Video giant Tuna smash stick baits
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Topic: Video giant Tuna smash stick baits
Posted By: Murph
Subject: Video giant Tuna smash stick baits
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 7:32am
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Spotted this on Bloodydecks.com, amazing video.... |
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 8:41am
way cool!... ...time to convince Matt we need to go to PEI methinks!------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 9:07am
| are they fishing hook-less ? seemed to be allot of hits and pretty much no hook up? mean as though. when you guys gonna try and do it for the big southern blues kerren? |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 9:40am
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yeah hookless....dunno....maybe next season.. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 9:57am
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Fantastic fish. Absolute monsters! Shame they didn't use a hook just onc,e the vid RELLY needed to have a rod bent and a reel screaming, although there would have been no chance of landing such beasts on that sort of gear I'd imagine. Also, as billy ho says "zoom is doom"... a lot of massive hits were missed coz they had the video zoomed in too much. But still.... what amazing footage! Prince Edward Island, cold, cold cold place! |
Posted By: Coxy From Gold Coast
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 12:18pm
| Makes our 20kg tuna we catch look rather small. |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 12:24pm
not so Capt  http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f76/733-lb-giant-450g-custom-black-hole-jigging-rod-13659/ -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Capt Asparagus wrote:Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 12:43pm
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Ahhh! But that ain't a spinning rod/reel combo! has anyone landed any bfs that size on poppering type gear does anyone know? Still love to hear a reel screaming :-) |
Posted By: CBrett
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 2:00pm
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DAMN
would love a shot at some of those 900lb tuna but with the hooks on the stickbaits though.
time to start planning me thinks.
Kez, i think you do need to convince Matt. Il have words to him as well, must be able to sort something out surely.
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Posted By: wanabe
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 6:24pm
Great footage of a real life situation.  If they had want to, they could have tossed a squid out, if they had one, and, they would have had a great fight, but hats off to a man  that wanted to pop fish, and knows when he is beat (no hooks) In a recient article I read it commented that most fisherman do not think outside the square to getting the best result out of an expensive trip , they simply stick to what they have planned to do and get only what they do out of there own. This dvd is pure indulgence at it's best, most of us have never seen the likes it and never will  |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2010 at 9:00pm
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Insane action...
Guys just as a note, Kil and crew did catch a couple of those huge BFT on stand up gear, as well as test some of Kil's BlackHole jigging rods on them.... they were just messing with the stickbaits to see what would happen..
2 days back Greg landed a 778lb BFT in 1 hr and 5 muinutes on a the following tackle:
-5' 450g custom Black Hole Cape Cod Special (cut 8" from tip of 5'8' blank) Jigging Rod
-Penn International 50VSW filled with 825 yards of Jerry Brown 130 lbs/200 lb Seagar fluero leader -Braids harness/fighting belt. Check out the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5daPR-FX1g8&playnext=1&videos=jQcaSqdYvJo&feature=mfu_in_order - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5daPR-FX1g8&playnext=1&videos=jQcaSqdYvJo&feature=mfu_in_order
------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: edge01
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2010 at 3:46am
| Big units there alrite!! |