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Marlin

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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=57821
Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 8:38pm


Topic: Marlin
Posted By: fish i
Subject: Marlin
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 2:04pm
Have people successfully fished for marlin and/or tuna with poppers and stickbaits in NZ?

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Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 2:09pm
Not yet, but there is a few people that will be specifically targeting them (marlin that is) this coming season.  BA is one of them.


Posted By: Gruntled
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 2:11pm
Trolled a big stick bait last season, with big single hooks, off the shotgun. Did not get bit, but the nomad guys have had success apparently so thought I would try again iof summer ever comes.

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Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 2:15pm
I sorta meant casting, catching and fighting stand-up with egg beater gear.

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6th place in the inaugural Te Kauwhata Regionals paddle crab division


Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 4:21pm
Last year we had 4 seperate fish come in on the stickbaits whilst chasing kingfish. With a bit more focus and emphasis on top wtaer ir will happen for sure this year.
It has been done in plenty of other places aorund the world.
Will be a whole lot of fun
 


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Posted By: Rockstar from Mars
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 4:36pm
will you be using trebles for this ginga ?


Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 5:00pm
 7/0 recorders.wrote a longer answer but had problems posting so thats my opioion and short version.
Mozz will have some thoughts and experience i would think.
 
 


Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 5:25pm
Originally posted by falco falco wrote:

 7/0 recorders.wrote a longer answer but had problems posting so thats my opioion and short version.
Mozz will have some thoughts and experience i would think.
 
 


best you send me some of your baits there AndrewWink

am very unsure what I will be using so any and all advice greatly appreciated.


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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 5:49pm
seen it done on a popper attached to a Torium 30....but I guess the Wanganellas don't count....stopped the boat right on top of a meatball getting demo'd hard, Matt cast the popper only 30-40ms and with in seconds there was a herd of the baskets on it....was an angry bite and even managed to get braid tangled around a second marlins pec fin during the fight.....at one stage there was 2 fired up stripies doing the haka simultaneously.....great days!!

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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 10:49pm
big singles, trebles and billfish is silly and dangerous. You have to get a really good hookset straight away otherwise the fish can and will throw the popper when it bites. Got to go to work, will write little more later


Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 10:36pm
so no one has any ideas what to use or try out, seems like experimenting will be on the cards, hooks will be the saving grace as I think the shot is there just need to set that hook.

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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2010 at 2:49am
step 1: find something like this


step 2: cast a smaller stickbait into the madness. Something like a baby runboh, tailwalk gunz, mangrove studio volador..... anything that vaguely represents what the fish are feeding.

step 3: hold on and dont be a pussy on the winding


Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2010 at 7:35am
that is some cool footage.... you get that sort of action much over there ? 


Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2010 at 10:11am
got it twice like that on the golden bank bank and once on the gordo, we managed an average of 15 stripeys per day. 1 of those was on a popper, 3 on lures and the rest on baits


Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2010 at 10:26am
Thanks Mozz that was very coolClap

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