One must have trolling lure
Submitted by randall df223 on Thu, 2016-08-11 12:58
Ok. I am off to exmouth on saturday for 9 days of fishing.
Trolling, bottom bouncing, casting.
On the troll we will be targeting spanairds, yft, dollies, cobia, wahoo.
I have a collecton of trolling lures mostly halco laser pros of various colours and depths and giant tremblers and a couple of vent right skirted lures. What i dont have are any deep diving king browns which i believe the yft like. If i wanted to add only one more trolling lure to my collection, what would you recommend?
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dodgy
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Rapala xd30
Rapala xd30
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
randall df223
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Colour?
Colour?
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Bones76
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Richter Oscar Jnr in the
Richter Oscar Jnr in the gold/lumo to run ontop if you're out in deeper water (dollies, tuna, marlin).
If not X Rap Rapala deep divers all the way for mackies etc
Sambo84
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fluoro green yozuri hydro
fluoro green yozuri hydro
Percula
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rapala
http://www.gofish.co.nz/fishing-lures/rapala-lures/rapala-x-rap-lure-magnum-30-sb-silver-blue.html
This one :)
tennis coach
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Agree
Rapala Deep divers are the go up there
Good Luck, hope the weather turns it on for you Randall
15-25m Depth was lucky for us to the North of Tanta
uncle
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all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
trymyluck
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Definitely Lively lures,
Definitely Lively lures, Mack baits. They can be trolled fast or slow, you can drop them down deep on bait schools and they will swim, unlike a lot of the expensive stuff, one macky and they are stuffed.
dodgy
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As many of them as you can
As many of them as you can afford. Not much doesn't eat them. I like the green or blue mackerel colour but have caught plenty on every colour I've used.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Cruise Control
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I'll go with Sambo84's
I'll go with Sambo84's recommendation only in Orange. It's my go to lure.
Jackfrost80
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There's a dirty big Salmon
There's a dirty big Salmon swimming around with my bright orange YoZuri Hydradive in it's gob. Still makes me sad thinking it would have probably taken a spoon with a hook in it.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Sambo84
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orange is a cracker too CC
orange is a cracker too CC
Jackfrost80
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I'm like a magpie whenever I
I'm like a magpie whenever I see a shiny YoZuri on special and usually go one flouro and one natural colour. They are one of the best swimming lures I've trolled.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
randall df223
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Who stocks them in perth?
Who stocks them in perth?
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randall df223
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Disregard - tackle hq
Disregard - tackle hq
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Jackfrost80
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That's the shot mate, good
That's the shot mate, good range and advice
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
randall df223
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Bluewater exmouth stock them
Bluewater exmouth stock them too
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Wen
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Exmouth in late may
we found the best trolling lures were Rapala Xraps Deep Divers in Glass Ghost and Silver blue mackeral.. they swam better and got more hits than halcos...
D_d_001
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agree with Percula ....xrap
agree with Percula ....xrap 30 mag for the macs but trolling for macs is ofcourse pretty specific.
for the others soft grassy/Oscar junior
Silver Fox
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Mix it up
All different shapes sizes and colours . If you're running a spread of four we tend to run a giant trembler or two in close to the prop wash a shallow diver on one side and a deep on the other. If you're greedy a Pakula Witch Doctor is definitely the go.... Colours ? Well spank my ass and call me Veronica... Who knows what colour mood the fish are in . My best lure for last Coral bay trip was a black and red piece of crap looking thing . Mackies loved it though!. Had a whole stack of Halco lures ( deep/shallow divers) not one of em stayed in the water. Really annoying. Tried different speeds and tweaking the bibs yet the little fuckers would always swim to the port side of the boat and jump out of the water. Must get busy and send em back to the factory.
My wife understands why I clean my rods n reels in the shower....
randall df223
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Yep. We always have a good
Yep. We always have a good spread out when we troll at steep point. Generally have one deep diver, one shallow diver, a gaint trembler and skirt. And try to mix up the colours if nothing is happening.
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dumper
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Any luck on the giant
Any luck on the giant trembler? I reckon they're a waste of space
Deckie
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More time.
Think i gotta get me a job with more time off....
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Or maybe one that allows me to go fishing in the good times of the year
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Yep weather looks good, think i'll go to Exmouth.
Trouble is getting the others to co-ordinate their time off as well.....
