Another one gets the bug!!
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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
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Printed Date: 06 Jun 2026 at 5:50am
Topic: Another one gets the bug!!
Posted By: 621
Subject: Another one gets the bug!!
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2010 at 3:12pm
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After a recent trip with Extreme and after an exceptional days fishing (cheers Mark)........I gotta say the exhilaration of topwater action will be hard to beat and yes the bug has bit and I got it bad!
Recent additions to the tacklebox some yet to be swum. Probably old hat to most of you guys but pics may assist newbies to topwater in understanding some of the lure options out there. Will report on how they work for me as they get the chance to be eaten.
Cherry Pai - ready for launch on Salti 6000GT
 My Gamma attached to a target
 The New boys in town
Gunz
 Ulua
 Bigger Ulua
 AH Custom
 Nambas
  Muskie Custom (mmmm, not sure about this one)
 FCL Labo CSP
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Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2010 at 4:07pm
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That didn't take ya long! Love the NAMBAS! ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: Stellamoon
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2010 at 7:16pm
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LOL
 Stephen, I think im a bad influence on you, and don't you mean one of my old Gamma's
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Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2010 at 8:30pm
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Nice kit there 621, I'm loving that AH Custom stick!!!
Welcome to the new downhill slope of TAS mate!!! ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: Chris.Y
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 5:32pm
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Don't forget to add some Pencil poppers and chuggers to your kit, they have a place on the right days too!.
I have seen the musky lure before whilst on a Nomad trip, it has a nice action but from memory needs to be worked at a constant moderate pace to get the best out of it, also need to keep the hooks relatively small, 6/0 single decoys or similar. Kingies should climb all over it. Ah Custom is one of Richards own designs, great surface stickbait ------------- Fly's Eye's Hangin' out to fish!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 5:47pm
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mate you got it bad, good to see ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 12:39pm
A wee package arrived today. Sneaking under the GST threshold. ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: 621
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 5:22pm
Haha ha Si - good on you boy! Looking forward to hitting Channel soon . Check out the thread from GG on the 30kg Marc caught on topwater (Hammerhead Cherry Pai I think).
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Posted By: 621
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 5:24pm
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Chris.Y wrote:Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 8:53pm
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Oooweeee Sid, Garyukobo Black Sheep in that little package.... damn fine those... I just had a pair of them show up in amongst some Falcons, FISHERMAN, Souls and other goodies... stunning baits, look forward to seeing how they perform for you...
Of course the Nambas and Delta 5 round out that little parcel fantastically! ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.
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Posted By: 621
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 3:01pm
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New addition, beautifully made and heard a lot about this one.......taking them all out Monday for a swim.
MC Killer 45-150 (Thanks Yeehaa)
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Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 3:24pm
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Nice where you off to Monday that weather looking good for early next week ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: 621
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 5:32pm
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Small group out with Extreme - weather looks mint. Anytime you want to hit channel just drop me a pm ------------- "Luck is when opportunity and preparation coincide" |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 6:50pm
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Good luck mate keen to hear how you get on, be in touch soon
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Posted By: Stellamoon
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 7:16pm
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Awesome Stickbaits Simon,
Those Delta 5's are mean as......
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 6:08am
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The guys did well out there, got a few fish and some good ones too.
Go the Nambas ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 7:03am
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Good stuff guys 621 did u swim that killer ?
They have a wicked finish ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Fissure
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 7:32am
| my god, some beutiful lures on here. |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 9:07am
| Dont cast them to coutta |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 9:48am
Apparently it is still swimming around out there.   ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: 621
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 7:40pm
Mark, you're a champion! Awesome day had by all - as the boys kept saying during the day with hook-up after hook-up after hook-up EXTREME At the end of the day was the first time no one complained about calling it a day....think they welcomed it with the sore arms - now permanently stretched!
minus 1 Killer
 as Si says still swimming out there somewhere - fish owned itminus 1 Orion 210 - 230? Nambas.........long live the Nambas and may it RIP - had a hard life that lure was not game to swim the Carpenter Gamma or Hammerhead after that! But both are proven fish catchers.
Some feedback on the others from my selection above (based on beginner skills, sure more experienced topwater anglers would get way more out of the lure than I - so just my views as a novice):
1. MC Works KILLER is one amazing lure - would be the favorite by a country mile. Easy to swim by an amateur like myself. Very life like - expect this one would be the go for a marlin for sure. Didn't get to play with it long and it was slammed and later line busted
 - would have topped the catch count if not lost I think. It was very nicely finished 2. Go the NAMBAS (big or small fish love em all). Probably drew up and nailed the most fish for the day. A must have if your going to get into topwater. The 140 did the business on the day.
3. MUSKIE. Cheapish odd looking lure - but wow - awesome action and neutral bouyancy. Another order enroute (one for Mark and one for Si) - this is a must have and awesome squid immitation. Rig as recommended above - small hooks No1 or 2's, same size, moderate retrieve or a twitch/dart (which worked best for me).
4. AH Custom, nice lure, needs some skill to swim but well worth the $'s. Was not great on troll, but good working back from a cast. Has a big profile and head section so plenty of water displaced on the pop, a little more experience on my part and I think we'd have a winner here.
5. FCL Labo CSP, nice lure, solid action. Mine is a big 260mm version - and only had a breif swim
6. Nomad, Ulua's did not play with these much but found ok / moderate lure. Mmmmm.
Didn't swim the small tailwalk gunz
Not many pics taken of the topwater action....the group was otherwise occupied but got half a frame of the muskie below - looks really nice in the water, not in the tackle box.
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Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 8:26pm
Awesome stuff Steve. Top report and heaps helpful information
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Posted By: MarkE
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2010 at 4:49pm
Being a recent topwater convert myself, I thought i'd share with the class what turned up in the mail today 
 Top to bottom -
Hammerhead Cherry Pai 200
Garyukubo Black Sheep 210
North Craft Gundance 180
Yambal GT Harrier 165
Fisherman Delta 5 Big Game
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Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 2:34am
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Ahhhhh, lovely stuff Mark, some beautiful toys in that lot... look forward to seeing them hangin outta some fat Kings mouths.... ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.
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Posted By: MarkE
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2010 at 9:06am
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