Tuesday, January 29, 2013

CATS ON CRANKS!

Between trips we are lucky to have the local stocked lake to keep anglers busy. Though not easy with lures, the guys who put in the hours are duly rewarded by some hard fighting species. It is also an opportunity to test out new gear, especially lures. The finicky fish truly put them to test and those that shine often do well in natural applications as well...


Getting started with the IMA Rock'n Vibe, always a hit...

A nice Asian Red Tail Catfish on the ultra light Temujin 'Spider' rod by Evergreen...

Small lures do well for Sultan Fish, this one went for a Jackall Bros Chubby...


The indigenous Golden Cat is another common vibe muncher...

IMA Rock'n Vibe does it again...

Another common Asian Redtail. They go pretty hard...

OSP Blitz crankbait...

Bottom bouncing with soft plastics like the IMA Melty Nymphs are deadly. This Amazonian Cat was a victim...

Another Melty Nymph victim, an Asian Redtail...

Sultans are a welcome distraction from the cats...

The Jackall Bros Squirrel does well with this one...

Heavy cranking with deep lures, you get down to where the bottom dwellers are. This Evergreen Combat Crank results in a nice Golden Cat...

Here's an uncannily aggressive Sultan Fish which took a big fat crankbait...

The IMA Pinjack with a nice hook-up...

Evergreen Combat Crank scores another Redtail...

Heavy baitcast rods are essential for stopping the bigger fish in the lake. The Majorcraft Go-Emotion is the best bang-for-buck performance wise...

The beautiful Chao Phraya Catfish. A rare catch and a superb fighter...

It went for this Imakatsu Crank...

Another sizer Asian Redtail Cat displaying a beautiful tail and fins...
 
Another deep searchbait, the Zipbaits B-switcher does well...


Redtail Cats are by far the most heavily stocked in this lake but they go hit hard and go hard...
 
Megabass Deep-X, a consistent performer here...

The hard fighting Amazon Redtail is a prize of sorts in this lake...
 
The Evergreen Combat Crank was taken as it bounced off the bottom...
 
It was followed shortly after by another Asian Red...

On the same Combat Crank by Evergreen...

One hardly tires of hooking these hard hitters...


Megabass Deep-X does it again...

A fat Golden Cat on Evergreen Combat Crank...




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