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    Posted: 12 Sep 2023 at 2:32pm
Originally posted by Woodchuka Woodchuka wrote:

Niknac is Mark Truscott. One of the nicest bloke you'll meet. He has Been having a rough time of things lately. Makes a beaut lure also.

The lure in that photo caught a lot of reef fish - before I lost it. 

OK I found the tags from Dawson Reef - part of the info submitted to Suntag. The first number after the date is the total length. I know it was this lure because it was the only lure I used on this reef on this day. I don't bother fishing this reef as it's only a little reef and is usually bypassed by most people. 

Check out that post for photos - page 33 on the Luring Cooktown posts.
Y53969 Martin Henderson bar cheek trout 1/03/2022 635 605 Dawson Reef
Y53970 Martin Henderson stripey snapper 1/03/2022 315 290 Dawson Reef
Y53971 Martin Henderson stripey snapper 1/03/2022 300 285 Dawson Reef
Y53972 Martin Henderson stripey snapper 1/03/2022 240 225 Dawson Reef
Y53973 Martin Henderson stripey snapper 1/03/2022 210 195 Dawson Reef
Y53974 Martin Henderson blue bone (blue tusk fish) 1/03/2022 205 Dawson Reef
Y53975 Martin Henderson blue bone (blue tusk fish) 1/03/2022 215 Dawson Reef
Y53976 Martin Henderson bar cheek trout 1/03/2022 445 425 Dawson Reef

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Niknac is Mark Truscott. One of the nicest bloke you'll meet. He has Been having a rough time of things lately. Makes a beaut lure also.
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Good to see you fishing mate
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Glad you had a good one Marty, Emu Parks firing mate 😁👍.
Cheers Steve R  !!! 
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Still in Townsville and caught up with Joshua Joshg93, Billy Stringer, Richard Lee and Gary Ransom.

Billy and I had a few hours flicking lures last night for not very much. A couple of hits and I landed this little black spot cod on a TBL (Tuscott {- or Truscott?} Brothers Lures) [one of these brothers is the guy from Nic Nac lures from years ago as Billy tells me].


Not much of a result but good to get out and with good company.
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Originally posted by rodsncods rodsncods wrote:

get your act together and pull head in and do some serious fishing for once martin . . . . .mick
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Not a good start to Xmas Martin, But I`m sure you will turn it around
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Aussie Basa fillets MartinLOLLOL Cheers Richard.
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Nice Catfish Martin! LOL
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get your act together and pull head in and do some serious fishing for once martin . . . . .mick
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I left Cooktown last Sunday to spend Christmas in Townsville with friends. Along the way I'm sussing out a change of cars and real estate so we'll see how far my finances extend.

Not due to be in Townsville until next Monday, I spent the first 3 days fishing Lake Tinaroo with Bill Caracatsoudis. This lake is my nemesis - the the hits I get do not stay connected unless it's catfish smacking my lure. Hence Cam Cupitt (Headland Lures) calls me Captain Catfish, but I seem to only catch them on his lures.

Bill scored a nice metre + barra on a huge Savage Gear soft plastic  in a carp shape and colour.





I got 3 catfish all up on this lure. I had a massive hit and hook up using a large deep diving Mad Dog lure, but the fish threw the hooks when it boiled on the surface.
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