Time to hit the inshore waters for some micro jigging. Armed with ultra light jigs in the 7g-14g range (pictured here, Ima Gunpeki, Xesta Afterburner, Shout Dangan and Jackson Gallop) and finesse rods like the Evergreen Temujin Spider matched perfectly to 4lb -10lb braid, we were eager to go hunting for shallow water pelagics.
As always, we would hit the waters early just before sunrise to catch that perfect feeding time.
Happy and eager faces. Shout Visors are quite the trend now against sunny sunshine.
Warm up fish. First drop resulted in this little emperor.
Rock Cod like this are a norm and they are not shy when it comes to snaffling down tiny jigs hopping around their holes.
What we came here for. A nice size Pennant Fish taken on a slowly jigged Ima Gunpeki 7g.
Double hookup meant a bit of chaos navigating the fight but eventually, this nice 5kg Pennant fish was also brought up, putting up great runs on ultra light outfit before being subdued.
More line pulling action as this jig was taken on the drop by a Diamond Trevally, a close cousin to the Pennant Fish. Few of these fishes were missed on the strikes or pulled the hooks as they have delicately thin mouth. Smooth light drags and relaxed fighting actions ensure prize fishes like this are not lost.
Hirames or Flounders like this are a nice surprise as they also take lightly worked jigs on the sandy bottom.
Nice Blue Spot Trout on Ima Gunpeki.
Coral trout on the Jackall Bros I-Shad Tail soft plastic.
Different day same action. Juvenile Diamond Trevally.
Rod: Evergeen Temujin Spider
Reel: Shimano Stella 2000
Line: Tufline XP 6lb
Leader: Sunline Pocket FC 20lb
Jig: OA Bullet Jig
Coral Trouts are plenty around this waters.
Did I say plenty?
Scoring a Striped Perch on the Ima Gun.
A rare catch, the Spotted Mackerel are always hanging around to chase some helpless baitballs. Tiny jigs like the Ima Gunpeki worked fast with a Megabass Orochi Spin rod almost always guarantees you a hookup.
Another mack, the Narrow Barred Mackerel also on speed jigging.
Showing here are a pair of Ima Gunpeki rigged with a single assist using Shout Jaco feather assist hooks. Small, split ring pincer is a useful tool for rigging the hooks and jigs onto to small size split rings and swivels like the Sasame sz 6
Enjoy this video of the double hookups plus some.
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