Poppers Hall of fame...
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Printed Date: 28 Jan 2026 at 12:53am
Topic: Poppers Hall of fame...
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Subject: Poppers Hall of fame...
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2010 at 4:20pm
...well, let's see them folks! Here are a few for a start...    |
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Posted By: rawas
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2010 at 4:45pm
| Nice CA, where about? |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2010 at 5:28pm
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couple of stickbait vids from early 09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13cPgho2h8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zDTYFhYFk&NR=1 |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2010 at 7:41pm
| Solomon Islands, my idea of paradise! :-) |
Posted By: Photofisha
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2010 at 10:10pm
Keep em coming CA  
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2010 at 10:41am
heres a few to add in. all caught on stick baits.
 30 kg Mayor island beauty, taken in less than desirable conditions. Caught by konishi when he was here testing his new rods.
 This one caught on Carpenter stick bait
 Nice fish on a action import stick bait
 Another mayor island over 20 kg fish
 The grimace says it all
 Getting delt to in the Far North
 The result
 ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2010 at 11:43am
| Very cool! Lookng forward to playing with some of those up in the islands soon too.... |
Posted By: andy2fish
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2010 at 11:57am
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Some great fish photos Ginga looking forward to giving it ago ------------- If only I could fly |
Posted By: Accident Prone
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 5:57pm
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 6:00pm
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woo hoo, that is a true beauty fish you got there Josh. And in trying conditions by the look of it.
That ones gotta be up there with the biggest caught on top water gear. ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 9:09pm
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Wicked Josh absolute horse on topwater gear, what rod/lure was it caught on??
-------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Men In Black
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 9:27pm
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Three Kings special that one Josh, did you get to bend that BFT popper rod over the weekend ------------- www.synit.co.nz |
Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2010 at 8:59pm
Heres mine 32 kg
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Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2010 at 11:26pm
     -------------   WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: Nuthead
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 1:57pm
  A coulpe of nice ones from Fiji last year. |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 8:47pm
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nice Shane!
Zenaq Forkeeto! ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 11:50am
A couple of New Cal behemoths - 50kg fish pulled from 2 metres of water near Ouano on the west coast taken on a Halco Haymaker popper.  52kg fish from Poindimie on the east coast taken on a River 2 Sea Rover 230 stickbait.  Check out the gob! ------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:16pm
| Bloody nice fish there bud |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:17pm
| Awesome fish! |
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 7:26pm
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------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 7:37pm
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god they are a cool looking fish one day it will happen.
------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 7:59pm
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A couple more from the New Cal lagoons.   And a few from Ono Island, Fiji.   
------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: Rockstar from Mars
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 4:30pm
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Caught yesterday aboard Pursuit 32.5kg Kingy Carpenter Gamma 75 gm MC works Seven Miles Rod Stella SW 10,000 Volkner Rocks   |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 4:40pm
| very nice. did the lady in your av come with the rod? |
Posted By: Tinky
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 5:00pm
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Unfortunately "Sam" did not join us! ------------- Have boat - must fish! |
Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 5:02pm
| Well done Brian |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 5:53pm
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choice job, luv it
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 6:22pm
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Nice fish Brian. You can thank the "Visionary" for getting it all started yesterday. ------------- Dont let the grey hair fool you! |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 6:42pm
and one for me on that same trip Smiths rod Smiths Rhumbo bait (ex Falco as it happens) Stella 10k weight a tad smaller than Brians at 31.5kg ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">  http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 7:12pm
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hmmm might have to get in to this looks wicked ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 7:13pm
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got any other trips lined up boulder drop me a pm ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 7:16pm
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Nice one chaps,I like the way you colour co ordinated with that fish's back Boulder.
Stonka!
