Jackalls vs Kokoda G-Vibe

[jgarner447]

I have been testing these lures out side by side with a couple of mates for bass for the last 2 weeks and they are both great lures, I must say tho that the Jackall lure does have more hits, for example i went tuesday afternoon and i got 7 bass on the jackall and my mate got 4 using the g-vibe, all in the same spot, a total of 11 fish in an hour and a half and only 2 fish were under 40cm ... most of them were right on 40cm i like how simple they are to use, i must admit they can both snag pretty easy so i will chuck out a g-vibe to test the structure out before putting a jackall on lol tuesday i didnt have to swim for a lure even once but sunday i was in 3 times lol ... Jackalls paint work is alot better with my lure only suffering a bit of paint chips around the head but my mates g-vibe copped a hiding, by the end of the day half his lure was paintless ... with both lures it has been instant hookup...ive used other lures that get hit and missed but i havent had that problem with these, they will definitely be my go to lure and id definitely buy both brands..

I wonder how these lures would go in salt water?

[Shane69]

Check out Moses report on Brisbane river section.

Most of his jewies hes being catching on the kokoda g-vibes.

[jgarner447]

thanks Shane69 will do

[dragons7]

Jackall all the way baby 60 legal Jews thus year

[jgarner447]

Jackall all the way baby 60 legal Jews thus year

WOW top effort mate ... wonder if ill be able to get some off the rocks

[jgarner447]

Dragons7 are you using TN60s or TN70s?

[Shane69]

Just make sure you change the trebbles on them

[jgarner447]

yeah ive replaced all my trebles with double strength s-owners

[dragons7]

Tn60 and masks and transams I don't change trebles anymore just as good the rest if you know how to use your drag you won't straighten any

[jgarner447]

yeah i need to get some TN60s i went today and caught nothing...there were thousands of poddy mullet in the water tho so im guessing thats why, must have been full on mullet

[dragons7]

buy a 13gram mullet transam they will smack it

[jgarner447]

how deep do they dive?

[benobfo]

Threadybusters outfish jackalls in the river easy.

[jgarner447]

ive never heard of those

[pinkey]

Good work on the Bass mate! Were you hopping or slow rolling the lure?

I prefer the Threadybusters over Jackalls and Kokoda's. They swim awesome, don't melt (I had my first transam melt randomly in my tacklebox) have a good price (unlike the crazy Jackall prices :S) and come in different weights so you can use them in shallow water for Bass and Jacks or deep for Jew and Threadfin.

[jgarner447]

yeah i just cast out then do a slow retrieve and they normally get smashed, today was sooo quiet tho

[elops]

Prefer Threadybusters over Masks or Transams in the river myself, cheaper, stronger, locally made. Catch rate is the same though. Had numerous Masks and Transams come apart even the so called saltwater version. Though I fish with fairly heavy gear and drag settings.

[elops]

G vibes catch fish TN's catch more.

[dragons7]

Prove it not even close do they

[dragons7]

They are a copy of the exact same lure vibe no where as good

[elops]

If you smack Masks/Transams into concrete the weight cracks rendering them useless.

[Dinodadog]

This discussion comes up every now and again, they both catch plenty of fish the choice is yours to find out for yourself. I find g/vibes outfish tn60 in dirty water and tn60 outfish g/vibe in clearer water.

[jgarner447]

This discussion comes up every now and again, they both catch plenty of fish the choice is yours to find out for yourself. I find g/vibes outfish tn60 in dirty water and tn60 outfish g/vibe in clearer water.

thanks for that usefull info mate, good to know

[jgarner447]

went fishing today on kayaks and i did pretty crap , not one hit on the jackall .... my mate was using g-vibes and he hit 3 nice size bass ( 43cm being the biggest) and a tarpon... i managed to get 1x25cm bass at the end on a g-vibe... jackalls have let me down today lol

[benobfo]

We ran threadybuster 95s today and got 8 bass on the slow sink model. tried the g vibes and couldnt cast far enough to get to the fish so a win for the local made lures.

[jgarner447]

nice catch mate

[jgarner447]

I find g/vibes outfish tn60 in dirty water and tn60 outfish g/vibe in clearer water.

Your definitely right mate they easily outfished me today in dirty water

[jgarner447]

so i bought a heap of TN60s and havent caught 1 bass on them, all my bass are being caught on TN50s wonder why they wont touch the TN60 ???? i have also tried a few different retrieval methods and only caught bass on the slow roll, a few rod tip flicks or pauses hasnt worked for me, any tips guys?

[elops]

Buy some silent ones as well, not a touch on a rattler yesterday 40 odd fish on silent.

[jgarner447]

Buy some silent ones as well, not a touch on a rattler yesterday 40 odd fish on silent.

Really, WOW i thought the rattle ones were the go, what colours you using mate?

[elops]

Bluegill something ? only silent 60 I had

[jgarner447]

And you got 40 odd in the one day? geeze i want your fishing spot lol , i think i have the same colour in the TN50 but its a rattler, was that a 50 or a 60 you ere using? are you just using a slow roll retrieve ? i will have to look at buying some silent models when i get back from Thailand , will look at buying a yak also i think

[elops]

60 they were feeding on bony's at 10 to 15 feet slow rolling it through them got the most but jigged a couple straight down.

[jgarner447]

nice work mate, ill have to order some silent ones when i get back in feb i got my first bass on the kokoda gold cicada yesterday, not a bad lure for the price, it swims well