Denmark Salmon

Just a few pictures of Salmon I caught in the Denmark area 2 weeks ago.

 

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Shaun

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Nice

Tue, 2013-04-16 10:20

 Nice fish mate,great looking backdrop too!!

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Nice fish. Are they assists

Tue, 2013-04-16 12:12

Nice fish.

 

Are they assists on a Richter?   Does it help, it looks good.

 

Well done

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Not Richters

Tue, 2013-04-16 12:30

They are another South African brand of plug called GT ice-cream , and yes the assist hooks work really well.

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So how do they line up with the Richters?

Tue, 2013-04-16 13:01

 Length, weight, bias etc?

 

Did you fast crank or walk the Ice Creams?

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Gt ice-creams

Tue, 2013-04-16 13:20

There are different shapes , sizes , weight and colours. They cast a mile and each one requires a different style of retrieve . In MY opinion they are better than the Richters.

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Hi Shaun,I replace the assist

Tue, 2013-04-16 14:03

Hi Shaun,

I replace the assist back hook with a single hook. Do ya reckon that's gonna alter the action of the GT-Ice Cream ?

I have the exact same one that you are using. How do you reckon I should work this plug ?

I tried cranking flat out and it skips the surface like a garfish being pursued by a predator. Other than that, I can't work out any other action from this plug.

Your advice is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

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Hi

Tue, 2013-04-16 16:52

Hi Uluaman ,

 

I dont think that it will effect the action of the lure , I do think that you will have a better hook up rate with the assist hook and I feel that it is harder for the fish to throw the hook.

 

There are 2 different Gt ice-creams in the pictures , the thinner one (needle nose) I throw out and let it sink to the bottom before retrieving it very fast to the surface , once its on the surface I use a medium speed retrieve and hold the rod tip up .

The other one is called a cone , I mainly use it rougher conditions and use a medium to slow retrieve.

 

Hope that helps.

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 Sorry was referring t needle

Tue, 2013-04-16 17:10

 Sorry was referring t needle nose.

 Will try mine with and without assist this weekend.

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Good stuff

Thu, 2013-04-18 07:06

I just got back from down there and there's definetely Salmon around. We were using live herring down the line just on a single hook and chucking out a mule/herring on a float when they were in. Pulled in 3 myself all around ~5kg and there were some big kingys around and if it wasn't for the reef I would've been able to have a proper go at one. Few bonito around too

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Nice fish Shaun

Thu, 2013-04-18 10:27

but you need 2 or 3 kids to deprive you of some of that free time you have.

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No need

Thu, 2013-04-18 16:40

No need to be jealous. Ha ha.

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nice fish mate you ever been

Fri, 2013-04-19 14:33

nice fish mate

 

you ever been mistaken for that actor off underbelly?

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 LolI thought the same

Fri, 2013-04-19 14:55

 Lol

I thought the same thing.

 

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 me 2

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