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Post by 007fishfingers on Mar 3, 2012 15:32:54 GMT -4
hi guys my salmon and seatrout season starts next month, and i collect a lot of rapala models yet used only a few, instead of using my trusted countdown's and team esko's , maybe i should try the small xraps or maybe a Dt,  my rivers are only about 4ft deep in summer and pools double that , any idea's what may do the job nothing larger than 9cm  |
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Post by bacon on Mar 3, 2012 17:39:42 GMT -4
well, im looking forward to trying the new ultra light crank here. today was actually the first day of early trout season here, i was all cranked up to go out, but i think i separated a rib yesterday, normally that wouldnt have stopped me, but we also got a bit of a winter/ice storm yesterday also, and my balance is a little off because im favoring my left side, and i dont want to start the season off with a swimming lesson. maybe tomorrow i will give it a try, RR-4's will be the first lure out, but right after that will be the ultralight crank and then the jointed deep HJ's, and then back to the CD-3's. also have a couple of small storm lures that released last year that i need to try too.
bacon
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Post by qbert on Mar 3, 2012 22:47:41 GMT -4
ULM-6!!! As long as you don't have to fish it slow, that thing works!!! It also casts a good deal further than other smaller rapalas!!
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Post by keesvanderlaak on Mar 4, 2012 5:12:45 GMT -4
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Post by cdj711 on Mar 4, 2012 7:13:14 GMT -4
Hi Mark.
i think you should ask Thomas from Denmark, he is catching really big salmon on JSR i think, but he switched to some other i dont remember right now last year.
anyway, he posted some nice pics of very big fish some time ago.
and a search for one of his favorite lures too.
but as i said, i am too old to remember all that.
what i do remember is that the CDJ-7 SSH is a very good lure for really big brown trout in rivers here in germany - and the brown and the sea trout are not that different - actually, it is the same this just living on different worlds.
best,
wolfgang
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Mar 4, 2012 8:19:58 GMT -4
hi mark thier is my list that i use for steelhead and salmon
1.j-5 thru j-7
2.cd-1 thru cd-7
3.f-3 thru f-9
4.mfr-3
5.fr-5
6.fl-6
7.lc-8 thru lc-10
8.hj-6 thru hj-10
9.rnr-4 this is funny i got a 7 lbs. rainbow on a rnr-4 in silver blue the head of a deep pool.
10.spinners in size 0 thru 4
11.hand made flys in sizes 8 thru 12
12.rr-4 thru rr-5
13.sr-5 thru sr-7
14.td-5 thru td-7
maybe try out some of the new rapalas out for 2012
what are you laws about leaders if any.
for us the wieght can not be no closer then 18 inches from the bait...
if the waters are very clear my best rapala is the holo-cd-7 in hsh useing green line and a size bb wieght about 18 inches from the rapala.
if the waters are brown and or not clear i like to use anything that makes noise and colorfull.
thanks
john
p.s. i will post some photos of my set-ups when i get home.
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Post by roeroeyerboat on Mar 4, 2012 8:46:51 GMT -4
I haven't managed to bag a salmon yet but after no success last year using f7s cd7s etc, my tactic is going to be to downsize. If you haven't already done so I would check out ULM04, ULS04 and MXR05. Outside of the rapala range I've got Salmo Teno (designed for sea trout), Executors in shallow runner and super deep runner and Minnow in super deep runner. All of them would suit the depth and water conditions you mention.
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Post by bacon on Mar 4, 2012 16:31:12 GMT -4
If you haven't already done so I would check out ULM04, ULS04 and MXR05. MXR05?? are they a max rap in a 5 now, that would be kinda wild, but i dont know as if i have seen/heard of these yet. was this a typo, or do i need to start looking for them. bacon |
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Post by 007fishfingers on Mar 4, 2012 18:14:33 GMT -4
thanks for the reply, ill try out some of the lures that have been put forward and see how we get on, think ill try the xrap and jointed first then move on, will up date you on how i get on, thanks guys  |
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Post by qbert on Mar 4, 2012 18:37:59 GMT -4
If you haven't already done so I would check out ULM04, ULS04 and MXR05. MXR05?? are they a max rap in a 5 now, that would be kinda wild, but i dont know as if i have seen/heard of these yet. was this a typo, or do i need to start looking for them. bacon No typo Jeff!! They are in the 2012 catalog on the RapalaWorld site. Don't know if they are available here or just another overseas only release, but they definitely exist!! |
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Post by bacon on Mar 4, 2012 22:22:22 GMT -4
huh, i looked at rapala.com, and nothing. but the catalog on rapalaworld has them. im guessing i will be having to beg a friend or two for a couple of them, maybe next year we will get them, however i think i said that same thing 6 years ago about the team eskos.
bacon
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Mar 5, 2012 7:38:19 GMT -4
good luck mark and please post some photos of your trip
john
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