Exmouth Spangled Advice
Submitted by Happydaze on Tue, 2011-03-15 21:58
Getting set up for a trip away to exmouth in april , trying to keep the bases covered and intend to check out the action inside the reef in the tinny when the weather don't suit offshore options. Question is what are the best types of lures to target spangeled emperor in behind the reef, depth of water will vary on the day. What are people having the most success with?
have had plenty of success catching fish on baits over the years both from shore and in the tinny, but this time round would prefer to fore go the whole bait caper, I have the romantic vision of sight casting lures to plump snapper in the shallows 
, any help would be appreciated
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Cheers
Greg
silly
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Going up to exxy in april too
Going up to exxy in april too and looking forward to some light tackle spanglies when the winds up. Firstly depth isnt really an issue have caught them as shallow as half a metre. Best off to drift and cast lures in all directions, that way you can cover more ground. You'll probaly find more varieties of fish (eg trevally, chinaman etc) as you approach the breakers.
As for lure's take your pick, anything will work on them from skin deeps, poppers, plastics etc. If your just starting out lure fishing give the RMG scorpions 90 skin deeps a go. They are easy to use, just vary your retrieves.. you'll figure which retrieve is working better on each particular day. Remember to have throw in some long pauses too.
good luck!
kinga86
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Atomic Paddletail 3.5" in
Atomic Paddletail 3.5" in gold or chartreuse work wonders :D Dont forget to use jig heads with a fairly heavy duty hook!
aussie_breamer
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agree
I agree, attomic paddletails dominate the spanglies up there as well as accounting for many other species.
although, my fav is the attomic paddletail 3 1/4 " in glitter gold colour.
cheers,
tom
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Lucky Tim
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I like C'ultiva Savoy Minnow
I like C'ultiva Savoy Minnow in chartruese, it's a real shallow runner with a nice side to side action. The big spangs love it and you get to see some of the strikes seeing as it is so shallow. Otherwise have a Halco Rooster popper in 80 size.
I usually fish 1-4m deep and think outside of the square as to where, not all fish are on the heavy reefy stuff. Pretty awesome way to spend the day if it's too windy to go outside.
hlokk
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If its a windy day backup
If its a windy day backup plan, make sure you have lures that you can cast well into the wind, otherwise you'll have to keep casting up current of the boat, and good luck punching them into the wind. Can just drag them behind the boat though :p. 1-2kn drift will actually end up working a lot of lures.
When we did it last year in exi, we mostly stuck to plastics. Using lures definitely works, but loosing lures also happens. Lot easier to loose plastics. Did end up going through a few packs though :p. Was using gold fleck atomic grubs for the most part, but lots of others worked too. Snapbacks have some small paddletail ones and if you superglue them to the hook at least your plastics will last longer if you dont snag up and loose them.
We were mostly just drifting and casting at bombies, rubble patches and 'corridors'. Makes sense to mix it up like Tim said. We didnt get a lot of big ones though (had one or two massive runs that ended in a bust off though).
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Greg,Our favourites are Halco
Greg,
Our favourites are Halco Rooster 105 poppers and the Pelagic Hippo 75mm poppers for enticing the bigger Spangos and visual aspect. The Halco Skin Deep 90 are good for getting Spangos to bite when things are a bit quiet but the charlie courts do love them also but a must to have in your tackle box. As for SP, 5inch snapbacks and McArthy 5 & 6 inch Paddle tails are good but go with strong jigheads as mentioned, we're now stocking the heavy duty McArthy jigheads also.
Take plenty of lures, trace line, heavy-duty jigheads and upgraded trebles. The bommies in the deeper water ie 3-5m can be good but we normally work the shallower area ie 1-2m around the weed grounds. Ryans just come back from there and said plenty of Spangos & Goldens and dont forget a few squid jig as squid zoomin on your lures.
Pelagic Hippo 75mm Popper;
Ryan Thipthorp Tandabiddi Spango caught a few weeks ago on the same popper;
Shaun
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hlokk
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Whats the weight and cost of
Whats the weight and cost of those poppers?
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Has Ryan repositioned the popper for the pic
if not it looks very lightly hooked and he was lucky to land it.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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barbless...
ST66 trebles = easy to spit lure on landing especially a thrashing spango so yep a reposition and quick pic before release i'd asume.
