Duo - Rough Trail Bubbly 225F
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About this lure
The Rough Trail Bubbly 225F is a slim-profile popper designed for serious offshore casting. At 225mm and 95g, it delivers long casting distance, durability, and explosive topwater attraction.
This lure combines loud bubble-popping action with a flat-flash dart and waving pose that keeps predators locked in. With line slack, it produces a unique “neck-swinging” dart that mimics fleeing bait, while pausing lets it sit with an irresistible wounded presence. Whether worked aggressively or left to hang in the strike zone, it’s a proven trigger for kingfish, tuna, GTs, and other big pelagics.
Specifications
- Length: 225mm
- Weight: 95g
- Type: Floating (Fixed Weight)
- Rings: #9
- Hooks: Not included
- Recommended Treble: #4/0–#5/0
- Recommended Single: #5/0–#7/0
How to fish the Duo - Rough Trail Bubbly 225F
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How to work it
The Rough Trail Bubbly 225F is a surface popper built for offshore casting.
Work it with sharp, aggressive pops to trigger explosive strikes, or vary your retrieve-alternate between sharp twitches and pauses to let it sit wounded-style in the strike zone.
The 95g weight and 225mm length deliver long casts and sustained topwater commotion.
On slack line, the lure's neck-swinging dart mimics fleeing bait; on tight line, it produces loud bubble-popping and flat-flash action.
Fish it over deep water and structure where big pelagics hunt, using firm rod work to keep it in the strike zone and maintain that irresistible wounded presence.
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