Rapid Runners Angling Club

Rapid runners is a fishing club at Olive Beadle. It is situated where the Zambezi river meets Kariba. This is a key tiger fishing zambezi location

2019 was the lowest I have ever seen the river, measuring 2 feet in front of the club.

2 factors attribute to this. One is The amount of water flowing at Big tree. (Just above Victoria Falls)

On the 1st of November 2019 the volume of water was 170 CM/s. This being about half of the yearly average. Two is the Kariba dam level which was 477 meters above sea level .

The Low water made it difficult to get upstream!

we had to lift the motor and and go slowly and in some cases get out and pull the boat over some sand bars. as a result, our efforts were rewarded

The fishing up there was fantastic!

Tiger lures Spinners

The copper tiger spinner with orange polka dot was the best!

The small Nembwe spinner in pearl glow fitted with a 3/0 single hook worked well in shallow water. We witnessed some spectacular acrobatic jumps

Here are some of the spinner and hook combinations that we tried

We had hundreds of strikes and managed to land in excess of 70 tiger in 6 days of Fishing,

OARGEE LURES

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OARGEE Lures OARSOME in 90 and 130 mm work well in this area,

There are some deep holes where you need to get that lure down into the zone

www.tigerlures.com

June 2016 –  check out the new TigerFly – Great way to fish! Catches plenty tiger! – Cast far – retrieve fast and hold onto your rod!

read more here 

May 2015

Tiger Lures acquires distribution rights for Platypus Fishing Lines.

Australia’s strongest fishing line since 1898

Monster tigerfish

We had a very good week and the Tiger and Oargee lures worked very well! . We caught this 7.0 kg and 9.1 kg on the Oargee  1 and 3 m redhead. Between 8 of us,  we caught 40 fish but lost big fish and had numerous strikes. Weather changed on the 3rd day and it cooled down from 42 degrees to about 30 Degrees which had impact on the fishing. Most of the other fish were caught on spinning and trolling.  The pearl spinner was dynamite! We tried everything and the pearl was by far the best. The TLS-TIGER  also worked  and I caught 4.5 to 6 kg on this lure and lost even bigger fish.

The 9.1 kg was a monster caught by Seun, it  was his 1st tiger ever! Unbelievable!  I have been  fishing for tiger fish now 20 years and never caught a 20 pounder.  Lucky  the boatsman  helped Seun to land the fish.  You must post this picture on your website!

Wildman Safaris, Monster tigers  on Oargee Lures

Dear Wayne & George

I run wildlife and fishing safaris in Southern Africa and one of our premium tigerfishing safaris happens on the Barotse Floodplains and Lungwebungu River in Western Zambia targeting trophy tigerfish.

I first encountered the Oarsome Oargee 90mm with the 3m bib through a friend – Dan Power – and thought that the lure looked very good but was interested to see its actual performance in the fast currents and the bone hard jaws of tigerfish. I didn’t have to wait long – Dan landing an 11lb tiger spinning off the bank in front of camp on his first morning and the lure hardly looked scratched.

This was impressive considering some of our rapalas which we use, are snapped in 2 pieces after one fish!  Such is the power of the tigerfish!

However, the jury was still out,  as we have had “1 hit wonder lures” before. However, when a client I was guiding produced 2 Oarsome Oargee’s (which we nicknamed “Hot Tiger” and “Pornstar” – turns out they were YO and SPB respectively) that I really saw impressive results.

Starting initially with the SPB – this client received 4 takes for every 1 that his partner got fishing with a rapala floating magnum.He caught tigerfish ranging from trophy fish down to small ones as well as a trophy nembwe (olive bream) and the lure continued to swim well trolled against a quick current and survived a number of savage bites. We used it spinning and the lure dived down to the strike zone depth quickly and had good weight to it for casting. When he eventually lost the SPB, I had no hesitation changing him to the YO which Dan had used and the following day, he landed a 15lb tigerfish on the YO – his personal best.

