Battle-Scarred Lure Pics!
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
Forum Description: If you're into a bit of action on top, this is the forum for you
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54814
Printed Date: 31 Jan 2026 at 1:10pm
Topic: Battle-Scarred Lure Pics!
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Subject: Battle-Scarred Lure Pics!
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 12:53pm
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Topwater lures cop a beating, post your best shots here! We'll kick it off with this pic of two River2Sea Rovers. On the right, one fresh out of the box. On the left, the chew toy of a 50kg GT!  ------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 1:35pm
| Cool, got a couple of those, gonna be trying them out this time next week in the Solomons! |
Posted By: seansurfy
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 4:57pm
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 5:01am
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Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 11:47am
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Good stuff guys! CA, the Rover230's are very effective, and not too expensive either  . Let us know how they go in the Solomons!Sean, doggies don't mind destroying tackle do they? Incredible that you stayed connected. Mozz, is that a Duel Surface Slider? What did the damage? ------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 12:26pm
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Hey OB, have you tried to R2C "Doggie"s? I have a few of those with me this trip too, so hopefully should find enough to get some decent pics with. In the rovers I have the blue and the redhead. Hopefully they won't get monstered by sharks too much (my main concern with using a slow surface lure over there, if it is slow, sharks climb all over the damn things!) |
Posted By: Ocean Blue
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 1:42pm
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Hi CA, No, we haven't had a chance to use the Doggies yet, but they look like they'd go well. The blue Rovers work especially well, and the green one in our pic above has also accounted for a few good fish (haven't tried the red head). Good luck against the sharks, we haven't fished the Solomons, but have had to retire a few surface lures after shark attacks in New Cal! A black tip reef shark put an end to this well-worn Orion  : ------------- Fishing Vanuatu - Trees & Fishes Anglers Lodge | Vanuatu Mothership Adventures | New Caledonia | Malaysia |
Posted By: felixx
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 9:52pm
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cool pics guys
------------- Originally posted by TG LMAO felixx, you a sick puppy! hehe |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:03pm
 A cheepy but a goodie Any guesses to what it is ? Was brought in NZ for around $25.00 ------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: Skipjack
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:27pm
| A Savage Gear. |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:36pm
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True first prize of nothing goes to you Skippy, took this bad boy on a Nomad trip and after loosing some expensive lures i pulled it out,was most impressed with it.
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: Skipjack
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:40pm
| Nice to know they work picked one up ages ago yet to use it. |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:42pm
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want to sell it?
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 8:53pm
| Mean Kingi baits right there! i'm down to one very sad looking one left |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2010 at 8:50pm
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These pics aren't mine, they are from some members on GTpopping ( thanks Steve ) but I thought y'all might enjoy:
Carpenter Gammas take a beating and keep on ticking!!!
 These lures were still being fished, and smashing GT's at the time of posting on GT popping... pretty amazing...
  Nice little sneak peak at the weighting system inside too without having to cut up your own Gamma! ;) ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 7:08am
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sweet Neps ,saves Falco from cutting one of his up
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: Elpescador
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 9:21am
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mozz wrote:Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 9:38am
Nice mate, send your cupboard this way
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