Tackle Source heads way offshore to pitch some jigs to some deepwater ooglies, looking to hook up some potentially new species with our slow pitch jigs...
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| At sunrise the boat is launched and the long haul offshore begins... |
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| On board we have the full range of Major Craft Slow Draw and Evergreen Poseidon rods at our disposal... |
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| Looks to be a beautiful day on the water... |
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| Not a deep water species, but a welcomed catch none the less. First stop at a shallower spot and this Mackeral takes a falling jig... |
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| Its the Xesta Slippy jig with the first kill... |
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| Then we headed out for the drop off and found some Ruby Snapper immediately... |
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| This one fell for the Kanji Free Flip slow jig... |
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| Rubies hang out in schools but unfortunately this Xesta Slippy jig victim was a smaller specimen... |
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| One of the more ferocious looking predators of the deep is the Barracouta. They account for lost jigs and cut lines but sure look impressive with their nasty fangs... |
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| The Xesta Slippy does the job on this fish... |
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| First oogly from the deep is a Gurnard-like species with brilliant yellow eyes on the Xesta Slippy jig... |
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| High pitching with the Evergreen Poseidon High Pitch Jerker rod in over 200m of water and we get a solid hook-up... |
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| Turns out to be a nice double digit Amberjack of the High Fin variety... |
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| It falls victim to the successful Sea Floor Control Cranky jig... |
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| Another new species hits the deck. It is later identified as the Black Gnomefish or what the Japanese refer to as Kuromutsu. This one fell for an SFC Cranky... |
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| Working the FEED Lures FALL jig deep with the Major Craft Slow Draw rod results in a beautiful little Flametail Snapper... |
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| Seems like we found a school as another one hits the deck courtesy of the Major Craft Slow Draw and SFC Cranky jig... |
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| Flametails are amazing table fish and a welcome catch. This third one falls for the Jackall Anchovy Metal jig... |
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| Next drift the FEED FALL jig turns out an unidentified little predator with an amazing sheen... |
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| Then its back to the Flametail Snapper. Another Jackall Anchovy Metal victim is held up for the camera... |
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| With the weather turning around and deep drops becoming harder to achieve, a switch to the SFC Arc jig helps and the result is a Black Gnomefish... |
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| Next drop with another SFC Arc jig and it turns up another unidentified little critter. This one definitely belongs to the same family as the toothy Barracouta... |
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| The Black Gnomefish turns out to be available in numbers as this SFC Abyss finds another... |
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| The beauty of these deep drops is the sheer number of species it can turn up. Here's a Banded Grouper on the SFC Cranky jig... |
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| Then its back to the Kuromutsu on the SFC Arc jig. The deep water work is helped by ultra-sensitive rods like the Major Craft Slow Draw which ensures ultimate feel even in 300m drops... |
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| More Black Gnomefish, but they turn out to be super delectable. The SFC Rector jig works on them too... |
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| The weather makes a quick turn for the worse, so its one last Kuromutsu on the SFC Abyss jig before we make a quick run for shore... |
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