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General => General Topwater & Jigging Discussion => Topic started by: warren clark on March 03, 2008, 07:26:38 PM
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I just received my Swains Reef supply of Wahoo, Ulua and Baby runboh stickbaits and was wondering what fish have been caught or I could expect to catch on these lures. Thanks Warren
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Red bass, Green Jobfish, Spaniards, Coral Trout, Barracuda, Cod and most species of trevally. That's what mine have caught anyway.
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Spaniards, wahoo, dogtooth tuna, yellowfin tuna, mack tuna, striped tuna, shark mackerel, green jobfish, red bass, all types of epmerors, coral trout, black marlin, salifish, Giant trevally and their closest 15 cousins!!!.....haven't seen a predatory fish knock back a sticky before.....
These are species I have caught, filmed caught or photographed caught on them....so far!!!
Biggest doggie...75kg
Biggest wahoo 37kg
Biggest GT...55kg
Biggest Coral Trout...30+kg
Biggest Red Bass...a 12kg bruiser.
Largest marlin...150kg, though far larger have been hooked!!!
Short version....they may appear "rudimentary" though they are serious big fish lures, so rig them accordingly :)
Aaron.
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Spaniards, wahoo, dogtooth tuna, yellowfin tuna, mack tuna, striped tuna, shark mackerel, green jobfish, red bass, all types of epmerors, coral trout, black marlin, salifish, Giant trevally and their closest 15 cousins!!!.....haven't seen a predatory fish knock back a sticky before.....
These are species I have caught, filmed caught or photographed caught on them....so far!!!
Biggest doggie...75kg
Biggest wahoo 37kg
Biggest GT...55kg
Biggest Coral Trout...30+kg
Biggest Red Bass...a 12kg bruiser.
Largest marlin...150kg, though far larger have been hooked!!!
Short version....they may appear "rudimentary" though they are serious big fish lures, so rig them accordingly :)
Aaron.
Go catch a bigger GT on a popper you poof ;D
Stickbait ::) :P
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I am very impressed with the coral trout that is pushing towards 70lb :o
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Brandon,
30kg of Trout have Demonic Heads!!!
The teeth are ridiculous!!!
They also just seem plain wrong...Nuclear Mutant Coral Trout.
Filmed a few guys lose on 90-130lb when the lure went a tad shallow.
1.5m of Trout will win in 1m of water...everytime!!! 8)
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Aaron, I can't even imagine a coral trout of that size. I've caught a couple that might have pushed 20kg and they look prehistoric. I can't even imagine how fat a trout of 30kg would be. Hopefully, I can get one that size at Marion. That would make me very happy indeed! ;D
I find with the big trout that they are generally good for one ferocious run but if you manage to stop and turn them, you've broken them. I'm not sure about one that size though!
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Brandon,
My first trip to Wreck Reef, I nearly fell over the side when a 12kg model came aboard. It was AVERAGE ???
One angler, as Scott Banerott put it, caught 4 Trout of a lifetime in one day...the first one was around 15kg, the 4th one being 20-22kg stick bait-eating-honker.
They MAY only have one run in them, though 30kg of ANYTHING will smash you in a metre of coral studded water, especially if it's an 80m cast that you hooked it on. They don't need to pull drag. They just go down :D
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It's also amazing to se how deep big trout will come from to smash a blooper/stick. We've had them come up from 30m! :o
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Check this , guys . A grouper caught by popping .
Jon .
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I used to think a 10kg trout was ridiculous. Years ago, we never even saw fish beyond this size because they would just destroy you.
Aaron, if you,re going to cast long distance into one metre of coral encrusted ground, you're asking for it!
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We were catching cod about the same size as that Groper off the rod tip in 2m of water in shoalwater bay, about 4 of the beasts were actually hiding under our boat like we were the bommie. I only needed resuscitation twice! Sounds like you guys are starting to find your way around up there too.
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not often enough, Graham, as we can only get up there once a year - unless you're volunteering to take us there another time....... ;D
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I've seen large cubrera snapper hit a stickbait. I've even seen a 300lb goliath grouper hit a Yo-Zuri walkbait...
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Groupers are fun :D
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7998/dsc00933rt6.th.jpg) (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00933rt6.jpg)
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That's a nice looking grouper...the grouper here aren't as pretty.
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Err..50 kg bronze whaler...
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I'm going to take a few of these homemade stickbaits to the Swains next week along with the one I have bought and hopefully the following week I can add my own fish that a stickbait will catch to this post.
Brandon you where right with a little more weight in the nose they worked so much better. Thanks Warren
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no worries - you're a great craftsman, Warren, Those poppers and stickbaits look as good if not better than many I've seen in stores!
Good luck and I hope you have good weather
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I Think it's being very generous to say that our first efforts would match that of a lure sold in a shop but when I get back I will start on the signature series and then we will see.
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I think this is what a 30kg+ trout looks like??? :o :o :o
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/Bertram_/CoralTrout.jpg)
(P.S. Not my fish, found it on google)
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Looks like that garbage guts brandon was trying to find at marion reef :D ;D ;D :D
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That thing is a monster!!! As Brandon said I thought that 10-12kg was a big trout, let alone 30kg!! :o :o
PS. They are some sweet looking sticks baits warren!!! Maybe some on should do a bit of a popper/stickbait making post with some pics and tips from start to stop!!!
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Warren,
very nice looking stick baits mate.
Hope they get sucked down in walloping explosions!!!!!!
As for the trout above...it's a honker...they DO exist!!!!!!!!!
I have found by using the GT sized poppers & sticks that 'cigutera sized' trout are too common!!
Ya need to resort to Supa Bloopers on PE2-3 to catch the 2-4kg models that won't give you the tingles!
Aaron.
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HECTOS!!!
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Luke,
I'd take my chances with sticking my head down a lions mouth over that thing. :o
Aaron.
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My stickbait success at Swain's was a hook up a very solid GT that we got to see but I didn,t land and 2 Sharky Mackerel. I was really happy with how a couple of my homemade stickbaits went. I think anyone how has a background in flytying and fishing will always want to catch a fish on a stickbait or popper they have made. I will gets some pictures together on the stickbait production and post them. They are pretty simple to make.
Thanks Warren