FLIPPIN' PEACOCKS!

Jungle Peacocks can be frustrating. When prospecting an extra large body of water, covering ground is of paramount importance. Looking for fish in a quick manner is key to success. When great distance casting is necessary nothing beats a little piece of lead. Even better if it has that slinky flutter fall when paused in between twitches. Look no further than the FEED Lures FLIP jig. Developed with saltwater jigging in mind, it is just as at home in the fresh when cast and jerked back. Remember to allow for the falling action to turn that chasing fish into an attacker...

Not the biggest model, but Peacocks of this size are truly fun on ultralight gear like this Major Craft MS-X spin rod...

The FEED Lures FLIP15 weighs 15 grams and is a bullet to cast...

On a slow day it can be the difference between hero and zero...

Another smallie but goodie on the FLIP15...

After sunset this IMA Komomo II shallow runner finds its target. Another feisty little Bass...

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UNSUSPECTING COD!

Down to the local saltwater pond with ultralight gear in hand. No better way to cure the casting itch and wrestle some big brownies...

Grouper on topwater? Not impossible with the right lure and action...

The IMA Pugachev's Cobra draws first blood...

An explosive topwater take finds the Jackson Pivot pencil walker deep in the gob...

The ultralight Major Craft Volkey spin rod works hard to land a fat one...

Shallow minnows twitched slow hits the target as well...

The Jackson Athlete 7 is deadly on this day...

It hits another...

The Jackson Athlete 7 has the funkiest twitch when jerked...

It seems to work as the Cods keep coming...

It scores a trio in quick succession...

Every Cod puts up an impressive fight on the light gear. The Volkey spin rod has its work cut out...

This one fell for an IMA Scarecrow swimbait presented slow...

Meanwhile that little jerkbait continues to score...

The Jackson Athlete 7 is what it is...

Sucked deep in the throat of a big one is the Baby Giron by Jackall, another magnificent swimbait...

This one is fat!

You know its a good day when the Cods seem to be lining up to be fooled...

Obviously a good lure makes a difference. This one is a great lure, the Zipbaits Khamsin in shallow guise...

So the fish keep coming...

Khamsin pinned in the side...

When they go quiet a change of tactics is called for...

The DUO Realis Spinbait has the subtlest of action for the smartest of fish...

Talk about fat. This one is a bruiser...

And it liked the Zipbaits Khamsin...

And so did this one...

The Zipbaits Khamsin is getting scarred up...

While the spybait holds its own as well with a fat one too...

The DUO Realis Spinbait is gold...

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URBAN ESTUARINE CASTING!

Tackle Source goes Downunder once again, this time against the urban landscape of the wonderful Gold Coast we chase estuarine dwellers in an unorthodox environment. Accurate casting is required to place lures in and amongst the man-made structures and it makes for interesting an a fun day on the water...

We hit the water on first light, the cool breeze in our hair...

Didn't take long to suss the game out with a small greedy Stripey on the deep diving DUO Realis Shad...

Then its some anxious moments on the ultralight Major Craft Volkey outfit as this Estuary Cod is hooked in between pylons...

The DUO Realis Shad is in its element...

Next up we get into the local Bream population with the trust Major Craft Basspara rod in ultralight guise...

And a little help from an awesome lure, in the shape of the Zipbaits Tiny Khamsin...

The Basspara/Khamsin combo would make many Bream killings like this...

As the sun rose the casts had to be more accurate tight in structure as the fish would hold deeper within...

A welcome bycatch in these systems is the Mangrove Jack. They go hard on the ultralight gear indeed...

This one fell for a small Jackall Soul Shad...

Pitching the lightly weighted Jackall Waver Shrimp soft plastic vertically against cover snagged this little Bream...

The ambush predators like this Estuary Cod will never refuse a well placed lure, especially if its an ultra-lifelike Zipbaits Khamsin...

Another healthy Bream falls prey...

To the Zipbaits Khamsin slowly worked against the floating moorings...

This one had been attacked at a younger stage of its life but it recovered to grow into a lure-belter...

A bruiser Mangrove Jack this one is. It took some beating to land on the Bream gear...

The little Zipbaits Khamsin does it again...

Meanwhile this IMA Sukari Deep minnow was terrorising a small school Bream...

The species list just got longer with the addition of this nice Dusky Flathead...

It took a liking to the Jackall Diving Chubby crankbait...

Big old Bream are one of the smartest fish to try and fool, but with the Zipbaits Khamsin they kept getting pinned...

The Khamsin takes another hostage...

This one had its curiosity piqued by the little IMA Tetra Tri crankbait...

Here's another fat Bream that fell victim...

And the Zipbaits Khamsin loses more paint...

Off a slight drop off the bank this DUO Realis Shad was ambushed by this little Flathead...

While the Khamsin scores another nice Bream...

And another...



And another...



We took an early break to the day's fishing, happy with the scorecard. It was a hot session indeed!

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