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The Pelagic Hippo 75mm is
The Pelagic Hippo 75mm is $23.95 and weight is 20grams but after the Owner upgrade its probably 30grams at a guess
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Sounds like a great size. Do
Sounds like a great size. Do they also come a big heavier, say 50g range?
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Yes, the next size up is the
Yes, the next size up is the 95mm Pelagic Hippo. $28.50 and weight is 45grams but after the treble upgrade probably 55grams at a guess
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Ah, damn :( Now i'll have to
Ah, damn :( Now i'll have to pop in and lighten my wallet.
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spangos work the same feeding
spangos work the same feeding times as most northern fish? on the rising tide up to high tide or?
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The lead up to the high tide
The lead up to the high tide is better
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Spango Slayer
silly
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Definately a spango slayer!
Definately a spango slayer! Gold/orange is my sucessful colour... along with R70 kingbrown.
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Skin Deeps dominate, cheap
Skin Deeps dominate, cheap too.
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Thanks GuysSome good options
Thanks Guys
Some good options there, Sounds like the skin deeps are a good option , used them up north a fair bit in the shallow creeks nice action on them. some poppers the go and a couple of soft plastics. Thanks again for for the tips.
before i go do the snapper prefer a blooping start stall action with the poppers or a faster following retreive, I,ll mix up the poppers a bit and may even take a few smaller stick baits , a good option in breezy conditions.
Cheers
Greg
bear
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Caught up with Kurt and Ryan
Caught up with Kurt and Ryan last Exmouth trip. Those poppers are the bomb, wicked weight and balance. If you're going to use the rooster poppers, then change to Owner st66 size 2 trebles. You won't regret it and if you want a real hair raising experience, give the fly a go.
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Nice spangos on the fly Bear.
Nice spangos on the fly Bear. I'd always be worried the flyline would be destroyed by the coral, but I guess you have to live a little :p. Also, has been pretty windy most times we went for spangos. That or 40lb straight through and just muscle em with rod pointed straight, hehe.
Btw, that rod looks awefully familiar ;) What weight is it? Got the 9wt version myself. Caught a few fish at the abrolhos but none at exi yet.
bear
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They went damn hard, but
They went damn hard, but didn't seem to fight as dirty as they do on spin gear. Still, 10ft of fly line gone in a fraction of a second does not do wonders for your fingers. I fished the Scott E2 8wt weight and a Scott S3S 9wt. Amazing how good the E2 does. All fish caught on 20lb leader. We've been spending some time in the park so get our casting up and was worth the effort. Even on the 20-30 knot days we were casting far enough to get fish. Really made the trip with a few trevs thrown in for good measure.
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Must have got it wrong,
Must have got it wrong, thought it was the xi3
Same colour paint and butt it seems. Havent actually seen any Scotts myself, but seems a few guys over east have them, and practically all to good reviews. What lines were you using?
Park casting definitely helped me massively. Can cast into wind and get a reasonable distance (good ol outbounds) but gotta do some more and improve distance further.
bear
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My mate has the Xi3 with the
My mate has the Xi3 with the blue Tibor.
Didn't use Ouitbounds this trip. All mine on Rio Bonefish lines. Not sure Brian, I'll find out.
Ben Derecki
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Awesome shots Bear, I must
Awesome shots Bear, I must have missed this post in the Fishing Reports section
How did your Lemax gear go up there, did you use any? Looks like the Blue Mountain in action in that third last shot?
bear
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Hi Ben,Haven't tried any of
Hi Ben,
Haven't tried any of the heavier Lemax gear as yet. I've already got a good Exmouth selection like the heavier Samurai, Daiwa Saltwater and a custom HotRods so haven't checked the Lemax as yet. All the shots here are fly rods. Scotts.
Love my Lemax on bream, just bought another Black Rose :-)
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on fly.....
Nice fishes there Bear, Ryan did say he caught up with you guys and you both did well on fly.
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Big thanks to Rayn when you
Big thanks to Rayn when you see him. He and Kurt put us onto a few new spots and we had a ball. Land based spangos on fly as well as threadies, dart etc. Great fun. Even put the fly gear down one day and had fun on 6kg tuna in the gulf on metals. Managed one on a 80mm rooster popper.
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Drooling
Just drooling now....... nice shots
Cheers
Greg
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On fly
Wow...
New to SWF and need to get some awsome fish like that.
Well done......
bear
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Just do it, opens up so many
Just do it, opens up so many new options and sight casting to fish is still the best fun.