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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

GOING SOFT!


You take what's available, it's often said. When on a recent trip offshore we had the works thrown at us we had to shove aside the bad weather, uncooperative fish, and boat, and just fish. Many fishless hours of trying did nothing to float the hope but with slight change of tactics we still yielded a few catches, albeit small but interesting nonetheless...
 
As told by our choice of lure and tackle, we were after some decent fish. But the day was kicked off after a few hours with a small greedy Blue Lined Hind on the Imakatsu IK Crank worked with the super heavy Jackall NERO rod...

We continued catching fish furthest from our targetted species. This Scorpion Fish snatched a Jackall Soul Shad worked past its hidey hole...

With the fish shut down a little change of tactics paid off. Rigged heavy, a Jackall i-Shad soft plastic worked deep scored this Giant Trevally. Was a short but tough fight on the Evergreen Poseidon 'MJ Racing' rod...


Then we hit this Cloudy Rockcod off the bottom...

It could barely fit the large Jackall i-Shad in its mouth...

We worked the pylons of a nearby wharf sheltered from the mad offshore winds and had fun with these small fish. Blue Lined Hinds would be a pest on any other day, but beggars can't be choosers and we enjoyed the hits from these critters on the deep worked Jackall i-Shads...

A fatter Cloudy Rockcod tamed by the strong Evergreen Zephyr baitcast rod...

Jackall i-Shad does the damage...

A small Areolate Grouper which didn't hesitate with the life-like Jackall i-Shad despite its size...

Lipless vibes worked too and this nice little Golden Snapper was the perfect result...

Another small Areolate Grouper pinned...

This time by a Jackall Glossy Shad soft plastic...

Another Jackall Glossy Shad victim. This time a baby Estuary Cod...

Bust offs were common amongst the barnacle encrusted pylons and we only managed to wrench small fish out despite the heavy-ish gear. Another small Estuary Cod is landed, courtesy of the lipless DUO Tide Vib Score...

When conditions allowed we had small windows to hit some exposed rocky shorelines to target some fish that we had a better chance of landing. The brand new Jackall Gillcra crankbait scores this nice one...

A beaut Estuary Cod that provided a few thrills on the light Major Craft Skyroad spin rod...

Estuary Cod are hard hitters and amongst the rocky outcrop substantial gear is needed to pry them from their homes. The Jackall NERO baitcast rod in its heaviest model is just the tool...

The heavy rod made it possible to work big cranks like this Imakatsu IK Crank with ease...

We tried hard for long hours peppering the likely holes but didn't score any other biggies. However, there was no shortage of small guys like this Blue Lined Hind that were enthusiastically attacking big cranks like this Evergreen Combat Crank...

Another Blue Lined Hind on the fat Evergreen Combat Crank to cap off the trip...

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

EXOTIC FINS!

Down at our favourite stocked lake, the caught and released inhabitants were getting smart. However, the itch needed to be scratched and it was a matter of discovering new lures to outsmart these fish. 

Once you broke the code, like with this IMA Spin Gulf, the takes are nothing short of extraordinary and lures are taken with zero hesitation...
 
A big Asian Redtail Catfish muscled in by the strong Evergreen Temujin Amazon Flip stick...

The Asian Redtail Catfish - you never tire of catching them. Big takes and strong runs mark them out as a great opponent, on any gear...

The IMA Spin Gulf shines when the going gets tough...

The fish in this lake are growing to be worthy adversaries. These Asian Redtails can top the 10 kilo mark and are brutes...

The little Spin Gulf by IMA is usually taken deep by these big fish...


Fotr maximum thrills we often go light with rods like this Temujin 'Spider' by Evergreen. The fight lasts a tad longer but that's all part of the fun...

 
IMA Spin Gulf strikes again...

The fish were on the chew and with the right lure the hits were very frequent...

The IMA Spin Gulf was the right lure for this day...

Red Tail after Red Tail the tally kept adding up...

It wouldn't matter, any colour would work as long as it was a Spin Gulf...

There were fat ones, long ones, thin ones and short ones...

The only constant was the lure - the IMA Spin Gulf...

It was a field day and the arms were aching pretty soon...

Spin Gulf bites another...

When things quietened down we searched our boxes for another lure to keep the fish interested...

Another from the IMA stable: the Koume Infinity blade was the one to get a reaction...

Once again the bite was red hot...

Again we experimented with colours but it wouldn't matter. The IMA Koume Infinity was on fire...

The Asian Redtails were successfully coaxed into another frenzy...

Limited colour IMA Koume Infinity proves not only to be eye-candy...

Another red Tail to add to the score card. They all go hard and maxed out on the light gear we were using...

Koume Infinity by IMA, the new word...

A perfectly proportioned and conditioned fish...

IMA Spin Gulf gets called for duty again and performs on cue...

To mix things up we score an Amazonian Red Tail. These things go hard, even little ones...

The IMA Spin Gulf is taken deep, like in most cases...

We switch between lures and draw strikes at will. It was a great day to be fishing indeed...

The IMA Koume Infinity scores the curtain closer on the session. Will be back soon!


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