In between off shore trips, we regularly develop an itch to battle fish or put our gear to good use. We've also heard about a pond we frequented have just released a new batch of fish and opened up more saltwater ponds just for catch and release. We have no reason to say no to such an opportunity to temporarily soothe the itch a bit. This calls for light tackle & light game excitement!
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| Goal keeper in the making, a cast across the pond to a quiet corner, Red fish appears courtesy of the IMA Sasuke shad. |
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| These Red fish put up quite a serious fight and regularly bust lines taking your precious lures with them. Easily tamed with a medium light Major Craft's Sky Road bass rod. |
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| A quick lure switch, another cast to another quite corner, another Red fish. The wobbly Jackall Aska was too tasty to ignore. |
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| The Jackall Aska, tiny but ultra effective lure that's too hard to ignore. A decently sized fighter Red fish. |
The fish in this pond smartens up rather quickly because we noticed a trend that for every lure casts, they produce less and less fish as you progress. They seem to be able to recognise them and ignore your lures. This means a quick switch to another pond and try our luck with some other species.
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| We found a spot where most groupers are holed up. The attractive fluttering fall of an IMA Honey Trap generated a reaction bite from this hefty grouper. Frantic fight ensues as the grouper was aiming for some structure. |
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| IMA Honey trap delivers when you let it do its intended job. Catch fish. |
There was a similar theme in play, the groupers also recognises lures previously used and are easily spooked. Hence the need to switch lures about to produce further catches.
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| This hungry fella fell for the IMA Sasuke with a sinking behaviour. slow twitches, pause, light tap, pause, KAPOWW!! |
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| Chubby fella nonetheless. This one opt to swim away from structures. |
Further bite shut down indicated to us to switch ponds once again.
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| A double hook up as the first 2 lures that hit the water. No one was interested to battle small barras that day. It made for easy-peasy catch and release. |
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| Barra's favourite lure, IMA Sasuke. Trust the lure to do its intended job! |
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| When the clouds clean, sun overhead, this calls for a diving crank. The IMA Ikuri sinking crank bait. I don't remember having any other brands with a sinking crank bait. Awesome lure! |
A little bit of light game excitement a day keeps the doctor away. For a little while at least.
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TackleSource & full catch report can be found here.
