Whats that? Did I just discover my new favourite lure?
After our success last week nailing the Kingfish, we decided to head back out yesterday to try and get amongst them again. We arrived early, around 7, dropped a few livies over and threw around a few plastics for absolutely zilch. Couldn’t believe it. A quick check of my Fishing Diary revealed that the Kingfish we had caught, had been caught on the run-out tide.
So we had 5 hours to kill.
By the time we got back to fish the run out, it was midday, the sun was high and the wind was also up. Hardly ideal for a bumper fishing session.
Once again we dropped a few livies, for zilch. Scratching my head, I decided to have a look through my tackle box and noticed a brand new Rapala X-Rap Walk that I hadn’t tried.
I tied it on and threw it out, just wanting to play around with it and test the action.
As I played around with the action, I noticed some boils behind the lure. Not only was there one Kingfish chasing it, but 4. As soon as I could see the Kingfish I was on. Jack then cast his Slapstix behind it and he too was on.
I got another four Kingfish using this technique. It was such a great lure because not only did it catch me fish but it attracted other fish to the boat and caught Jack fish.
Now there are a few things I need to explain about why this could be my new favourite lure.
Surface Factor. There is nothing more exciting then seeing your lure get smashed off the surface. It adds a whole other dimension to your fishing.
Trebles. I hate trebles. Trebles can easily be twisted out of a fish’s mouth, especially with Kingfish. With this lure Rapala has added VMC SureSet Trebles at the back of the lure. This is a longer hook that means that the fish cant use the other hooks to twist the lure out of their mouth. I am going to look at upgrading as many of my hard bodies to these hooks as possible.
Heavy Ball Bearing. In the tail section of the lure there is a heavy ball bearing. This ball bearing allows the lure to create that ‘walk the dog’, side to side action. It also means it makes a hell of a lot of noise. The ball bearing also allows for a fast or slow retrieve, where both will still have a lot of action.
This is really the lure I have been looking for. It’s hard to find a surface lure that creates a lot of action and a lot of noise without having to be worked really hard. It’s also hard to find a surface lure that doesn’t have its front treble caught in the leader every cast.
I can’t wait to start using this lure on the markers and possible on the FADS for some surface Dollies.
Kurt Thomas
just watched mark berg taking travis from NSW and his dad royce fishing in N.Z. for his 14 th birthday what a special trip memories for life and youve created a fishing addict brings tears to my eyes witnessing such a great episode