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Under the radar of the Australian sportfishing establishment, anglers in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria are quietly stockpiling caches of Secret Weapon. They have discovered that Australian Bass, Murray Cod, and Golden Perch particularly susceptible to Secret Weapon’s unique vibration and flash
If you consider driving one hour to buy the exact lure you want to be extreme, imagine how dedicated to his sport an angler must be to search half-way around the world for the perfect spinnerbait! One such extreme angler is Shane Dykes of Wangaratta, Victoria, whose weapon of choice for both Murray Cod and Golden Perch is a 9/16-oz Midnight Snack to which he clips a nickel #5 Colorado spinner blade.
 “We’re very impressed with the design quality and finish of these lures,” says Dykes. “We had a very ordinary start to the season,” he wrote in January 2008, “mainly because of water quality we had very bad bush fires in early 2007 and the heavy rain in October and November washed a lot of ash into our catchments.... Cod have to be 55cm long (approxamatly 22 inches).My friend, Ian McCormick, caught a 25-pound Murray Cod on the Midnight Snack, which is a very good fish . Although they grow to 100 pounds, any fish over 10 pounds these days is very welcome. Ian and I use the Secret Weapons whenever we go fishing and are very happy with them.
At right is Shane’s father-in-law with two Murray Cod caught 10 March 2008 with Secret Weapon spinnerbaits.
On 14 May 2008, Dykes reported, “Caught 4 Murray Cod today on the Midnight snack with nickel blades. The biggest fish would have been about 6 lb. [This combination] works well in clear water. I used it with the black blade in December when the water was cloudy. This would be the most successful colour from the secretweapon range I have.
Golden Perch caught by Shane Dykes using a Secret Weapon Quickstrike, Midnight Snack with Nickel Colorado spinner blade
So, what does an Australian Weapons cache composed of? Here is Shane’s starter kit:
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| Qty
| Item
| Description
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| 2
| SB-302-916-DC
| 9/16-oz Midnight Snack, 2 CO blades
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| 2
| SB-302-1316-DC
| 13/16-oz Midnight Snack, 2 CO blades
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| 2
| SB-220-916-MK
| 9/16-oz Rock Craw QuickStrike Mini-kit
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| 2
| SB-220-1316-MK
| 13/16-oz Rock Craw QuickStrike Mini-kit
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| 2
| SB-202-916-MK
| 9/16-oz Gold Shad QuickStrike Mini-kit
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| 2
| SB-202-1316-MK
| 13/16-oz Gold Shad QuickStrike Mini-kit
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| 2
| BZ-210-916-MK
| 9/16-oz Chartreuse & White Buzzrbait
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| 1
| BA-45t-G
| #4.5 Gold Turtleback Blade Attachment
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| 1
| BA-45t-N
| #4.5 Nickel Turtleback Blade Attachment
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| 1
| BA-7i-G
| #7 Gold Indiana Blade Attachment
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| 1
| BA-7i-N
| #7 Nickel Indiana Blade Attachment
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