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150 gram+. Big Poppers = Big GTs the down side "big workout!!!"

let us know how you get on and what charter your on, were there in 3 weeks too

Go to Gourock NZ Ltd, 77B Patiki Street, Avondale. 09-820-8600
They have Yo-zuri Surface Bull GT poppers, which I think are the best you'll find. However, go to a good tackle shop somewhere and buy a packet of 4x strong or 5x strong if you can find them, 4/0 or 5/0 Owner treble hooks, as these are the best by far trebles we have here.
Also get a packet of big Owner split rings, and re-rig your Surface Bulls with these.
Grab a couple of Surface Bulls, and maybe one of the smaller new ones they have there. Also check out the River-2-sea lures, maybe a couple of the stickbaits may appeal to you.
Hope this helps,
cheers,
Stu.

Saw the poppers as you posted them in the Walkabout forum...they look nice! I like the idea of the assist hooks on the lures, got to be stronger than relying on split-rings.... unless of course something like a dogtooth tuna comes along and nails your popper! :-)
Oh, one otehr thing, take along a few jigs, as you can jig up Doggies off Aitutaki, and the FADs are really close too, and you can use them out there too. Also if you find your way back to Yeehaas' (or gourocks), see if you can pick up a couple of bibless minnows (For trolling)

...as in the three (oops, 4) lures in the bottom left of the picture there. These are awesome lures for trolling for the wahoo, just 100m off the reef, but watch out for the sharks, you have barely a minute before the sharks will come for any fish you hook up on, so have gear suitable to really put the turps on them!
Oh, 5 bibless minnow there, sorry.
Gourocks aren't really a shop, they are a commercial fishing wholesaler that do some sales to the public (mostly but not exclusively commercial fishermen). If you want rope, commercial gear like bulk tuna lures, swivels etc etc, all sorts of stuff related to commercial fishing, then it is a great place to visit.
cheers,
Stu.

What charter are you using in Aitutaki EditB?? 

If taking a rod, take a light spinset, say 6lb fireline on a small spinset like for trout or somethnig, and a heap of small (2in) sps and 4-10gm jigs, silver for preference. These will get you all sorts of little fish along the beaches everywhere. If you are taking one rod, may as well take a couple so also take a 8-10kg spin set if you want somethnig a little bigger but not GT size, gotta go give one of the girls a driving lesson, cheers, Stu.

Well there was f'all fish around, cyclone pat had put most of them down and the fishing has been hard since. Still went out on the charter (Black Pearl) and my wife managed an approx 10kg yellowfin tuna (kept) and I got an an est. 100kg bronzie (released) trolling in the early hours. no fish were to be found even after chasing the birds for several hours so moved on to the GTs and managed to feed both poppers to them! I stood no chance of stopping them even with the skipper motoring away from the reef, the coral did the line in still was good to feel the power of the buggers and next time I'll take much cheaper poppers and heavier line! the skipper Mike and his wife Mere made it an enjoyable outting despite the lack of landed fish

yeah man, definitely some unfinished GT business there that's for sure! Might go when it's a little less hot tho, was around 40 and even the locals were complaining