new Starwalker stickbaits
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Topic: new Starwalker stickbaits
Posted By: ChrisW
Subject: new Starwalker stickbaits
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 4:53pm
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I have a range of Jig star "Starwalker" stickbaits arriving in August.
Lures are 160 and 180mm in both sinking and floating. Weights are 60g, 100g for floating and 90g, 130g for sinking and the lures come unrigged. Lures are plastic with a fantastic holographic finish that has a heavy protective clear coating.
This is the lure that Titahi caught his Stripie with last summer.
Prices from $45.
Kahawai
 Pilchard
 Kohuru
 rest of the colours -
Barbie
 Blue Pink
 Purple
 Green Mackerel
 this Green Mack is Titahi's marlin slayer. Nice
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 4:54pm
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agggghhhh....wrong forum! ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 5:56pm
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Hey Chris, very nice and certainly well priced... can't wait to see some...
On another note, are you doing anything in the way of stick bait rods? ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 6:13pm
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have had a play with these and they have worked very well.
I especially like the one in the middle ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Raptor 650
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 6:26pm
| Are they wire through construction? They look the business and cheap as chips. |
Posted By: sid fishus
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 7:13pm
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Nice one! Like the pricing, length, weight and colours Chris, anyone would think you were deliberately getting a stick bait for kiwi fishos targeting kings. Rather than one really suited to tropical fish we don't see much of in our waters! ------------- I always tell the truth about things that never happened |
Posted By: Nepptune
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 8:16pm
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Sid - they do work bloody well on tropical fish as well!!!! :-) ------------- TO RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT AND SPEAK THE TRUTH. 
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 8:50pm
WHAT!!
 You mean the rest of the world don't have kahawai and kohuru as we do?
 .Yeah, we have the technology to produce lures that kiwi fish dine on. JSA are happy to have these since they are very fishy flavours which will produce well in their waters. Very happy with how these have turned out.
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sid fishus wrote:Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 8:51pm
Yes, definitely through wire construction and very tough as well. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 8:58pm
I have had the misfortune of being bitten by a marlin ( I know I know, what an idiot, but in my defense I really wanted my sons home made trolling lure back!!! It FN hurt  ) And they are capable of squashing lots of things stronger than fingers. The lure I caught the marlin on is only slightly grazed, the paint job held up very very well and Chris still has the lure which despite the marlins best efforts did not break. These lures are very strong, and well built, they swim well........oh and fish dont mind eating em as well  ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 11:08pm
Cool New Baits!  The colours cross over well, first glance I thought the Kahawai was a MahiMahi... ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: 2cold
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2011 at 9:39am
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Very nice, they look the goods Are they the same as the Tailwalk Gunz range? If so, they go great- very easy to swim and definitely attract plenty of hits
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2011 at 9:30pm
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in case you missed it, I have posted up all 7 colours we will stock.
NB. the lures will be available mid-August hopefully in most stores. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Strictly fishing
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2011 at 9:49pm
impressive!!! nice natural colours chris. Im positive they will all work well . -------------  |
Posted By: Structfab
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 8:43am
ready & waiting
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 10:07am
Beaut lures. I loved the blue/black/white one, and the pinkie....  Not big fish sadly.... but the big fish that nailed the bluey later, kept it dammit! Very good lures, good for a long sweeping action. Edit:- the pinkie I had there is the floating version, which was great, being hot pink I was able to see just where the lure was, made it a bit more fun I reckon. I had I think 3 casts with the blue/black/silver jobbie, first cast nuthin', second cast the little GT, third cast a huge white hole in the ocean and a long unstopable run around a bommie, bugger it! After that I was way more circumspect about using the pinkie, it still survives up there awaiting my return in January. It was good to have them along though, in combination with the R2C doggies I also used, as Chris's lures here I found worked really nicely in a long, sweeping action that got the lure in pretty quick, and the doggies I found were only to be used with a slow, short action. Meant you had a range of lures and actions to use on the fish. The lures are very nicely solid I found, the pinkie got..... I tihnk about 5-6 fish all told, without any major damage to the paintwork or anything either, which was pleasing. I certainly want to take a few more of those with me next time I head off! |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 10:16am
You been into em already stu Think i will be getting the pillie and koheru ones...Look coolwhat will be the best treble size for the 180s chris? 3/0? will you be putting recommended treble sizes on the packaging? ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 10:26am
| I saw the koheru, and just pounced on it, it is plain sexy i reckon. The same with the pink. Might grab the kahawai one too, and the blue-pink, well, it is starting ot talk to me as well. So many lures, so little time to play with them! sighhhhhhh... |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 3:56pm
160 = 2/0 treble
180 = 3/0 treble
no, did not state treble hook sizes. Anglers have their own opinions as to what works best for their technique. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 3:58pm
Many thanks to Stu for testing these lures for me. It is pleasing to hear and see photo results of these neat lures.
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Posted By: Manoa
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 10:58pm
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Good on you Chris for putting out some very affordable stickbaits for the NZ fisherman. Awesome range of colours and models well suited to NZ kings. Guess you can't really complain about others ripping off lure designs now.
