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Offline jball7204

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SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« on: May 13, 2014, 08:47:08 PM »
From  early in February this year we have been mostly fishing estuarine environments (particularly  Durban Bay) with light rods of 6’-8’, 2500 size reels, and Braid/Nanofil rated  anywhere between 6 and 15lb in breaking strain. The catch rate per outing has  been pretty outstanding and we have become spoiled in that if two of us do not  land at least 8 fish between ourselves in a couple of hours on the water we  feel a tad miff and call it a “slow” morning. A lot has also been learned of  climatic conditions above, and temperature, structure and current influences  beneath the surface, and what effect they have on the different species and  fishing in general.

 The  variety of species we have caught has been pretty decent, and in an outing it has  not been uncommon for us to get up to 6 different kinds on lure. There are  still summer species around, but it is becoming harder and harder to get them to  commit as the weeks go by, so we thought we would share some of the awesome little  devices that have given us so much pleasure over the last few months.

 What  follows are some of our favourite lures and those that have been successful in  enticing a bite, with a list of the species we have managed to catch and  release on each.
 



Yozuri EBA Popper

· Bigeye  Kingfish
· Blacktip/Yellowfin  Kingfish
· Bluefin  Kingfish
· Pickhandle  Barracuda
· Greater  Barracuda
· Torpedo Scad
· Garfish




Strike Pro Walking Stick

· Giant Trevally  (GT)
·  Pickhandle  Barracuda
·  Garfish
 

   

Sensation Popper

· Bigeye Kingfish
· Torpedo Scad
 

   

Storm Chug Bug

· Rock  Salmon/River Roman/River Snapper


   

Strike Pro Thai Stick

· Rock  Salmon/River Roman/River Snapper
 


Halco Roosta Popper

· Bigeye  Kingfish
· Pickhandle  Barracuda
 
 


Rapala X-Rap Walk

· Garrick
· GT
· Pickhandle  Barracuda
 


 
Rapala Max-Rap

· Sand  Gurnard/Bartailed Flathead
· Torpedo Scad
· 1 x UNIDENTIFIED UNSTOPPABLE FISH
 


 

Spanyid Maniac Spoon

· Bigeye  Kingfish
· Pickhandle  Barracuda
· Needlescale  Queenfish
· Russell’s  Snapper
 


 

McCarthy Finesse Minnow &  McCarthy Jerk Shad

· Bigeye  Kingfish
· Yellowfin  Kingfish
· Pickhandle  Barracuda
· Sand Gurnard
· Malabar Rock  Cod
· Russell’s  Snapper
· Sole
· Pufferfish  (Black Back Blaasop)
· Cuttlefish!!!
 
Most  of these fish were caught in large numbers, but all have been allowed to  continue with their lives. The one Garfish that thought he was dead for about  ten minutes may never be the same though…!

There  are different methods we will begin employing over the “winter” period, but  there are signs that it is also going to be exciting on the artificial front  with Garrick and Kob appearing in recent weeks, and Snoek also teasing with  their half-takes and some exciting on-offs. We hope to report being able to  boat and release some more “winter” species soon!

Please  remember to fish for the future and release everything that is healthy enough  to swim away so we can get harder pulls more often in the years to come!
 

Catch contributors: Chris Quinton,  Jball, Mrzipo and legend Grunter hunter, Ziggy.

 
 
 

   
       
   
 
       
       
   
 
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2014, 08:49:21 PM »
Sorry dudes, the formatting on the original doc has obviously caused some issues when copied and pasted, but its all there!
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2014, 08:51:55 PM »
Great info and congrats on your fishing achievements!

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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2014, 09:00:23 PM »
 (clap) ... great stuff jball7204 , a variety of species on some interesting artificials and some great info  :win: .
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2014, 09:21:28 PM »
 :tkx: for all the great info,eventhough I don't fish KZN these lures should work well here in the Southern Cape rivers,some interesting lures you've got there... :hnthnt: I feel a bout of T.A. brewing... :blush: have some :+ cred: for the effort of posting and sharing... (clap)
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2014, 09:31:02 PM »
Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed reading this.
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2014, 10:22:16 PM »
Hey Lofty, just be careful with the "walking" lures and stickbaits. If the action is correct even the birds go for it. I got a Garrick one day on one and the very next morning a gull took the same lure from me. Was sure he dropped it on the water, but couldn't find it when we checked...

Rapala's are not cheap....
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2014, 07:37:19 AM »
Quote from: jball7204 on May 13, 2014, 10:22:16 PM
Hey Lofty, just be careful with the "walking" lures and stickbaits. If the action is correct even the birds go for it. I got a Garrick one day on one and the very next morning a gull took the same lure from me. Was sure he dropped it on the water, but couldn't find it when we checked...

Rapala's are not cheap....


correct - check this
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2014, 07:51:53 AM »
 (clap) Great report and straight to the point information. Thanks for sharing.  :+ cred: 
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2014, 08:09:44 AM »
Lekka report  :+ cred:
What are the most productive areas, Bayhead groves always works well and there are plenty bigeye around the wharfs - whereelse?? :-)
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2014, 08:16:22 AM »
Nice jball!! Great article...! Post some of the fish pics too!  :+ cred:
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2014, 08:46:56 AM »
Thanks for the help with it Reefz, I'll ask my partner in crime to do one of the fish and the environs we got them in, as he has all the pics stored properly. My previous phone went for a swim so I lost all the ones I had.

Dugongboy, the steep deep dropoffs are good for the kingies (wharfsides etc.) For some reason the bluefin like the yacht mole area too and Chris Quinton got a nice one there and some spectacular burnoffs - all from the side. The pickhandle are also in the same areas as the bigeyes but have been scarce recently and replaced by small garfish and torpedo scad. The GT's and Garrick were feeding rather aggresively over shallow muddy banks near mangroves - not over sand.
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2014, 09:56:16 AM »
Fantastic info jball I have been waiting for this kind of report for a while, cool to see all the lures that work too. My Mias fishing list just got bigger :blush:   :+ cred:
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2014, 10:04:59 AM »
great info !!!
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2014, 10:07:01 AM »
Wow thats so awesome  :uarocks :uarocks thanks for sharing!
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2014, 02:23:42 PM »
Top write up  Justin and yeah been action packed summer time for   :grk: :+ cred:
« Last Edit: May 14, 2014, 02:26:27 PM by Mrzipo »
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2014, 02:53:31 PM »
Great article JBall, good info in there!  :+ cred:


I agree with Reefz - let's see some pics of the catches!
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2014, 06:45:22 PM »
Mrzipo, absolutely.

Bwana, there will be some pics coming soon in another article...
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2014, 07:07:04 PM »
Chris's March Report contained some fish pics and is on the Durban Harbour thread if you guys would like to peruse...

                                                                                  Re: Durban Harbour - Whatsup                                                                                                                                                    « Reply #207 on: April 15, 2014, 05:36:07 pm »
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Re: SUMMER LIGHT TACKLE LURES – THE SUCCESSES
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2014, 05:25:22 PM »
Hell great post! This is what us newbies to spinning need! Thanx :appr:
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