Author Topic: Microfishing & Miniatures Gallery (Read 166513 times)

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #140 on:** March 16, 2015, 07:07:35 AM »

Nice improvisation!

kaptein delarey · « **Reply #141 on:** March 16, 2015, 12:09:42 PM »

Quote from: BAUMANNATOR on March 15, 2015, 08:54:45 PM

Decided to go 'basic', made my own tanago style hooks from piano/trace wire and use 'thread' for line. The first photo is of the hook I made and the next two of fish I caught this afternoon. The hardest thing for the hook was getting a point on....chucked the wire in a Dremel and used a diamond file to get the point, thereafter bent it to shape and used pliers to shape the 'spade'. Worked like a bomb. Caught 11 fish, but it seems the small gape and lack of a barb does not hold onto larger fish.

Hi There,

I've got small shipment of tanago hooks landing from Japan this week.

Give me a shout if you want to order some at R60 per packet with 21 hooks. (see pic attached)

Cheers
Werner

BAUMANNATOR · « **Reply #142 on:** March 16, 2015, 12:23:34 PM »

My next plan is to modify some fly hooks...thanks for the offer, but this has reached another level now for me. I did this when I was a student and used to micro fish at Mpenjati estuary. Although then there was no title for this type of fishing. My son is now on my case, as he feels if it is not bought, it cannot work...mission accepted.

kevf · « **Reply #143 on:** March 16, 2015, 06:06:44 PM »

number 12 hook and some sard in the umngazana estuary ?ID please

dugong · « **Reply #144 on:** March 16, 2015, 07:32:27 PM »

Looks like a pinkey.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #145 on:** March 17, 2015, 07:23:06 AM »

Quote from: dugongboy on March 16, 2015, 07:32:27 PM

Looks like a pinkey.

100%

Fishersteve · « **Reply #146 on:** March 17, 2015, 08:36:25 PM »

Quote from: WalkersKiller on March 17, 2015, 07:23:06 AM

Quote from: dugongboy on March 16, 2015, 07:32:27 PM
Looks like a pinkey.
100%

Is it just East London boys that call them Grunties ? Good skippy live bait/size.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #147 on:** March 18, 2015, 07:13:39 AM »

I think so, Pinky also known as Piggy, Olive Grunter or Olive Grunt

BAUMANNATOR · « **Reply #148 on:** April 09, 2015, 09:28:59 PM »

Species challenge with my son. Some fish today....maned blenny, stone bream, blacktail, spot damsel. Great fun....took photos in an acrylic container with polystirene as backing with salt water to see fins.

BAUMANNATOR · « **Reply #149 on:** April 09, 2015, 09:35:20 PM »

And the stone bream...

allsorts · « **Reply #150 on:** April 09, 2015, 10:01:53 PM »

De Mond mini-leerie (or is that leerietjie?) followed by a Hottie off Kalk Bay harbour wall on a tiny Yamashita soft plastic rigged above a micro-jig.

allsorts · « **Reply #151 on:** April 09, 2015, 10:04:42 PM »

Moonie on topwater and a pretty small oxeye tarpon - both caught in a blind lagoon near SAPREF.

allsorts · « **Reply #152 on:** April 09, 2015, 10:12:47 PM »

Snoek off Kalk Bay harbour on micro jig. Can't remember name of second fish - they usually show up off Kalk Bay when the water is cold after a North blow - caught on Japanese soft plastic designed for Aji (maasbanker)

allsorts · « **Reply #153 on:** April 09, 2015, 10:15:22 PM »

Baby mackerel on micro-jig, Strepie/Karanteen on Aji soft plastic, Maasbanker on micro-jig. All KB. Been a fun micro season there.

allsorts · « **Reply #154 on:** April 09, 2015, 10:19:23 PM »

Walla walla from Durban harbour on a tiny Inchiku, moonie from that blind lagoon near SAPREF (South Durban) on a topwater.

BAUMANNATOR · « **Reply #155 on:** April 09, 2015, 11:07:36 PM »

Allsorts, where are you getting your micro jigs from?. Was in Kings,Basil Manning and Tackle Warehouse yesterday, drove the missus mad trying to get some. Caught most of the species on a bread fly sweetened withYum. Berkly sandworm worked for the rest.Are you importing?.

allsorts · « **Reply #156 on:** April 10, 2015, 07:28:59 AM »

I am - Shimreels on eBay are good, I also order from another shop in Japan - Umiduri.jp. I do have a few Tackle House Nabura Detectives 9g I might be able to spare from my private stocks - it's the jig in the hottie picture.

The only one I'm aware of locally is the Ripple Ash 7g - IFish import them. I klapped the maasbanker one day at Kalk Bay on them and the Sabikis weren't working - the Ripple Ashes at the nearest tackleshop were sold out the next day.

allsorts · « **Reply #157 on:** April 10, 2015, 07:31:55 AM »

If there is interest I can do a seperate post series on what I've learned over the last year about micro-jigging (1.5-9g class). I've got some ideas on rods, lines etc.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #158 on:** April 10, 2015, 07:33:42 AM »

Awesome stuff guys! Some recent stuff from our side:

Orange River Mudfish

Cape Moony

Pinky

Blacktail

Russel's Snapper

Cape Silverside

Sash Damsel

Blackedged Sweeper

Slender Glassy

Fransmadam

Blacktail

Spotted Grunter

Prison Goby

Blacktail & Zebra

River Snapper

Cape Stumpnose

Zebra

Leerie

Largemouth Yellowfish

Tigerfish

Tank Goby

Barbel

dugong · « **Reply #159 on:** April 10, 2015, 08:06:26 AM »

That snoek in #152 looks like a seapike/pickhandle??