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 7:57pm
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Way to go men what rod Boulder? 80P35 by any chance
------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 9:00pm
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Woo hoo. Well done guys. Go the top water gears ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2010 at 9:14pm
...Awsum bend and a Awsum kingi bro...  ...------------- ...If u aint fishing on the edge, yur in the way!!... |
jetskiauckland wrote:Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2010 at 9:20am
Nice fish young fulla
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Posted By: Elpescador
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2010 at 10:26am
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Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2010 at 11:09am
Now theres a man that knows his toys It is andeed a Smiths GTK-77SJH great rod and very forgiving on the angler while still able to fire a 130gm stick bait as far as you want to. With the added advantage its not moonbeams compared to many outher Name brands ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz"> http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2010 at 3:53pm
| Beaut mossback there Boulder. You guys got some very nice fish out there, mi wan fela jelus tumas. |
Posted By: wanabe
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2010 at 9:30pm
A nice Fiji Gt  Caught and released in the north west of Viti Levu by Maleke Island, we caught another a little smaller and a barrakuda about 5 foot long lucky the skipper droped it just as it came on board, lots of teeth |
Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2010 at 9:54pm
| Nice GT there wanabe.Good fighters those GT's. |
Posted By: campbellc
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2010 at 7:40pm
22kg caught at Mayor earlier this month Looks like im gunna have to get another set! |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2010 at 4:08am
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Time to update this thread... A recent feral camping trip to the sand islands off the southern end of the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique saw me there for the first 5 days, with two good buddies, Bertus and Earl ( of Hellsgate Lodge ) MISSIONING for 5 days, and only getting in about 4 hours dolid fishing due to hectic logistics... only managed the one big Sea Pike Barracuda which I posted before, and a couple sharks...
As luck would have it, I had to bail back to work in SA, and the day after I left, Bertus and Earl ( who were staying for 10 days ) bumped into some mates and moved the camp over to Magaruque Island, moved into a house with a private chef, and proceeded to thrash the GT's.... bear in mind, we had been completely feral camping, illegally, so had to hide ourselves in some sand dunes, MILES from anywhere...
Anyway, stoked the boys smacked some decent fish after I left.
Berus has been chasing a decent GT for 9 years now, its his unicorn.... he found his unicorn on this trip!
 And then some...
  Between them, they managed 9 more GT's over 20 kilos, including 2 x 35 kilo and 1 x 38 kilo with a handful between 10 and 20 thrown in....
Earl managed two fish on back to back casts.... the boys were busy tagging his first fish, and he reached over, yanked the DarkStar/Heru Ulua out the GT's mouth, put in a cast and BANG, was onto number 2.... the first a 25 kilo model, the second a 35 kilo, both fish to the boat in under 8 minutes...
Tackle used and supplied by us at JigStar Africa:
Rods - Jigging Master GT Monster 7'8" and 8'6"
Lures - DarkStar/Heru Ulua and Wahoo Stickbaits
Braid - Jerry Brown Hollowcore 130lb ( go big or go home hey! )
Reels - Stella 10000FA with 20000FA spool ( one of my personal reels!! ) and a new Penn of some sorts which Bertus was testing for pure fishing, NOT the Torque... he had it loaded with 100lb whiplash!!!
Leaders were 170lb FISHERMAN which was on my Stella, and 130lb Berkley Leader on the Penn... both leader set ups using PR KNot connections, and lures were rigged with a mix of ST 66, ST 76 and Gamakatsu GT recorder trebles pilaged from my stash!! :)
------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: Fish Pimp
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2010 at 3:49pm
****e'' Nice Trevs keep some alive and bring em to NZ will ya dont worry about border control they cant even look after Kiwi Fruit
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Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 8:35pm
Snuck out at dawn for a solo mish the other morn, my usual possie failed to produce so went prospecting and pulled this skinny 19.5kgr (weighed) out from 5m of water, pulled the hooks on another slight better one at the boat and ended morning with a scrappy 12kgr.
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Posted By: marx
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 10:55pm
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Be in reports but might as well log it in this thread. Location: Ngunguru Spot not so X Boat: New Dawn Species: Kingfish Weight: 31.16kg Reel: Twinpower 6000 (now deceased) Rod: Shimano Pencil Instrument Line: Varivas GT PE5 Lure: Hammer Head Cherry Pie   ------------- Science for the mind and Art for the soul. |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 3:40pm
  Yellowfin on FISHERMAN DELTA Stickbait
 GT on Orion Cono Cono 190g
 Barracuda on Orion Cono Cono 160g
 Mu on Orion Cono Cono 190g
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Posted By: six guns
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 3:56pm
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nice work man ------------- skull draging and taging |
Posted By: lordhell
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 7:30am
| Amazing catch on poppers, well done. Thank you for the pictures. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 10:36pm
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Not sure I'm in quite the right league here, but this is a cool catch for me.
