MICRO JIGGING AT ITS BEST!

Micro Jigging is just about as much fun as one can have with rod in hand. Here we spent a day on the water for a typical day chasing pelagics with tiny jigs we call Micro. These jigs range between 5 to 25 grams and are worked with ultralight outfits dedicated to getting these small jigs down and getting fish to the boat.

On this day we encountered plenty of Long Fin Trevally but were pleasantly surprised by some Diamond Trevallies, Blue Runners, Hard tail Scads, Queenfish and even Spotted Mackeral as well. We

had a chance to test out some new prototype rods from the FEED stable alongside the benchmark which is the Go-Emotion Micro Jig special by Major Craft.

Jigs that deserve mention are the IMA Gun Peki, FEED FLIP, Jackall Raspateen and the brand new Drag Metal Cast jig by DUO. These jigs produced all the fish we encountered on the day. It was a worthy bounty and it had everyone spent by the end...

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HOW DEEP DO YOU GO?

Tackle Source goes deep yet again. With our specialised gear in hand we rock up at the intercontinental shelf with our eyes on the sounder. Like the trips before, we turn up some interesting captures yet again...

Sunrise set up for the long ride out. Major Craft Slow Draw slow pitch rods all ready...

Didn't take too long to find a nice denizen from the deep...

The SFC Rector was smashed on the bottom...

The next capture on the FEED FALL jig is an amazing looking White-bar Big Eye. The first time any of us have seen this fish...

Then from the depths we get a pleasant surprise. A tough fight resulted in this deep sea dweller in the boat. The Escolar is not a common daytime catch. This one couldn't resist the SFC Messiah jig...

This trip we were putting a new deep water prototype jig from FEED to the test. It resulted in this Ruby Snapper brought up by the new Slow Draw 6SP prototype rod by Major Craft...

You know you are fishing deep when we find the ever-willing Gemfish on the line. This one courtesy of the SFC Arc jig...

The proto FEED jig finds an unidentified little Snapper next...

Meanwhile to prove you never know what to expect next, this little Scorpionfish attacks the SFC Cranky jig that is as big as itself...

It seems it is our lucky day as a second Grouper hits the deck. The powerful Major Craft Slow Draw 6SP prototype rod has it slayed...

The FEED prototype jig proves useful...

Few drops later we hit a true monster of the deep. The fight lasts an hour without any gain and it eventually led to a lost FEED prototype jig when the fish broke the leader...

No deep trip is complete without the Gemfish. The SFC Cranky finds this little one...

The FEED FALL jig has become a staple for our trips out. Here it is with a Rosy Jobfish...

And then it finds the smallest ever Ruby Snapper...

Pelagics do get in on the action too. This nice Yellowfin Tuna liked the flutter of the Kanji Free Slow jig and smashed it on the way down...

The shallowest we fished was approximately 100m. In these shallower parts the lightest Slow Draw rod in the family, the 3SP worked like magic. Pitch perfect with the mighty flutter fall FEED FALL jig, it got the attention of this hard fighting Long Nose Emperor...

This fish was a joy to fight on the lighter rod. Here is a closer look at how it got pinned by the FEED FALL jig...

By sunset we were back to shore, happy to have had a decent day's fishing in the bag...

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FEED JUNGLE PACK ROD RELEASE!

Tackle Source is proud to introduce a product we have developed in conjunction with FEED Lures and Major Craft. The FEED Jungle series of rods are now available in four piece travel models, with both spin and baitcast available.

Designed with angler comfort in mind when going into combat with mean fish, the Jungle Pack Rods retain all the best attributes from the original Jungle series rods but add the all important portability factor for the world traveller.

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GET WET FOR BASS!

The humble Peacock bass is once again the focus of our day in the woods. Waist deep in the lake is the best way to spend a day chasing these beautiful things with fins...

Small jigs like the IMA Gun Peki can often turn a slow session around. And it did on this day...

On this day we were testing out a new prototype mule for FEED rods. And it was a joy to use, especially on fish like this...

Also put to good use was the brand new DUO Drag Metal Cast jig, and it shone like many of DUO's other products...

The Zebra Cichlid is a welcome bycatch and they go hard when hooked...

This one took a slow worked DUO Realis Vibration...

Using small jigs meant more water can be covered, and it usually paid dividends...

The new DUO Drag Metal Cast jig is an awesome tool for this work...

Peacock Bass are suckers for fast twitched lures, and they don't get much better than the DUO Spearhead Ryuki. This one got nailed nice...

Meanwhile the prototype rod delivered the goods with the long casts and crisp action. Another PB is nailed...

Its the DUO Drag Metal Cast at it again...

Not to be outdone is the tiny IMA Gun Peki jig. Here it produces when worked with the awesome Evergreen Kaleido rod...

Twitch baits seldom go unnoticed around these parts...

And the OSP Rudra is one of the best in the game...

The fish keep cooperating fortunately, and another nicely marked one is landed courtesy of the IMA Gun Peki...

Zebra Cichlids are a little less aggressive but with the right lures they are a viable target...

The DUO Spinbait G-fix worked slow was just too inviting...

As the day wore on the bite got hotter. Here's a tandem on DUO Lures, the Realis Jerkbait and Spearhead Ryuki...

The DUO Realis Jerkbait deserves special mention as a PB lure extraordinaire...

There's nothing more exciting as a spectacular topwater take, and this fish gave just that...

It smashed the DUO Realis Pencil Popper in close quarters and got everyone wet in the process...

The new FEED Rod prototype was tested with a variety of lure fishing styles. From super long casts with jigs to jerking with heavy jerkbaits, we came away pretty stoked by its abilities...

This beautifully marked specimen fell foul to the DUO Realis Jerkbait...

Sometimes an opportunity falls from the sky. And this was one such instance. As the bite tapered off, some surface commotion caught our attention and a quick cast soon had the bruiser interested and it didn't take long for it to take an opportunistic lunge...

The IMA Komomo that had done the trick...

We then finished the day off with the ever reliable DUO Realis Jerkbait...

It isn't a monster but they are fun all the same...

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