Cheers & Stay safe
southpoint
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Richter - Pink and White Soft Grassy
If you want to catch a billfish this is the best lure in the world. Try it against anything else it will smash it
Good luck
uncle
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Don't forget the humble
Lead head R1
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
randall df223
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Got a good stock of those
Got a good stock of those
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JohnF
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Pink chrome Halco 190
Pink chrome Halco 190 medium.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
randall df223
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One of my favourites as well
One of my favourites as well
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jighead
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Pink chrome
Always a winner
D_d_001
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forgot to say "you lucky
forgot to say
"you lucky bastard" have fun up there. .....as if you weren't going to.
stay safe.
randall df223
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Francis
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We just got back and the lure
We just got back and the lure that easily did more damage on the mackies than all others was the RMG Scorpion in gold and orange color (i forget the official name tho). We had the hooks straighten on a good one, but when we tried to upgrade the hooks to single's it just didn't swim right.
We didn't run wire as word around town was that no-one was catching makies. We ended up with alot of hits and only 1 bite off.
Certainly the gold colours worked best for during our time - it was overcast the whole time so that might explain it.
Good luck
Dale
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Huge rapala magnum in red and white. Best all round lure I reckon.
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
Mr Wolf
ranmar850
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Richter Soft Grassy
In the lumo green/blue colour. Always the one in the pattern that got the most attention, lost both of ours to wahoo eventually, but caught all our wahoo on them as well. Although the pink/white has been good, too.In hard bodies, try a Halco Max bibless in the large (170mm?) size in Stripey, which is chrome/purple with the longitudinal black stripe. Also the same lure in Blue Sardine, just prepare to have it belted to bits by sails--they just love that colour. All of the Halcos of every type in that colour I have used up there have bill marks all over them.
randall df223
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I have a stripey in my kit.
I have a stripey in my kit. A 2m laser pro. Has never been hit by anything when i have used it previously. Will be interesting to see how it goes up there. I also have a vent right skirted lure with a purple and blue skirt, that might get some interest.
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holth
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Hydra magnum in flouro
Hydra magnum in flouro green.
catchalittle
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xrap hades
xrap hades
Nathan
ranmar850
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Exmouth Bluewater tackle guys
Swear by that Stripey colour up there.
Doc
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+1 for the Rapala magnum,
+1 for the Rapala magnum, use these often on the east coast.
randall df223
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So the three most popular so
So the three most popular so far are
X rap
Richter soft grassy
Yozuri hydra (fluoro)
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Doc
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Big lures = big fish as a
Big lures = big fish as a rule
Jackalchub
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Halo 190 Chrome pink, hands
Halo 190 Chrome pink, hands down
Paw
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Travel safely Randall. Might
Travel safely Randall. Might see you on the road. I will be up there on Sunday and staying for 3 weeks. Hold thumbs for the weather.
Phil
randall df223
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Cheers. We are at yardie
Cheers. We are at yardie homestead. If you are there come say hello.
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Boydy
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Halco
Laser pro 190, white/red head or chrome gold/black back.
Paw
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Chrome pink worked at Shark
Chrome pink worked at Shark Bay
Phil
Chinbald
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Halco 190 Red Head
Always gets a run. Nabbed a 30kg Spaniard off Rotto West end a while back on an old beat up favourite. Now has pride of place on the shed wall.
randall df223
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My favorite halco colours
My favorite halco colours are chrome pink and gold black back and i have several white redheads in various shapes and sizes (including the one i am married to!
)
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Deckie
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First.
That should be the first one to try.
If it gets taken then use wire on all the next ones. Haha.
Good luck
Cheers & Stay safe
BarraSlayer
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Red and white xrap... same
Red and white xrap... same colour rmg halcos and the green and yellow also good fish catcher but dont seem to swim as well, fast or true out of the box as the rapalas.
Last year at xmouth I did manage to catch my missus kiwi mate through the bicep with a halco though... biggest catch yet. Had to push it all the way through and cut the barb off with 3 girls watching... boy was I in the shit. It was the last time I tried to run 5 rods out the back trolling with no out riggers and was the result of trying to cast out the side and 5 people aboard.
Cheers
BarraSlayer
Uluabuster
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have seen deep diving xrap's
have seen deep diving xrap's bib broken when got hit by a mack wrong way. The wire through construction held it together but it becomes a 1 hit wonder lure...
anyways, I will stick to my Rapala CD size 14 and above, redhed, blue mackeral + green mackeral colors. The metallic bib seems to gives out a lot of sheen tha brings the fish in to have a look, at least that's my opinion...
dodgy
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I've had a few cd18's not
I've had a few cd18's not want to swim after a few fish too. I'm not a fan of the flashing bib though. Attract too many mackerel haha
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
TheFishingNinja
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YFT
You won't have to look too hard for the YFT. I was up there last week and they were busting up all over the place north of Tantas.
dodgy
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Sure they were Yellowfin?
Sure they were Yellowfin? Usually see lots of Mack Tuna and Longtails busting up. The YF are usually really wide there.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
TheFishingNinja
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Had 3 on the deck.
We found them cruising around the schools of macks.