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Grouper

hermosok123 - 10-12-2017 at 10:46 AM

Best top water lure for grouper and bottom jigging lure. Please include color and size. Don't want much do I?

55steve - 10-12-2017 at 10:55 AM

Top water - http://www.nomaddesigntackle.com/madscads

bajabuddha - 10-12-2017 at 11:35 AM

My go-to jigging lure has always been a 5/8 or 3/4 oz. Luhr-Jensen Krocodile 'blue mackerel'. The 5/8 oz. has a little 'blood drop' plastic disc at the hook-lure junction ring, and if I use a lure without it I usually fashion a little triangle flag of red duct tape on the hook shank to simulate one..... works like a charm. Rip some lips!

http://www.rapala.com/luhr-jensen/lures/spoons/krocodileandr...

(not the exact model pictured here, but the 'color' choices does show the blue mack.)

[Edited on 10-12-2017 by bajabuddha]

willardguy - 10-12-2017 at 11:44 AM

biggest went 110 lb....Kroc-all chrome ;)

woody with a view - 10-12-2017 at 02:18 PM

Three pound Yellowtail.

Edit: went 110 on a rusty spring scale last Oct.

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[Edited on 10-12-2017 by woody with a view]

Paco Facullo - 10-12-2017 at 02:43 PM

ZooowwwWeeeeee ,

You just gave me a Woody .............
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willardguy - 10-12-2017 at 03:04 PM

yeah I suppose you could always BAIT fish if you have to....:rolleyes::lol:

BornFisher - 10-12-2017 at 04:03 PM

Like your style Woodie!!
Shoulda dropped the grouper back for a Great White!!

DawnPatrol - 10-12-2017 at 04:36 PM

That's a pretty big SpotFin Woody
Alan

msteve1014 - 10-12-2017 at 06:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  
yeah I suppose you could always BAIT fish if you have to....:rolleyes::lol:



But really, what else is a 3# yellowtail good for?
Nice catch.

woody with a view - 10-12-2017 at 07:22 PM

We were catching 25# YT in 180’ using live macs. Got a bite and could tell it was really small. Got a couple of turns on the reel and got rocked! 20+ minutes later the 20” YT came into view followed by this grouper. The struggling Yt caused a reaction strike and it ultimately pushed the YT off the hook and up the line, still attached. Total fluke catch. 80# spectra 80# mono top shot. Torium 30HG with upgraded drag.

Ya never know what’s down there!

[Edited on 10-13-2017 by woody with a view]

willardguy - 10-12-2017 at 08:29 PM

Papa's rock, old school 505HS 40# ivory jigging a Kroc.....



[Edited on 10-13-2017 by willardguy]

mtgoat666 - 10-12-2017 at 09:06 PM

Quote: Originally posted by hermosok123  
Best top water lure for grouper and bottom jigging lure. Please include color and size. Don't want much do I?


Live bait works best. When jigging and you catch a small, hook him up and send him back down. Jigging will pass the time while the live bait works better.

I don’t think color matters for jigging. Technique is way more important.

woody with a view - 10-13-2017 at 05:08 AM

Willard that’s a Toad!

billklaser - 10-13-2017 at 07:56 AM

A couple comments: When using lures in shallow water ( 40' to 80') troll with Marauders, I use my wahoo stuff. Need to use heavy tackle and don't let the grouper run or it goes into the rocks and you will never catch it. Put heavy weight on high test leader. My biggest grouper was caught off of Loreto while fly lining for yellow tail on the surface with live mackerel. This fish was an accidental catch in about 300' of water. 113#'s, I believe is still the IGFA world record for Gulf Grouper. They get much larger but very hard to catch.

motoged - 10-13-2017 at 11:14 AM

Butt-ugly fish that sure tastes good....

bill erhardt - 10-13-2017 at 11:55 AM

Quote: Originally posted by 55steve  
Top water - http://www.nomaddesigntackle.com/madscads



Those look good. Have you tried them, and do you know a source in the U S? I've been using Halcos, another Aussie brand, lures for the past two or three years and caught scores of wahoo and yellowfin on them. The Madscads look they would work for those species as well.

Hook - 10-13-2017 at 03:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bill erhardt  
Quote: Originally posted by 55steve  
Top water - http://www.nomaddesigntackle.com/madscads



Those look good. Have you tried them, and do you know a source in the U S? I've been using Halcos, another Aussie brand, lures for the past two or three years and caught scores of wahoo and yellowfin on them. The Madscads look they would work for those species as well.


Maybe here?

http://www.nomaddesigntackle.com/international

basautter - 10-13-2017 at 03:54 PM

Nice fish!! My turn in 2 days :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

55steve - 10-13-2017 at 04:18 PM

Quote: Originally posted by bill erhardt  
Quote: Originally posted by 55steve  
Top water - http://www.nomaddesigntackle.com/madscads



Those look good. Have you tried them, and do you know a source in the U S? I've been using Halcos, another Aussie brand, lures for the past two or three years and caught scores of wahoo and yellowfin on them. The Madscads look they would work for those species as well.


I got mine from the manufacturer in Australia but there is a distributor in Louisiana - http://strikertackle.com

I didn't see the Madscad listed but they say they are going to carry the full Nomad line.


[Edited on 10-13-2017 by 55steve]

bill erhardt - 10-13-2017 at 04:47 PM

Hook/Steve.....Thanks. I'll call Striker. Maybe they have them and haven't updated their site.