How good are carpenter stick baits!
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Topic: How good are carpenter stick baits!
Posted By: andrem
Subject: How good are carpenter stick baits!
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 1:48pm
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Must admit to wondering whether or not I was crazy paying serious cash for a wooden bait, but after using it for the first time yesterday i wonder no longer.
We had a couple of boats out using different lures (nomads / poppers etc) and the only thing the kings would take was carpenters, we were blind casting in 40m of water around areas we know hold kings (we had caught them throughout the day on jigs) but not like the size that the stick baits obviously rose. Mark from extreme had spent a bit of time showing me how to use them on a wharf but once I got the hang of it on the boat yesterday I was subsequently taken to the cleaners by two decent size kings in quick succession, who wouldn't stop coming until they swallowed that bait. Loosing the fish partly due to trying to fight them from a stationery boat (not so smart) and partly due removing all the barbs off the hooks for mine and the fishes safety. This is by far the most exciting fishing i have done and cant wait to get my hands on some more of these exceptional baits, I am now a true believer in how effective this form of fishing is and how exciting it is. These are must have items for getting into this! |
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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 2:20pm
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Here are some pics.
1st fish,1st cast
   Second fish, 1st Cast another drift
 Richard Hooked up,he did well and got a few on his freshly won Stella 10K
 So long buddy now you are just drift wood,or kingfish jewlery
 Was a mint day,just wished I hadnt changed out an Orion for the Gamma
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 2:48pm
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These lures really are that good, just think how effective they are going to be when the kingfihs are actually feeding on the surface.(which will be very soon). ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Rodinator
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 6:10pm
| I have to agree the carpenters were the business yesterday, I was using nomad stickbaits and got a few strikes and follows but no hook ups. I'm sure nomads (or others) would work well when the fish are aggressively feeding on the surface but to raise and hook the fish you can't look past the carpenters after yesterdays experience. I will definitely have to get a few carpenters, and what an exciting way to fish! |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 6:12pm
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Hmm sounds like my 3 will have to come out of the firesafe and risk getting wet real soon
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Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 6:27pm
| interesting, had a play with some saltiga stick baits off the shore recently and got a few follows but couldn't get a bite, the old faithful swimming pipers produced the goods though |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 6:34pm
Surely you can spare me one Boulder?Im going to die waiting for the next shipment.
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Boulder wrote:Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 8:13pm
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is that a royoga reel in the first pic mean guys something i deff wana try might have to get out on extreme and get a few lessons  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 8:28pm
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got ot get a set,nice fish cam ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: campbellc
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 9:10pm
Think its his accurate twinspin?
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Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 10:27pm
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they are one of the best poppers in the world -------------   WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2010 at 11:11pm
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I think I'm now regretting passing up on the one that Ginga so kindly offered to hold for me.... :-(
Count me into the next round Mark!!!
PS - Falco - Your Purple Mistress hasn't shown up here yet, but I'll keep looking... ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2010 at 6:42pm
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Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
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nerd. ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2010 at 10:39pm
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Thats just rude Tony.... obscene in fact.... I like it though! ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.
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