Troll Pro K-5

[rathabfishin2.]

Has anyone used the Troll Pro K-5 ready rigged trolling boards? If so I’d be interested in what you thought. I’ve used the Yamashita’s with success but thought these look the goods and well priced so thought I’d ask if anyone else has used them. Cheers Andrew 

[ellicat]

I've never heard of them, tbh. I was a fan of the YAMASHITA's too, but have found the one's Mr Bait sells to be just as good and well priced.

https://mrbait.com.au/

 

[rathabfishin2.]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

I've never heard of them, tbh. I was a fan of the YAMASHITA's too, but have found the one's Mr Bait sells to be just as good and well priced.

https://mrbait.com.au/

 

Cheers mate he sells them so I’m wondering if they’re the ones you’ve used in the picture below?

[ellicat]

Yep, that's them. I'm not a brand spotter. haha

[Junky]

I've never heard of them, hang on, yep I use them... That's gold Brian. 

[lachrdr]

I bought one last week. Used it on Saturday and took a while to get it to stay down. It seemed that the spoon it came with was very erratic and would keep flipping it, even at very low speed. 

I had a spare spoon, exactly the same as the one it was pre rigged with, and with that it stayed down. Not sure what the go was but I had never used one before so not too experienced.

After I got it working I did catch a legal schoolie so was happy with that. 

Cheers,

Lachlan

[Junky]

2 hours ago, lachrdr said:

I bought one last week. Used it on Saturday and took a while to get it to stay down. It seemed that the spoon it came with was very erratic and would keep flipping it, even at very low speed. 

I had a spare spoon, exactly the same as the one it was pre rigged with, and with that it stayed down. Not sure what the go was but I had never used one before so not too experienced.

After I got it working I did catch a legal schoolie so was happy with that. 

Cheers,

Lachlan

 

I've never had to, but maybe spoons can be tuned to swim correctly, like you have to do to most halco lazer pro 190s. 

 

Any chance of posting a pic of the two side by side? 

I'd be interested to see them. 

[kmcrosby78]

I was reading about these the other day, probably on FB, that there appears to be two different batches of them. Talk was that the ones available at Mr Bait and also Watertower Bait & Tackle swim well, whereas others are rubbish. Not sure it it's true or not.

[lachrdr]

21 hours ago, Junky said:

 

I've never had to, but maybe spoons can be tuned to swim correctly, like you have to do to most halco lazer pro 190s. 

 

Any chance of posting a pic of the two side by side? 

I'd be interested to see them. 

Below are photos of the two spoons. Both are marked Halco Barra 3, although the writing is slightly different.

The one with the yellow sticker is the one that came pre rigged, but didn't swim well.

I also noticed that where the holes are drilled in the board is not quite in the centre. 

I'm not sure if that also had some affect on how the board performed.

[Junky]

24 minutes ago, lachrdr said:

Below are photos of the two spoons. Both are marked Halco Barra 3, although the writing is slightly different.

The one with the yellow sticker is the one that came pre rigged, but didn't swim well.

I also noticed that where the holes are drilled in the board is not quite in the centre. 

I'm not sure if that also had some affect on how the board performed.

Hmmmm. 

The only noticeable difference that I can see is that the hole that the tow ring sits in is noticeably further forward on your troubled lure. 

 

I wouldn't blame the board as you tied on the other spoon and it worked. It may also be a Chinese rip off. It's stamped different, and the tow hole location being different. That doesn't mean it is, but it very well could be. 

 

Perhaps drill a new hole further back and try it, or chuck it and just get another halco.