Some new toys at Gourocks
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Soft Bait Fishing
Forum Description: Anything to do with this latest and greatest way of catching our favourite species
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Printed Date: 10 Jun 2026 at 3:19pm
Topic: Some new toys at Gourocks
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Subject: Some new toys at Gourocks
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 11:16am
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Hi Guys, just got some new toys to play with on my next trip from Gourocks (77b Patiki St, Avondale 09-820-8600).... They have had them a while now, but I just got them, so as far as I am concerned, they are new anyhow! :-) Anyhow, these is they...  On review, I guess I should have got a shot holding one in hand for scale, but the fish are about 25cm long I'd say the squid similar.. in fact I guess that 250/200gm part on the packaging would refer to 250mm . They are horrendously expensive though, geeez, the squid are...oh, $25, which is up there, but the fish are a horrific $10 ea! Hell, I could afford a few more at that price! :-) Anyhow, thems me new toys, Cheers, Stu. |
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 11:42am
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I've been using one of them Squids (bottom one) for a few years or at least a similar version (River2Sea) and I can't for the life of me catch anything on it....even in the largest of snapper work ups and even when kingies are right under the boat taking dead baits.....possibly just me, but I do keep trying it cause they look sooooo good! What i have noticed thou is that on the retrieve they seem to helicopter and spin rather than a simple vertical assent with a little wiggle that standard jigs have. |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 12:29pm
| I would say those top bibbed softbaits would get the grumpiest coral trout all barred up if you were able to put one in front of him |
Posted By: Bushpig
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 12:37pm
A gulp pink shine will do that at a fraction of the price  |
mozz wrote:Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 1:08pm
so would a chunk of squid but new toys are soo much more fun
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2008 at 6:07pm
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Hey Kerren, have you tried trolling them? That is something i was looking at trying.
These are river2sea ones, so those would be what you have.
Bit big for snapper though I would have thought?
It will be interesting to see how they go in W.A.
cheers,
Stu.
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Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 8:15pm
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CA I have used the squid on snapper and caught 40 on one which is still good for another 40. I also used it trolling for albacore where it was a cracker easily out fishing conventional feathered tuna lures. This how I bought mine. I cut the droppers off and stuffed 2-3 small ball sinkers into the hollow body for a bit of weight and threaded the trace through those so that the hook was inside the skirt of tentacles. No more Gulp for me. BTW all my fishing is done from a kayak.
Rainbow
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 11:04pm
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That is interesting.
What size were those squids?
They always have been a very effective tuna lure... for years they were the recommended tuna lure for the bluefin tuna off fiordland, rigged much the way you describe.
cheers,
Stu.
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2008 at 12:19pm
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have you tried trolling them? - no I've got too many trollable other things that work, but I'm sure those would as well....but for the "spinning" which I'm sure you could stop easy enough Bit big for snapper though I would have thought? - hahahaha....perhaps for the ones you target out off Whitianga...I witnessed a 40cm snapper impale itself on a 300gram long jig the other week...snapper are hungus [/QUOTE]
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Posted By: JohnnyP
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2008 at 2:29pm
| Ive got some of those river2sea lures to but not much seems keen to munch them. The only fish ive caught so far on them was a real hungus blue/brown cod over on the Barrier. |
Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2008 at 3:21pm
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CA The bigger ones are 5". There are smaller ones too but I have only used the bigger size. No question about it they are deadly both jigged and trolled. Next year when I revisit Papa Aroha I shall stick a cigrette filter into the hollow body and charge that with a shot of tuna oil. Costs bugger all, can be renewed with a new one regularly and easily and would outsmell any commercial brew. That of course depends on whether or not scent does make much difference in soft bait jigging??????
A set of three squid costs $7.99 at Hunting and Fishing and lasts and lasts as you can see from the photo of the much mauled example that has already accounted for 40 odd snapper where before I only got about three per Gulp SB. The most likely reason for its longevity is its ability to slide up the leader and out of harm's way once a fish is hooked in much the same way as a big game lure.
Rainbow
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Posted By: 064pointbreak
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2024 at 2:33pm
Oh my stars, look at the lot! 😲😲😲 That trout swimbait might be effective for aussie predators (jews, cod, barra), but if modifications are made (remove internal system and replace it with 1oz jighead, then seal with a soldering iron), it could be effective on snapper, trevally, and kingfish. And the squid jig... It's very realistic at best, but if I use it for mechanical jigging I have to remove the assist hook in the tentacles or it may snag on the rocks; anyways I might keep the hooks on when trolling. Cheers |