craftbait GT2, not sure what colour though. Can work it easily and effectively all day, good presence in the water.
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there'd be quite a few lures which i think I could get by on their own with.
My pick would be the Sea Frog or a SS Glans but realistically, you don't need these. I'd be pretty confident out there with just a Heru Cubera in a 150g size.
From a stickbait perspective, a Orion Bigfoot 170 would do the job.
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bigfoot 140
it is the only one that will still be working at the end of the day ;D
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actually, that is a really good point, George. If it was literally only one lure, it'd have to be an Orion. Anything would look like a hairbrush before too long! ;D
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hmmm
popper got to be old jai popper for me so far :)
stickbait i got the most catch on wahoo 100 when they first came out ;) .
now i am hooked up has been collecting few different lure,s after i notice from a few report,s that you have been using ;D ;D
i can,t wait to try them out on my next trip ::) ::).
p.s. any one got the old jai popper i would like to buy it off you :-X :-X
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If I was going to Ono Island Fiji I would definitely go for a green River 2 Sea Dumbell.
I was there in March and the Green R2S Dumbell outperformed all other lures on the boat (Cuberas, skip jacks, Rooster Haymakers, Gt Specials and a few other assorted poppers and stick baits).
It was also noticeable how more effective the green was compared to say the the blue.
They do get a bit beaten up by the end of the day.
But then again none of ours made it to the end of the day.
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Hey Bruce,
I'm with you, river to sea dumbell 200, cheap as, sticks to the water in our sloppy conditions around shoalwater bay and seems to hang together OK.
Does "dumbell" refer to the lure or the user?
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Orion Bigfoots hands down
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Mick,
i probably have 1 or 2 left
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Mick, I've got the original 130g model but not many left - maybe six to eight of them.
I remember you buying Jai Bigheads every morning at Shoalwater a few years ago to replace your losses from the previous day!
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This is a no brainer for me ;) Full Scale Long Kong...handles the rough water well, has good presence and it can be fished all day on PE8-10....Most importantly it will still be fishable after quite a few fish .Unless you lose it ;D
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Mick, I've got the original 130g model but not many left - maybe six to eight of them.
I remember you buying Jai Bigheads every morning at Shoalwater a few years ago to replace your losses from the previous day!
hi brandon
yeah that,s true . that is why i am after the old original jai Bigheads popper cos the new one has changed a bit .
sent me a pm if you wish to sell some or not ??
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Hi Mick - sorry, I'll hold onto these. Too hard to find this model these days.
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Hi Mick - sorry, I'll hold onto these. Too hard to find this model these days.
no problem i understand as these are your collection ;)
just like the sea frog and gamma hard to replace them ;D ;D
i have asked the maker for the old original one but they has changed the way of making them now . so i can,t replace them now .
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I'm with George with the Orion Bigfoot 140, any colour ;D
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Orion Bigfoot 170
Ebipopp 200g black!
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Skipjack 90 - got no paint left and I'm not buggered by the end of the day. This popper must be blessed as it hasn't disappearded to God yet.
Cheers
Les.
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ICUP - please harden up fellas ;)
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ICUP - please harden up fellas ;)
i guess it,s the watermelon colour isn,t it ::) ::)
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ICUP - please harden up fellas ;)
i guess it,s the watermelon colour isn,t it ::) ::)
Do you want me to sell you one Mick?
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Bloody hell - if it was an I Cup, I'd only be fishing about half hour each day!
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ICUP - please harden up fellas ;)
i guess it,s the watermelon colour isn,t it ::) ::)
Do you want me to sell you one Mick?
no thank,s i,m all good .
G-cup will be enough for me ;)
can,t wait to wet them em
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I am with Bruce, went away recently took a bag of $$$ lures, and the River 2 Sea dumbells, and it was the green ones out performed all of them. Much to my dismay!! ???
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I'm inexperienced but we took some Full Scales to Christmas Island and got did very well.
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got to be a GT2
love those things
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Orion Bigfoot 170
Hammerhead G-cup snuck in my left pocket and Fisherman 220hp tail snuck in my right pocket :D
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ICUP - please harden up fellas ;)
i guess it,s the watermelon colour isn,t it ::) ::)
Do you want me to sell you one Mick?
Hi guys,
Please give it the respect it warrants... its special, and uniquely called Sui-cup! ;)
Mick, care to post a picture of the old Jai poppers? just curious...
My pick of 1 popper will be the Cubera 150g.
Loud enough for me, long lasting enuf for me and easy enuff for me to work the whole day through.
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Mick, care to post a picture of the old Jai poppers? just curious...
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hi ah gu
check this link .
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0 (http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0)
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Mick, care to post a picture of the old Jai poppers? just curious...
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hi ah gu
check this link .
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0 (http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0)
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Oh thanks for the link... havent seen that one for a long while.
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CraftBait GT3 170gram for mi :)