Needless to say, when the next fish stripped him and snapped the line, everyone was very sad to see the back of the Oargee. I was extremely impressed with these lures in terms of their presentation, swimming action, durability and weight for casting. With Rapala having recently pulled the floating magnum range in Africa, I feel very confident that the Oarsome Oargee range in 90mm will be a potent replacement for Barotseland and we are also going to be trying to get our clients to use them extensively at our Upper Zambezi River tigerfishing lodge, Mutemwa.

Well done guys on an exciting lure.

James Williams

Wildman Safaris.

OAR-GEE Plow sold for record price!

Wagga Wagga’s local radio station,  2WG ran a daily auction in the month of June, to raise funds for the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Children’s Ward.

On Wednesday the 25th of June. Oar-Gee lures donated a beautiful 100 mm plow  For auction (photo below)

What makes this lure more significant than any other Oar-Gee Lure is that it has for the first time been signed by both Debbie and Wayne Lennon, owners and manufacturers of Oar-Gee Lures and is marked #1. We have never both signed a lure before and are proud to offer this piece of fishing memorabilia to auction for this worthy cause.

the bidding started at $550  and at 09:00  the final bid of $660 came from Gary of Moree. We’ll done Gary!

The auction exceeded $500, so Gary gets to go fishing with Wayne Debbie. This trip will leave from Wagga Wagga on a mutually agreed day, and will include transport from Wagga, all fishing equipment lunch and light refreshments.

If you missed out  on the auction donations can still be sent to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

Congratulations to  Gary and Oar-Gee lures

Wagga Wagga’s  local radio station, 1152 2WG is running a daily auction in the month of June, to raise some very much needed funds for the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Children’s Ward.

Oar-Gee Lures will be putting up an article for auction on Wednesday 25^th of June.    For auction is a signed and boxed 100mm Plow. (photo below)

What makes this lure more significant than any other Oar-Gee Lure is that it has for the first time been signed by both Debbie and Wayne Lennon, owners and manufacturers of Oar-Gee Lures and is marked #1. We have never both signed a lure before and are proud to offer this piece of fishing memorabilia to auction for this worthy cause.

To bid in the auction call 2WG between 6.30am and 9am on Wednesday  the 25^th of June on 02 69219219 to place your bid.   People from outside the listening area can monitor their bids on the 2WG Facebook page.

If the final bid is below $500 Oar-Gee lures will contribute the balance to bring it to $500.

If the winning bid exceeds $500, Oar-Gee lures will take the person making the winning bid fishing for one day at either Talbingo Dam, Blowering Dam, Burrinjuck Dam or Lake Mulwala.

This trip will leave from Wagga Wagga on a mutually agreed day, and will include transport from Wagga, all fishing equipment lunch and light refreshments.

Please support this fund raiser and help make a difference for the Children’s Ward.

Thank you for your support, if you miss out on the auction donations can still be sent to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

Wayne & Debbie Lennon

Oar-Gee lures

Oar-Gee Lures are pleased to report a fantastic result on their lures.Earlier this month, the Barra Nationals were run on the Daly River in the Northern Territory.The fishing was reportedly tough going with only 700 or so fish landed by 180 anglers (60 Teams) over the 5 days of competition.Team Fusion consisting of Skipper Michael Dickinson, son Daniel and Scott Partridge were finding the going hard as the tides changed and the fish, to put in Michaels words, went to sleep.

Scott put on the Oarsome 90mm 5mt and started to land fish, by this time all 3 were using the 90mm Oarsome 5mt and bashing the lures very slowly deep into the snags (sticks).The result, Champion Local Team, 3rd overall team and Scott individually 6^th not bad out of 180 anglers.

Debbie and Wayne congratulate the team on a wonderful result!!

Read Michaels testimonial on our web site and see the lures they used.

http://www.oargeelures.com.au/fishing-stories-and-testimonials.aspx