Texas rigging is a common rig for lure fishing, especially if you need to present a weedless / snagless offering, via an offset hook. An offset hook is most often a wide gape hook with a kink in the shank, near the eye. More
soft plastic lures
The choice in small, soft plastic lures suitable for LRF and light lure fishing is immense. Take your pick from shads and paddle tails, darting lures, pin tails, worms and creature baits. All in every conceivable colour. If you are looking for inspiration, browse through the dozens of posts that feature my successful soft-plastics and the many varied catches made.
Tict Grouper Game
Japanese lure systems get me hard. When Tict launched their Grouper Game range I got quite excited. More
Nose Hook Dropshot Rig
The Dropshot rig is one of the most popular rigs for LRF and ultralight lure fishing. My preferred dropshot rig is as basic as it comes. I use the standard Palomar knot with either a drop-shot type hook or a long-shank, Aberdeen style, depending on what lure I’m intending to use. More
Micro Wind Dart Game
The Japanese Wind method (rhymes with ‘find’ by the way) is one of my favourite, all-time lure fishing techniques in any size category, for targeting active fish. It can also be called Darting or Dart Game. For LRF, the sub-category is defined as Micro-Wind. So what is it? More
JDM Products Finally Online at Prime
Great news this week. Prime Angling have gotten around to adding their range of imported LRF gear from Japan. More
Perfect Shrimp Jig
The prefect rig to imitate a small shrimp. A cut-down HTO Knight Worm mounted on a 1g Maikuro jig head. More
Cuttlefish on Soft Plastic
Interesting catch today. Beautiful cuttlefish on a 3″ soft-plastic Viva Ring worm.
Ruffe on Aquawave Jaco Nail
Lure caught Ruffe from the canal jigging an Aquawave Jaco Nail in pearl glow.