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Yesterday I went to try a new rod I got, a Gloomis SJR 783 IMX, it has 6'6'', Medium Heavy and Fast rated, and a c.w. of 3/16-5/8 oz.
The line rating is 8-15 lbs.
In went out to try a new mark, a shallow water zone (1,5 meter max.) in the low tide, still it had some decent current.
Mixed rock and mud/sand bottom, and a somewhat nasty man made rocky shore.
I trew a Berkley Power Bait shad in the herring color texas rigged in a 10 gram Owner jointed jighead, it gives away a very nice erratic swimming action that plus with tail working gives away plenty of vibrations.
I used a nice and slow retrieve to make the softbait bump over the bottom, also I gave some tip twitches to make it shake and some short pauses.
When the lure was at about 5 meter from me I felt a hit and made the hookset.
And it was on! I fell in love for the Gloomis IMX carbon, very sensitive and fast, great for hooksets hahah!
It was a great fight, lot's of long and strong runs with the drag buzzing really hot, and after a few long minutes, the fish was tired and near me, I got him on the surface and runned him aground eheh, grip on the jaw and it was done!
Still I was about to loose him 2 times in the last meters, when he decided to sprint for the rocks to break the fluorocarbon leader, smart fish eh?
It weighted 13 kilos and a few grams.
The hook was right in the "bone", the rod really helped!
As for the rest of the material I used my old and light Daiwa Emblem-S 2500, it drag sucks, especially for big fish but it's the lightest I got at home that don't unbalance the rod.
I also used 0,17 mm Berkley Fireline braid and a Seaguar AbrazX 0,33 mm (15 pound) fluorocarbon leader.
It's great when we apply the knowledge of past experiences (marks, lures, retrieves, etc...) and it gives some results
I try to aim for regularity, which is hard IMHO, cause fishing is everything but an exact science.
Now I would like to ask, does the use of this rod and softbaits make this HRF?
Cheers from Portugal!
The line rating is 8-15 lbs.
In went out to try a new mark, a shallow water zone (1,5 meter max.) in the low tide, still it had some decent current.
Mixed rock and mud/sand bottom, and a somewhat nasty man made rocky shore.
I trew a Berkley Power Bait shad in the herring color texas rigged in a 10 gram Owner jointed jighead, it gives away a very nice erratic swimming action that plus with tail working gives away plenty of vibrations.
I used a nice and slow retrieve to make the softbait bump over the bottom, also I gave some tip twitches to make it shake and some short pauses.
When the lure was at about 5 meter from me I felt a hit and made the hookset.
And it was on! I fell in love for the Gloomis IMX carbon, very sensitive and fast, great for hooksets hahah!
It was a great fight, lot's of long and strong runs with the drag buzzing really hot, and after a few long minutes, the fish was tired and near me, I got him on the surface and runned him aground eheh, grip on the jaw and it was done!
Still I was about to loose him 2 times in the last meters, when he decided to sprint for the rocks to break the fluorocarbon leader, smart fish eh?
It weighted 13 kilos and a few grams.
The hook was right in the "bone", the rod really helped!
As for the rest of the material I used my old and light Daiwa Emblem-S 2500, it drag sucks, especially for big fish but it's the lightest I got at home that don't unbalance the rod.
I also used 0,17 mm Berkley Fireline braid and a Seaguar AbrazX 0,33 mm (15 pound) fluorocarbon leader.
It's great when we apply the knowledge of past experiences (marks, lures, retrieves, etc...) and it gives some results
I try to aim for regularity, which is hard IMHO, cause fishing is everything but an exact science.
Now I would like to ask, does the use of this rod and softbaits make this HRF?
Cheers from Portugal!
