Lots of decent lures out there, but dont forget the ol cheapies: Richter plugs and twisties. For the richter plugs, you wouldnt think such a poorly moulded piece of plastic and lead would work well, but they cast great and they skitter across the surface well. Theres better lures out there of course, but cheap lures means they can be sacrificial lures and you dont care as much if you end up loosing a heap :p Means you can stock up with a fair few incase you start loosing too many. I like the roostas for poppers. Even though they're cheaper, I can seem to work them well. Havent done a lot of popper fishing though.

A few other stickbaits for the list: bluescodes, R2S rovers, yozuri sashimi, saltiga dorado slider, and I think the x-walks were the rapala ones? Dont forget the pencil poppers too.

Thanks Matt... x-walks sounds right. Haven't heard great things about Daiwa lures in general... I have everything covered - pencils, stickbaits, twisties, sp's, poppers etc etc... I have too much (I know you can appreciate this problem). Just looking for a few last minute have to gets...

The Yamashita range are supposedly great (although trying to find bull-chops is impossible)... Everyone has different opinions, and based on this I have covered all angles... Worst comes to worst I'll go back to the soft plastic store that I am carrying with me and the jig bag that seeems to get heavier every week.

I agree with the cheapie comment... twisties, sp's all covered. And have stocked up with cheap poppers and large Gillies stickbaits, which from all reports are magnificent (but get destroyed quick).

You tried any new jigs lately? I cna't get away from the Smith's - magic...

The Pilbara lads seem to have a wide range of lures. I am sure they can point you in the right direction.

Too many? What does that mean, haha. I know what you mean about jigs though, I had to get another jigbag :p New jigs: not too many lately. Had a fisherman one from Kasey get smashed. Also tried some SW. Labs thin ones that look like the CB nagamasas. For their weight, they cut through the water really well (needs some working at the barges). The jacknifes look like a crap action, but amberjacks disagree. Theres a few new ones I've used in the last few months, but I need to check my jigbag to remember. Forecasts seem to work well (but recently went up in price unfortunately). I have a small list of jigs I want to get though (mostly shout, zest, OK and ima-ro).

Most of the time I use my go-to jigs: zest 100g's and smith CB's (depending on the action and profile size i want).

Yamashita also do the miss carnas. Theres a bunch of others that I dont seem to see very often like lucky craft. Again, I have no idea whats recommended to catch the fish, just giving options. I think bull chops are either discontinued or out of stock? Ocea stickbaits are the closest I can find but they're pretty pricey (well, compared to most poppers/stickbaits, not GT lures). The richter plugs are my replacement lure :p Can get a wide range of sizes, incl 1/2oz for my light rod which is a lot of fun.

The only problem with SP's is you cant belt them out like the metals/some stickbaits. Though comparatively cheap when using them of course. Try unweighted snapbacks if you can ;) Lighter sea rocks double as casting lures and cheaper jigs though, which can be quite useful.

Guessing you're taking some single strand and replacement hooks? Have you tried singles on any stickbaits/metals?

Mate

single strand, replacement hooks, assist cord, heaps of leader etc etc... bringing everything.

The singles / trebles argument is an interesting one, but the guys I listen to most recommend trebles on there poppers / stickbaits.... Mind you if I start losing fish I am ready to throw singles on.

I use halco's alot up here for pelagics. for mac's try the lazer pro red heads and the elton johns. Also the crazy deeps are good for getting bottom fish like trout.

Bull Chop's are available, the wholesale price has gone up a LOT (on most yamashita and maria products) so the gear isn't getting stocked as much in shops now.

When I lived up in the NT there was 1 lure that caught more fish than any.. until a monster mack ate it for breakfast :( A Halco Roosta Popper in fluro pink! It always seemed to turn on the tuna and macks when they wouldn't hit the deep divers. Also make sure you get a few lures in gold... many days that was the only colour that was hit when trolling 4 rods with different colours. Have fun up there!

yea if your trolling cant go past pink skirt's

they aren't fussy, why should you be?

best all roud stickbait for larger fish IMO is the Orion 140 Bigfoot, my preferance is the orange and white.

Poppers, well i like anything around the 150-170g size that gives a HUGE presence in the water. All the reputable names are good, just try and get something with a quality wire through set up and finish.

dont forget 1 ounce white maribou jigs. They catch everything and cost bugger all. Last but not least they catch stacks of fish. I started to put mopre glue over the bind that holds the feathers on to make em last a bit longer.

Def have to upgrade splits and hooks, on 150g poppers a min of 5/0 ST76's, with crushed barbs. Anything bigger than 150g and you can prob go to 7/0's or bigger. I have even trialed a bakers rig on chuggers with 2 11/0 sj41's and a trailing 12/0 jobu, havnt really had too much of an op to try it out yet.

On the stickies i def go two 9/0 opposing on the middle set and a trailing 11/0 Sj41 (again barbs crushed) on the rear

also use hypawire #11's

I had a shocking hookup rate at Bugatti using 11/0 bakers on the belly of my chuggers and also pulled the hooks on many fish. I was convinced by Glanville to try a big assist hook off the front of the popper and saw an instant improvement - definately a new rigging method I was able to bring back with me and I'll definately be using it at home.

Jay owner now have released 13/0 sj-41's these might work better on chuggers. But the single on the front also works great.
Rob

Roger that, saw them before I left... I'll give them a shot when they become available.

stoked, anglers pro had some more in stock, ordered a few to add to the stocks, can be hard to come by some times