River2sea Wide Glide Stickbaits

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    Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 11:50pm
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anyone used these for kingies?  If so what do you think of them?
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Got some good fish on them up in the tropics. Can't remember if I have got any kings with one yet though, although that is just due to a lack of trying, not a lack of success.
The current boring colours are due to be amped up before long, as soon as current lure stocks here, in Aussie and the states have dropped to the level where they need to make more.
It is a fairly slow-action lure though, doing the big rips to get them to work...well, it doesn't. However, the slow action means the lure is actually in the bite zone for longer! :-)
Recently in the Sollies I used the little 120mm ones, and had a lot of fun with them....

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the guff on the packet certainly sounds good , as much as 8ft sideways and only a foot forwards . i reckon they would be worth a crack for the 20 odd bucks they are .
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thanks guys. I just read your old post Capt about your trip to the solomons - sounded like a lot of fun.  They are very well priced so might have to give them a go. 
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I am sure they will work on kings here.... I just have to give them a go.... but having become accustomed to the sea state like that in the pic above, I don't go out in anything over a 1ft chop these days! :-) lol limits the amount of time you can spend on the water here in NZ eh, especially this summer.
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Yep I know what you mean, I had a ball fishing small poppers in Rarotonga in September. You get used to 25 degree crystal clear and calm water, balmy evenings, loads of different fish and having the whole place to your self (almost!)
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The rover 230 have a better action,i reckon...If you know how to work em.
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I actually prefer the Doggie lures to either the rover or the wideglides, but that is just me. Once I can get a Wideglide in pink (so I can see the damn thing in the water), then I am sure I will like them a bit more.
The Rover is kind of a cross between a stick and a popper. Interesting zig-zag action on it too. definitely a surface lure though, as opposed to the wideglide and doggies being sub-surface. At least on the surface you get the buzz from watching the fish coming in behind the lures a lot ore. :-)
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First time i used the 200mm wide glide and second cast.... has now caught a few that have been over 10kg, which is the toward the top end of the fish that im targeting. Been using a few starwalker sticks have a better action and are easier to work but haven't yet caught anything around the size of the fish on the river2sea.
 
 
 
Long story short...................  yea they work.
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Can't argue with a photoSmile
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Schooling kings of the size in the photo are up for anything and i dont think you can guage the lures affectivness in that sittuation. When you sight a big beast by itself i think it may be a better test. The starwalker baits in kahawai colour has been the goods for me. For a lure under 50 bucks they raise some pretty good fish. Im sure you dont need to spend 250 to get interest.
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