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Jigging Lures: great Australianmade soft plastic lure options Fishing with soft plastics has come a long way, even in the 10 years I have been with the magazine. There are so many shapes, sizes, colours and options, that for some anglers looking at a wall of soft plastics in your local tackle store is a nightmare, while for others it is the stuff of dreams.
in this case the Jigging Lures range of soft plastics are only available online (they do attend markets around SE Queensland). So, I felt it was important to go through the process and place an order myself (they did supply me with ample plastics to do this testing booth). Once on the website you click on the shop button and there is a group of
perch, trout, etc. There are definitely colours in each one that will suit any of those species and more. I had a couple of outings where I found myself using either the Jigging mini paddle tail or the Jigging single tail grub around the many pylons of the Hornibrook Bridge at the mouth of the North Pine River in Brisbane. These pylons are home to plenty of bream and flathead, and these two lure options delivered some nice bags and the odd trophy into the net. Depending on the current, I rigged them on jigheads weighing from 1/24-1/8oz with a size 1 hook. I simply cast them to the structure, let them slowly drop to the bottom and then shook and wiggled them back
The stinger hook wasn’t always needed.
The strong swimming action and profile of the 3.5” EXO paddle tail makes it ideal to target bass with. The continuing growth of online shopping has also opened opportunities for smaller operators to dip their toes in the market place. One such operator is Jigging Lures based on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Here are my thoughts after testing them for you for the last few months. The range Jigging Lures offer 10 different shapes from a 2” single tail grub to a number of
images of the soft plastics that are available. Click on the shape you want to buy, pick a colour and how many packs and off you go. The bonus for buying five packets is that your plastics come in a small tackle tray, ready to go. I thought that was a great idea, so that’s what I did. From order to delivery was three days (me being in Brisbane), which I thought was as good as you can expect, when Australia Post is involved. Breaking the range down The range has a little bit for everybody, with three 2” options, four 3-3.5” options and three 5” options. Small sizes The three 2” options lend themselves to targeting species like, bream, whiting, redfin
The author was instantly drawn to the 5” Jigging curl tail in the range. Rigged with a stinger hook it accounted for three 50cm+ flathead in five casts the first time he tried it. to the boat. You will generally know pretty quickly if the bream are about. The colours I liked for this, from what I was sent are, salt n pepper, sesame oil UV, golden crush, pickled gherkin UV, grapefruit squash, squid jelly and pink cotton candy UV. Small/medium sizes As you head up in size, the next four plastics provide a much broader range of profile and species options.
Comprising of a ribbon tail grub, a fork tail and a couple of paddle tail options these plastics could be used on many of our inshore grounds, throughout our estuary systems and in our rivers and lakes (fresh and saltwater). The 3” Jigging ribbon tail is the most finesse of the small to medium sized plastics and lends itself to being fished in a similar way to the 2” plastics already mentioned or crosses over nicely to a 1/4-3/8oz jighead
This 5” EXO paddle tail was slow rolled over a large shallow piece of water in the hopes a big female flathead would eat it. This little guy didn’t read the script. 5” options. Each style is available in 20 plus colours and a packet costs $10 plus postage. To check out the range you need to go to www.jigginglures.com.au. The Jigging Lures Facebook and Instagram pages are also worth a look and a follow. They highlight recent captures, markets they are attending and any new colours and ranges when they come out. How to order them? Generally, when I am talking to you about where to find the products I am testing, I send you to your local tackle outlet, however 110
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When rigging the EXO paddle tail for bass the author liked to trim the nose from the plastic so that he maintained the 3.5” length and profile. A nice legal mulloway caught on the 3.5” Jigging fork tail in the grapefruit squash colour.
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