Cheap-ass stickbaits
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 05 Jun 2026 at 6:34am
Topic: Cheap-ass stickbaits
Posted By: Stonefish
Subject: Cheap-ass stickbaits
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2014 at 6:10pm
Anyone had a lash with these Savebarn lures? I was driving past today and dropped in, mainly to check out the Maxel reels they have but saw these were 50% off and grabbed a couple. I figure when the bites hot they should go ok. (and no, I'm in no way affiliated with savebarn if anyones a bit suss, just wondering if anyones used these) |
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Posted By: eynon
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2014 at 4:33pm
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so did they work alright? edit: man their website doesnt even have the same pricing as their trademe account which has the same things at 50% off. |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 11:57am
| Ha, haven't even had a chance to cast one yet. My dog managed to give one a good chew though (unrigged). Will post up a report once I get round to it. |
Posted By: eynon
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 3:39pm
if the dog liked it they must be good! |
stonefish wrote:Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 4:07pm
| Ha, my dog will chew pretty much anything so its probably not an indicator of anything |
Posted By: whippet
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 7:22pm
| Haha at least he didn't chew a carpenter that would have hurt |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 01 May 2014 at 7:56pm
| Yep, carpenters kept on top shelf. |
Posted By: segador
Date Posted: 02 May 2014 at 12:38am
| if you have carpenters y use anything else |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 02 May 2014 at 11:47am
| If I'm fishing off the rocks or the bite's so hot they're hitting anything then I'd prefer not to risk an expensive lure. |
Posted By: kiwi phill
Date Posted: 05 May 2014 at 8:28pm
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Just make sure they are proper eyes and not just screw in curtain eyes as will most likely fail...See like that before.......Phill ------------- Sverdfisk .......Marlin in Norwegian My Parents ...Parents Came from Norway... |
Posted By: Stonefish
Date Posted: 17 May 2014 at 9:04am
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Finally got a chance to give these a cast last weekend, gotta say I was pretty happy with the way they swam, was pretty easy to swim them as well. They seemed to have pretty good action. I didn't catch anything on them tho, but the carpenters weren't catching anything either. Not exactly sure what your meaning bout the curtain eyes Phill, but these have got wire running their length. |
Posted By: kiwi phill
Date Posted: 17 May 2014 at 12:36pm
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Thats good then if fully wired as not all have that feature....Cheers And Good Luck Fishing......Phill ------------- Sverdfisk .......Marlin in Norwegian My Parents ...Parents Came from Norway... |