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 10:24am
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When have I complained about lure rip offs? Nobody seems to be slightly bit concerned for intellectual property these days and that is well supported by the customers who flock to buy.
I buy the Starwalker from the ORIGINAL manufacturer and I believe it is their original design, therefore no rip off. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 11:55am
| All i know is they are very very nice lures. Chris, the floating pinkie I had was a smaller one, will you be doing the floating ones in that larger size (same as the larger sinking one) as well? |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 11:58am
Yes, the floating lures will be in the larger size.
There are 2 sizes - 160mm and 180mm.
There are floating and sinking versions in both these sizes. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: DLS
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 2:07pm
| Mean! custom Tailwalks |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 2:06pm
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Look very sexy look forward to giving some of them a swim. ------------- If I'm not taking photos I'm fishing. If I'm not fishing I'm taking photos, either way I'm having fun. |
Posted By: TitusCanby
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:11pm
| Where in Auckland can we buy them, Chris? Cheers. |
Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 10:57pm
....I see Boulder has them listed on his http://www.canlive.co.nz/catalog/zen/index.php?main_page=products_new -
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Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 11:30pm
Hahahaha so I have  The good fairies must have been busy tonight
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Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 8:43am
Which one in the middle exactly :D
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Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 2:14pm
so far -
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Posted By: TitusCanby
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 2:28pm
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Thanks, Chris.
Have placed an order with Boulder (in case I run short of stickbaits - which isn't likley for a while!!).
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 2:31pm
------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2011 at 8:26pm
was thinking of rigging the 180s like this with 8/0 shogun hooks....Your thoughts chris? or do you suggest trebles?Has anyone fished them like this?Build quality looks really good and personally i prefer plastic type baits that are sealed. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: Billy!
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2011 at 6:05pm
| I use the same rig, except with 7/0's. Deffinately swims better like this than with trebs |
Posted By: Sambosi
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2011 at 7:16pm
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got me one, cant wait to nail something with it |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2011 at 7:19pm
Oh yeah...thanks for that ...cool avitar there...predator.. that along with terminator 2 my favorite arnie movies.------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2011 at 7:20pm
They look nice a mate If i was a king i would eat it------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: Jonny rotten
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2011 at 8:43pm
where in northland can i grab some???? ------------- Rocking the CROCS since 2011 |
Posted By: petethemeat
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 8:49pm
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sorry for dragging up these old posts but was wondering if whether the sinking Starwalker will troll okay? I presume the floating would be no good for that. Is the sinking or floating easier to get a good action out of with casting/retrival for a newbie to stickbaits like me? like the look of the Kahawhai or the Kohuru. nice. |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 9:11pm
I would say the troll speed is more of an issue...we were trolling river to sea rover 230(floaters) in tauranga and i had two strikes at the lure but didnt catch....dont know about trolling the sinking ones...id be inclined to troll the floaters and find the speed that worked them nice. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 9:22pm
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you can probably troll either lure but the speed should not be so fast to cause the lure to broach and lose action on the surface. Some experimentation is needed. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: petethemeat
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 9:29pm
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thanks guys! the trolling was only a secondary thought but think I'll go the 180 floating intially. cheers. now kohuru or kahawai?.....
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 10:06pm
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This is a simple answer, one I thought you would have realised even before typing the question.... both of course!I mean, if you lose one, you need a back-up, surely? :-) |
Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 10:51pm
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Trolling is nowhere near as much fun as casting for them and not nearly as rewarding.
But saying that there are days where trolling is required to help locate the fish, if oyu are using the lures for simply locating the fish then it is simple choose a floating one and do not take your eyes off the lure. You will be amazed how many fish actually come up on the lures and have a swipe or you see a swirl behind the lure, wiht a sinking lure you will not see any of this.
For me in this situation it is more about finding the fish to go back and cast to than actually catching but hey thats just me.
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Posted By: ThomasW
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2012 at 2:28pm
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Found a bunch of these lures in the discount bin at the local store, so brought one to try. Do they work okay with single hooks? , and what size? Might end up getting a few more. |
Posted By: Tipper
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2012 at 3:14pm
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Posted By: ThomasW
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2012 at 5:33pm
| Can not remember where, but they were half price. |
Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2012 at 6:24am
8 or 9mm split rings and shogun or decoy inline 7/0 eg...those are 8/0 on there and found them a bit big...prefer to fish them with 7/0 inline than 3/0 owner trebles....better action.  ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: JW
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2012 at 4:16pm
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Thanks Ginga, that sounds like really good advice. Going to be doing more of this surface stuff so those nuggets will help. Anyway, nice looking lures! ------------- www.northsideadventures.co.nz www.facebook.com/northsideadventures |
Posted By: ThomasW
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2012 at 7:13pm
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Grabbed a couple more today, one green, one pink. If anyone driving through Blenheim, they can be gotten for half price from the h&F bargain bin. Maybe half a dozen left. Mainly green and pink. |
Posted By: Iriee
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2018 at 11:18am
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Hey guys i want to take the 160 sinking for coromandel of the rocks. Which colour would be the best ? Thanks |