OFFSHORE FOR A DAY!

Spent a day chasing chromed speedsters on jigs not far offshore not long ago. It was a chance to put some new gear to good use and have fun with hard-fighting pelagics on super light gear. Rods bent and drags alight, no better way to spend a day!

 

Hot out of the oven, some new jigs from Xesta called the Slow Emotion Flap. These slow-style jigs are perfect for demersals but as we soon found out, pretty deadly on pelagics as well...

First Slow Emotion Flap victim was a stubborn Longfin Trevally, which put up a decent fight against the Majorcraft Giant Killing Slow Pitch Special rod...

Two drops later and the Slow Pitch Special Giant Killing keeled over, line peeled fast from the locked down spool and it was a few anxious moments as the fish made its bid for freedom...

A decent sized Diamond Trevally was the culprit. It went for the Xesta Slow Emotion Flap jig hard and got pinned after a few misses. Like all Diamonds they go super hard and it was a fight to savour...

Queenfish are a common visitor in these waters, and they love IMA Ro jigs much!

The IMA Ro scores another close cousin, the infamous Giant Trevally. Found in these waters too, except in not-so-giant models...

It was a tough mid day as we spent hours of inactivity due to a massive storm that swarmed us. As it died the first catch was this small Longfin Trevally which nailed the new Megabass Metal-X Agitate jig worked with the Evergreen Temujin 'Aerial Level Stroke' ultra light spin rod...

The fishing was tough post-rain but as the day drew to a close this nice Diamond Trevally on the ultra light Temujin 'Aerial Level Stroke' made up for the dismal day thus far...

The Megabass Metal-X Agitate claims another victim...

And yet another, with this frisky Queenie hitting the deck as a school moved in...

We ended the session with a few Queenies plucked from the school. They were great fun on the ultra light outfits and small jigs like these Jackall Bros Mametais...

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