Time for some shameless salty pond fix and sel-fishies collected over the past few months.
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| Charger red drum tamed using the new Shimano Conquest paired with a heavy MS-X rod. |
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| IMA Melty Nymph chomped hard, light hops off the bottom. |
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| A small Barramundi easily lifted out of the water using my trusty ML MS-X matched with a shallow spool pimped up Shimano Metanium. |
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| Poor aim by the Barramundi, IMA Koume 40 sinks under the jaws for a secure hook up while the rear opens up a little bit. |
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| Another small Barramundi fooled. |
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| This time the aim was spot on. IMA Koume does the job with a steady retrieve. |
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| Barramundi's getting smaller by each catch. Time to switch ponds. |
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| The smallest IMA Survivor does a very convincing job being a fleeing bait fish. |
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| Pond and lure switch resulted in this small but brutish GT being a willing taker. |
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| The IMA Bta is an amazingly versatile lure for shallow retrieves. It will even trigger a bite when sinking slowly. |
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| Another lure and pond switch, no hesitation from this bigger Barramundi. |
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| Bigger lure bigger fish perhaps? Jackall's TN is a must have in my lure box for search and destroy missions. |
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| Meanwhile over at the brownies pond, it takes a while to tame this smallish grouper. |
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| IMA Bta Moge secures the hook up while twitching around the bottom. |
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| Some days, the GTs are willing popper takers. A few anxious moments ensued especially with an ML setup. |
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| Feed's Bell8 messed with this GT and this is the result. |
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| Back to catching small Barramundi, with a small lure. |
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| IMA Sukari looked too tasty for this Barra. |
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| Back to the regular brownies, this was a fat fella, notice the belly bulge? |
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| IMA Sobat dugged the bottom and looked like a tummy filler for this fella. |
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| A decent size brownie fell for soft plastics hopping about. |
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| Jackall Dragon Bug does the damage. It's important to have heavy gauge wired hooks to deal with brownie brutes like these. |
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| Red drum was hungry and took a while to tame with an ML rod. |
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| ZipBait's Rigge Dimly looked dim, Red Drum was wrong. |
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| Another hard charger Red Drum with several anxious moments. |
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| Zipbaits Rigge Dimly fooled another Red Drum. |
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| When the Red Drums stop biting, switching ponds and lure resulted in this decent grouper. |
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| With large mouths, there's no escape for the APIA Punchline sinking pencil. |
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| The soft plastic tallying up some brownies too. |
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| Jackall's Cover Craw found this grouper with poor aim. |
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| Back to small lures, small Barramundi. Medium to fast retrieval stirred this little fella up. |
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| Small Barra courtesy of this tiny twitchy DUO Spearhead Ryuki. |
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| Just to prove the point, small lure, small Barra. |
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| Another small Barramundi fell for the erratic DUO Spearhead Ryuki. |
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| Another similarly sized Barramundi? |
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| DUO's Spearhead Ryuki proved too hard to resist when twitched. |
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| The Barramundi seems to be getting smaller now. |
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| Good aim, DUO Spearhead Ryuki in the gob. |
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| Small lure, biggish Red Drum. Slow retrieval is key for finicky fish in this pond. |
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| Solid hook up by Zipbaits Rigge Raphael. |
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| A bigger specimen this time while using the same lure and technique of slow retreival. |
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| Zipbaits Rigge Raphael found its way in to the mouth of this Red Drum. |
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| Back to the grouper pond, managed to coax this small but fat fella out using a lift and fall vibe. |
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| Jackall's TN Vibe wins the stare down contest. |
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| There were still a few MJs around and this one well for a tiny vibe on the drop. |
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| IMA Koume triggered a bite from this injured and yet feisty MJ. |
That's all for this round of shameless salty pond sel-fishies.
