Woompa, GT
Submitted by scuttlebutt on Mon, 2007-04-30 18:31
Beaut conditions in Cairns at the moment. This fellow beat a few of his brothers to the lure. Can never get sick of this!
Lure: Roosta Green and Gold
Reel: Stella 8000
Line: 60 pound Sensor braid
Rod : Old-faithful Ugly stik
cheers,
steve
jay_burgess
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You lucky bastard! Nice GT.
You lucky bastard! Nice GT. Looks like a small popper though, is that the 135?
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scuttlebutt
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Yeah the 135. Tried some
Yeah the 135. Tried some bigger lures without success then changed back and BANG!
steve
From Cairns GBR
rusty lock
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Great fish.
Congrats on the good looking GT, soon I hope I can join the club.
Whats the spec on your ugly stick. I just bought a new ugly stick and im going to soon break it in hopefully on a GT.
also what do you find more successful stick bait or poppers?
GT dreaming.
scuttlebutt
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The ugly stick's an old
The ugly stick's an old GPG2030. Nothing flash I know but I really enjoy using it, heaps of power. Only mods are a heavy duty tip and larger stripper guide.
I haven't used stick-baits....yet.
cheers,
steve
From Cairns GBR
dogsoldier
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She looks like she's a tad
She looks like she's a tad bit heavy there mate
I have a problem I'm a tackle junkie
Andrew
Adam Gallash
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Great fish
Great fish Steve. Don't like how close that back treble on the popper is to your arm thou, could have made for some new piercings if he got unhappy. :( All in all a great fish thou, looks like the first serious contender for the May Photo competition.
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Nice fish there Steve. Plenty of exotic sticks around these days but I'd hate to think of how many good fish have been knocked over on ugly stiks. Must be millions!
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jay_burgess
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"Yeah the 135. Tried some
"Yeah the 135. Tried some bigger lures without success then changed back and BANG!"
Might have to give the smaller ones a shot next time I don't have much luck on the big ones. Not too sure how the GT86 will cast a 64 gram popper though.
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Jay Burgess
Andy Mac
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Great fish and pic Steve
I am insanely jealous of the conditions and the quality fish pics each and every post. You must be having a ball up there. Another top effort mate.
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SHizz
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awesome fish mate, will have
awesome fish mate, will have to come over there one day and sample some of that fishing!
jay_burgess
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Stick Baits
"also what do you find more successful stick bait or poppers?"
Rusty Lock, take a look at this thread.
http://www.caranx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2811&hl=stick+baits
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Jay Burgess