7kg Snapper taken on surface gera in 20meters of water.
140mm Cannabal stickbait, Abu T-Allloy reel over a hybrid Savage/Kilwell rod on 10lb Rovex braid
Not a great pic sorry.
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2010 at 11:09pm
| Cool! Interesting addition to surface lures' range of target species! You catch all the fish, it's not fair! ;-) |
Posted By: eddvedd
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 9:58pm
Just want to share my last catch with popper Location - Rompin |
Posted By: Bunzo
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 10:21pm
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Is that an Adhek popper ? ------------- 
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Posted By: eddvedd
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 10:37pm
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Nope. that is Budi popper. Also made in indonesia but a little bit cheeper than Adhek Bali popper
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Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 10:57pm
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very nice theres a popper thats good and cheaper than an Adhek amazing ------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: eddvedd
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2010 at 1:19am
  This another catch using budi popper. Budi popper andromeda 150 gram |
Posted By: eddvedd
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2010 at 1:22am
| uik... why the picture only shown 3/4 ? Do i have to resize the picture manually? |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2010 at 6:31am
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Nice sail on a popper Eddie welcome to our forum.
------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: eddvedd
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2010 at 2:41pm
| thanks sir... ! want to try you luck in sailfish popping just let me know.. Hehehe |
Posted By: Toni BG
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 9:20pm
 23kg. White Island  |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 9:50am
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Shot Tony - Nice fish.
Was that actually caught at night? Or is it just low light and looks black cos of the flash....? ------------- |
Posted By: Toni BG
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 7:06pm
 We did fishing from 11pm to 5am. It was unforgettable night.     |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 10:05pm
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Nice one Tony sticks at night ae
Mean bro mean ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 10:08pm
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That is unreal. I didn't figure gamefish like kings fed that way at night.
Wicked! ------------- |
Posted By: cvye
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 8:29am
| It's always easier to get a Striper to take a popper at night, so it doesn't surprise me... |
Posted By: Accident Prone
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 10:06am
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Few different species of fish for a change that a mate Steve and I caught on stickies or poppers last month in Tonga....
Emperor Sweetlips
 Red Bass
 Baracoutta
 Bluefin Trevally
 Green Jobfish
 Flowery Cod
 and a few GTs....
from little ones size S....
  to size S/M
 to size M
 To size L..
 Then Steve nailed a few hogs....
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Posted By: Stellamoon
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 10:28am
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Looks like it was awesome Trip Josh, wish i had come...
Nice fish mate!!!
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 12:44pm
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Nice work Josh
Steve looks bloody knackered in that last photo ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Royze
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 3:57pm
| Some very nice Gt`s there Josh, did you go too Vava`u? fish with Kurt by any chance? |
Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 4:09pm
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those GT made the Hammer head G cup look tiny. Very nice fish
------------- WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 4:33pm
| well wicked cuz! |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 5:15pm
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Now thats what I call a real lap full!!
------------- If I'm not taking photos I'm fishing. If I'm not fishing I'm taking photos, either way I'm having fun. |
Posted By: cvye
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 5:41am
| That boat and motor are identical to mine. Nice to see what can come over the gunnels (in a different ocean)! |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 7:48am
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Nice work Josh
------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 12:54pm
| Awesome pics Josh...I wanna tangle with those thing bad! |
Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2011 at 9:43pm
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absolute gold bro -------------  |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 12:50pm
heres a couple of recent ones, topwater fin, Rooster and pacific dog snapper.    |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 12:55pm
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where area did you get these fish Josh? great fishing BTW
------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 2:27pm
| In central america Kaveman, have been in panama but now in costa rica |
Posted By: tackle whore
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 8:55am
light tackle
carbo 70 30lb braid
zenaq fokeeto tuna fc80-3
dennis braid stickbait
+- 40-50kg yellowfin
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 2:03pm
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Some recent action from the Whanganella Bank ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 2:10pm
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good stuff Jas.......was Deano on the taps? lovely bit of driving and angling combined mate!! Did you catch/see heaps....was that right on top of the shallows.....70 odd ms?
had a few mint days like that up there and there is actually quite an unmistakable "Wanganellas Wobble" in the ocean when it goes like that.....brought back some sweet memories...nice!!
