The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : trolling poppers https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:45:12 +0000 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:05:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=59828 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Caught a 30lb whaoo on a big popper...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=857043&title=trolling-poppers#857043 Author: Edick
Subject: 59828
Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 10:05pm

Caught a 30lb whaoo on a big popper I'd been throwin g at GT's up in Aitutaki while on the troll]]> Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:05:32 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=857043&title=trolling-poppers#857043 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Just ask at your local store LBD2,...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855224&title=trolling-poppers#855224 Author: Capt Asparagus
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Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 9:05pm

Just ask at your local store LBD2, if they do not have them, they should be able to get them in for you no worries. I saw the stocks in their warehouse, and there are boxes of all sorts of these lures. The ones above are just the colours they are not going to run, but the blue poppers they have are very similar. Ummmm.... if your shop is not sure who have them.... tell them to call kilwell.]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:05:59 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855224&title=trolling-poppers#855224 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : trolling stickbaits is an effective...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855207&title=trolling-poppers#855207 Author: ginga
Subject: 59828
Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 8:48pm

trolling stickbaits is an effective way to cover a bot of water and search out the fish, dont excpect to just put the rod in the holder and drive around though, you still need to work the rod.
But honestly nothing beats the strikes and satisfaction form hooking up on a cast lure.
]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:48:59 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855207&title=trolling-poppers#855207 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Think i saw some strike pros at...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855176&title=trolling-poppers#855176 Author: laidbackdood
Subject: 59828
Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 8:14pm

Think i saw some strike pros at smart marine in Auckland(not sure)..Do you know where i could get them?Cheers]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:14:25 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=855176&title=trolling-poppers#855176 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : That is one of the strike pros....]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854975&title=trolling-poppers#854975 Author: Capt Asparagus
Subject: 59828
Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 2:16pm

That is one of the strike pros. Ummm... it is pretty much an exact knock-off of the yo-zuri surface Bull GT..... as per example...


, but has a wood body, thru body wired, seems like a good solid lure, slightly heavier than the yo-zuri.
Not sure what the retail on them would be, I would guess in the $35 range I think, maybe $40. I'd pop on owner rings and 4X strong 4/0 or 5/0 owner trebles as well. It does have a rattle, quite an aggresive one actually.
The stickbait/sliders look interesting for kingies too I think, like the green/silver/black stripe one in the middle there, and its mackeral coloured partner.
The guys at DeCoro stole one off me this morning to play with, so I guess we will hear how they go soon, eh :-)
]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:16:50 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854975&title=trolling-poppers#854975 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : I like that blue/black popper...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854912&title=trolling-poppers#854912 Author: laidbackdood
Subject: 59828
Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 12:06pm

I like that blue/black popper on the right hand side,second from bottom....what make and size/weight/price  is that please?Is it wood/plastic or have rattles? cheers]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:06:30 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854912&title=trolling-poppers#854912 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : It was nice having the 4stroke...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854821&title=trolling-poppers#854821 Author: Capt Asparagus
Subject: 59828
Posted: 23 Nov 2010 at 9:01am

It was nice having the 4stroke to just idle along, but it does use a bit of gas, I agree. However, for smaller boats used to trolling for trout etc, I think it'd be pretty cost effective. We were trolling pretty slow, as I was using real deep diving lures, like around 3-4knots tops, so we were not pushing too much water. It is when you try trolling (in my boat at least) at higher speeds like towards 8-10knots that the boat starts to get right on the edge of planing, and that does indeed suck up a lot of juice!
It was a nice way to while away an afternoon, slowly ticking around Cuvier one day... saw some very interesting water there I had not had time to check out before when zizzing past en route to The Spots. Must get back there this summer to check them out again I think.
Yachties.... don't start me on yachties! :-)
]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:01:03 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854821&title=trolling-poppers#854821 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Capt....Did some trolling with...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854749&title=trolling-poppers#854749 Author: laidbackdood
Subject: 59828
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 at 11:58pm

Capt....Did some trolling with a mate last summer at that speed and found it heavy on fuel consumption...That was the biggest downside for us....But it would be great for yachties though a!]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:58:43 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854749&title=trolling-poppers#854749 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Trolling is really very much...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854745&title=trolling-poppers#854745 Author: Capt Asparagus
Subject: 59828
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 at 11:42pm

Trolling is really very much an under utilised means of catching fish here in NZ. A few years ago with a yank mate out here I spent a few days trolling bibbed minnows around the rocks around whitianga. Apart from kings and kahawai, we got some nice snapper too! It was interesting, and idd work quite well really, it is just that pootling along a 5kn seemed to take forever to get anywhere! :-) Great way to scope out the seafloor on the sounder though.
Trolling such lures...preferably with single hooks like assist hooks on the loops instead of split-rings  and trebles... would be a very easy way to get some fishing newbies into kingfish. It is not quite as "Hands-on" as jigging or poppering etc, but for those unversed in catching anything, it is a very nice way to hook into a fish of a lifetime. Also makes for easier boating for people who may be sensitive to being bounced about over waves at higher speed, travelling along at only 5-6knots :-)
I recently posted a pic of a bunch of Strike Pro lures I picked up,

 including some very nice 5inch bibbed minnows (like that one bottom left corner) that I am also hoping to use casting around schools of surface fish...and in the tropics (and Norfolk Is in feb) at schools of tuna.... there really is a lot of fun to be had trying lures other than the more traditonal ones we use here in NZ.
cheers,
Stu.
]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:42:29 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854745&title=trolling-poppers#854745 <![CDATA[trolling poppers : Cheers Yeeha :) ]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854726&title=trolling-poppers#854726 Author: pure--lure
Subject: 59828
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 at 11:10pm

Cheers Yeeha :)]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:10:33 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59828&PID=854726&title=trolling-poppers#854726