Halco Twisty 40g
A 8cm, 40g metal from Halco, fast-sink for the deep water column typically run in silver.
At a glance
- Type
- Metal
- Shape
- spoon
- Length
- 8 cm
- Weight
- 40 g
- Action
- fast-sink
- Pattern
- chrome
- UV reactive
- No
- Glow
- No
- Rattle
- No
- Scented
- No
How to fish it
Cast and retrieved fast for surface-feeding pelagics, or drop-jigged vertically for bottom-fish. The flash-on-flutter is the trigger — keep the lure moving, stops kill the bite. Standard pelagic retrieve: cast ahead of busting fish, let the metal drop 1–2 seconds, then crank fast and steady all the way back to the boat.
Best in clear water and bright sun where the chrome flash is most visible. Targets: Spanish Mackerel, Wahoo, Tuna. Tailor, salmon, mac tuna, bonito, kingfish, and cobia all hit metals; on fresh water, redfin and bass smash small metals worked over weed beds.
Single inline assists outperform trebles for deep jigging — they hook in the corner of the mouth and don't snag rocks on the lift. For surface work, leave the trebles for casting metals; hookup rate on a 30g chrome thrown into busting fish is non-negotiable.
Leader: 20lb fluorocarbon for tailor / salmon, 40lb for mac tuna and bonito, 60–80lb for kingfish and cobia. Direct-tied to lure on heavy work; oval split-ring on light-tackle metals. Don't over-leader for size 30–60g metals or you'll kill the action.
Rigging
- Leader
- 20lb tailor/salmon; 40lb mac tuna/bonito; 60–80lb kingfish/cobia
- Braid
- 10–30lb depending on target
- Hooks
- Single inline assists for deep jigging; keep trebles for surface casting
- Retrieve
- Fast and steady for pelagics; lift-flutter-drop for vertical jigging
Reading BiteCast for this lure
When this lure is in your tackle box, BiteCast's data layers tell you the right conditions to fish it. The most relevant layers:
- SST (sea-surface temperature) →
Match SST to the target species' preferred range; sharp surface fronts often coincide with feeding zones, even inshore.
- Altimetry + Eddies →
Warm-core eddy edges + convergence fronts are prime offshore lanes. Run this lure on the western edge of warm-core eddies where bait piles against the temperature wall.
- Thermocline (MLD + Th-Depth + Th-Wall) →
Set this lure 5–15m above the Th-Depth value; sharp Th-Wall = compressed bait = highest-confidence bite zone.
- Subsurface temperature →
Confirm what fish are seeing at trolling depth; pair with SST to identify front structure that extends below the surface.
- Chlorophyll →
The green/blue boundary is the food-chain front — fish concentrate on the edge, not the dense bloom interior.
Best months in AU
Effectiveness varies by target species and water temperature — consult the species page or BiteCast SST layer for your local timing.
General guidance for southern + central AU; tropical north runs warm-water species year-round.
Where it shines in Australia
- Sydney Offshore (Browns / Banks)— EAC convergence + warm-core eddies push tuna and marlin within range Nov–May
- South-East Queensland (Gold Coast canyons)— Black + blue marlin, mahi-mahi, and yellowfin on the EAC mainstream Nov–April
- Far North QLD shelf— Year-round wahoo, mackerel, and dogtooth tuna over the GBR shelf and outer reef
Target AU species
About Halco
Founded 1950, WA-based. The AU trolling-lure standard.
Origin: Made in Australia
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