------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 2:32pm
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130 ish from memory? Dean hard on the sticks, caught a bunch this day with the weather gods smileing on us. Watching the switch and tease method up close from the best was spectacular! Heres a link to when it dont all fall into place! My first attempts at an OSCAR for directing/editing...... ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:09pm
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damn work comp will have to wait in pain for another 50mins until Im home! ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: marx
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:26pm
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F**k that fish launched!
------------- Science for the mind and Art for the soul. |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 6:50pm
Yeehaa..nice mate well done.Faark that thing go's backward well..what rod you got that finnor strapped to? looks like it had plenty left to give.
I watched that DVD you gave me to look at just yesterday and thought if singles were good enough for him they would sure do me and there you go,hooked where it should be even. ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 8:39pm
| Awesome Jas.... Best vids Ive seen for a long time. |
Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 11:15pm
| mean vids, any one hook / land up a marlin on a stick bait this year in nz waters?? |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 11:42pm
| Did you not have any wire on the stickbaits? |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 1:00am
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All the lures had haywire twists attatched to the front Stu. The problem arose from two different wind on leaders failing at the dacron/ mono serve connection. After discarding this I landed one on a stickbait... Although I only have a picture not video of it ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:00am
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well done titahi, so jealous that is one trip i just have to do.
Did you stop at the Kingy rock? ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: CBF-Whk
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:30am
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[QUOTE=Nomis]mean vids, any one hook / land up a marlin on a stick bait this year in nz waters??
Will at Sportsworld Whakatane had one on at Three Kings recently. Bill wrapped apperantly droped of after short fight. Struck a stick bait after being teezed up.
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:55am
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Is trolling a stickbait and hooking a marlin considered to be "fair" ? :-) I thought for it to be a proper stick-bait marlin capture, you'd have to actually cast the stick at the fish, and work the hook-up yourself, not use the boat to troll it. I mean, trolling poppers I have got a sailfish in the sollies, but I never thought of that as "poppering" a sailfish. (although have had and seen several strikes while doing so). That is a real bugger about the line popping like that Titahi. That really gets irksome! And, with those lures, expensive! :-) What boat were you on? I know you have no doubt described everything in a post, but I must have missed it.... |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 9:43am
You raise a valid point Stu, is having the boat moving forward when hooking up a legitimate poppering excercise? Fair? I dont know. ( I will leave that for others to decide). We werent "trolling the lure" per se, I cast the lure at the spot where we last teased the raised fish (you can hear Steve call it as a nice cast at the beginning of the clip)..... Started winding... and it smashed the lure  The following day was set aside to troll down to the kingi pinnicale Mark..... 25 knots on the nose saw paid to that and we cut and ran to Lord Howe ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Coxy From Gold Coast
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 9:47am
| Amazing footage Titahi, got to love those wahoo for there blistering speed, that stick face on the stick bait was a amazing effort ! |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 2:42pm
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Awesome footage, reckon so long as ya cast it, whether the boat moving or not dont matter, Most of the Fly captures of sails etc done that way right? whats the difference whether its a hard lure or fly. ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 4:55pm
| That was my muddled way of putting it... was the lure cast at fish or blind trolled... it was cast, so there ya go, a genuine stick-bait worked and hooked fish. Coolio.... |
Posted By: The Dog
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 7:38pm
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mean as ... Cool named boat too...
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 11:38am
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Bloody good going Jase!
Starwalker stickbaits will be available in a few months hopefully. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 11:51am
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Great vids, great job, makes ya wanna be there. ------------- If I'm not taking photos I'm fishing. If I'm not fishing I'm taking photos, either way I'm having fun. |