Rapala tail dancers deep.
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Rapala tail dancers deep.
Look the goods for some trolling in ppb.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
Cheap enough! I drag a couple of 30ft versions around sometimes when looking for a good arch or 2. Havent caught a red yet, but several 50cm+ frogs on them so far. Only a matter of time till I hook a red or small kingy I reckon. Worth having in the collection Bowl.
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
Thats what I want them for,when sounding for reds do some trolling....just need a boat lolRedhunter wrote:Cheap enough! I drag a couple of 30ft versions around sometimes when looking for a good arch or 2. Havent caught a red yet, but several 50cm+ frogs on them so far. Only a matter of time till I hook a red or small kingy I reckon. Worth having in the collection Bowl.
Prob get another ten of them.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
The smaller size stump jumpers supposedly dive to 5m or so, do you reckon they'd do the same job?Redhunter wrote:Cheap enough! I drag a couple of 30ft versions around sometimes when looking for a good arch or 2. Havent caught a red yet, but several 50cm+ frogs on them so far. Only a matter of time till I hook a red or small kingy I reckon. Worth having in the collection Bowl.
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
just go the big one, they don't dive to the stated depth and i've caught stacks of 25cm pinkies on 9cm hards4liters wrote:The smaller size stump jumpers supposedly dive to 5m or so, do you reckon they'd do the same job?Redhunter wrote:Cheap enough! I drag a couple of 30ft versions around sometimes when looking for a good arch or 2. Havent caught a red yet, but several 50cm+ frogs on them so far. Only a matter of time till I hook a red or small kingy I reckon. Worth having in the collection Bowl.
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
As in the really big stump jumpers? Would a flathead eat one of those? They're a pretty chunky luremazman wrote:just go the big one, they don't dive to the stated depth and i've caught stacks of 25cm pinkies on 9cm hards4liters wrote:The smaller size stump jumpers supposedly dive to 5m or so, do you reckon they'd do the same job?Redhunter wrote:Cheap enough! I drag a couple of 30ft versions around sometimes when looking for a good arch or 2. Havent caught a red yet, but several 50cm+ frogs on them so far. Only a matter of time till I hook a red or small kingy I reckon. Worth having in the collection Bowl.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
Major Sponsor: Rim Master Tackle
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
Not the megas but I'd be giving the size 1's a whirl
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Re: Rapala tail dancers deep.
Stumpies may do the job! You want to use lures that are in the "zone" of the depth range you're trolling them. I like the rapalas though as they have a good saltwater baitfish (eg.pilly) action to them. Give them plenty of drop back as the noise of an outboard can put them off when in shallow water. Yakking is a much more silent approach however. Some folk may use downriggers in deeper water, but again, plenty of drop back is required as the bomb can put the fish off. I like to concentrate in the bottom third of the water column, with the theory that this is where the feeding fish will be.