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I'm keen to mix it up during the Waitemata late summer anchovy season action - and have a go at casting some micro jigs, rather than just soft baiting.

Thinking 20-30g for flicking ahead in 10-20m depths and fish it basically like a softbait, a few hops and lifts on the way back to the boat.

Last year I tried a 30g Little Jack jig in anchovy colours that Greg from GoFish sold me, and it worked well. But I seem to have lost it.

There seem to be so many jigs on the market, some leaf shaped, some much narrower. What jigs would you recommend? 


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Crikey that's a good question TTK. One of those little flea jigs would go well. Dunno what colour would be best but snapper don't appear to be as fussy out west
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Yeah they are great. Still did not sell my hard vibe baits so might give them a go too
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I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.



Looking forward to trying them out!
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Originally posted by Muppet Muppet wrote:

Yeah they are great. Still did not sell my hard vibe baits so might give them a go too

Interesting Dan. I bought a couple of hard vibes over in Oz - had never seen them before - but typical, haven't used them...

Nomad has a new soft vibe in the Aussie market which flutters on the drop as well as vibrates when pulled. They look dynamite for snapper, but I'd be reaching for pliers to get the little trebles out!


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That matches the hatch, for sure Ecko. Looks incredibly like the real thing, great attention to detail including the red gill plate. Let us know how you get on.

It'd be great to hear from Kev what the various actions are of his micros - including the Whippet. e.g. I presume that one flutters on the drop, doesn't appear to be tail weighted to drop fast.

To see if I could find a description I typed "Kaveman micro Whippet" into Google and it spat out a rocket scientist forum comment!! i guess it found "micro + Caveman + whippet" LOL

"Here's the curve from a Caveman micro hybrid with a paper fuel grain and the small nitrous whippet:"

A few years ago a few guys on the forum spoke very highly of his Orange striped CJ which looks similar to the Blue Blue Searide. But I imagine that has a very different action to the Whippet.

The image below is the Little Jack lure I got from GoFish. Also looks very life like and fluttered and flashed on the drop. It has a strange bend in the body to assist the fluttering. One of the assist chords got bitten off, but I still caught on the remaining hook. 

LITTLE JACK METAL ADICT TYPE-01 18g - code-7821
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Originally posted by Ecko Ecko wrote:

I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.



Looking forward to trying them out!


They work well echo but nothing will beat the hornet in Lumo colour. It beats ever lure by 4;1 without fail when anchovies are around
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Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Originally posted by Ecko Ecko wrote:

I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.



Looking forward to trying them out!


They work well echo but nothing will beat the hornet in Lumo colour. It beats ever lure by 4;1 without fail when anchovies are around and the funny thing is it looks nothing like an anchovy. Go figure
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Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Originally posted by Ecko Ecko wrote:

I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.



Looking forward to trying them out!


They work well echo but nothing will beat the hornet in Lumo colour. It beats ever lure by 4;1 without fail when anchovies are around

Great tip from the man himself. Thanks Kev.

How should we fish the Micro Hornet? Cast into the edge of the action and just let it freefall?

When would you use a CJ?

The trickiest thing for me when considering small jigs is trying to decipher the various lure shapes and what they are best used for. I don't want to spend and hour fishing the wrong lure or the right lure the wrong way, catch nothing, and go "micro jigging is rubbish".
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Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Originally posted by Ecko Ecko wrote:

I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.


Looking forward to trying them out!


They work well echo but nothing will beat the hornet in Lumo colour. It beats ever lure by 4;1 without fail when anchovies are around

Thanks to Kev for updating my order by text message and including Lumo Hornets LOL Master salesperson
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Originally posted by The Tamure Kid The Tamure Kid wrote:

Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Originally posted by Ecko Ecko wrote:

I've just ordered some of Kavemans micro whippets since there are so many anchovies where I'm fishing.



Looking forward to trying them out!


They work well echo but nothing will beat the hornet in Lumo colour. It beats ever lure by 4;1 without fail when anchovies are around

Great tip from the man himself. Thanks Kev.

How should we fish the Micro Hornet? Cast into the edge of the action and just let it freefall?

When would you use a CJ?

The trickiest thing for me when considering small jigs is trying to decipher the various lure shapes and what they are best used for. I don't want to spend and hour fishing the wrong lure and go "micro jigging is rubbish".

Keen to now also hear how to fish the Hornets, big slow lift, followed by a wind, pause, repeat? 


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The hornets are very easy to fish, they are a minitaure knife jig so sink very quick. I cast in front of my drift line and just give subtle lifts and let fall again. 99% of strikes are on the fall. Dont over work this jig, snapper seem to pick it up off the ocean floor. The CJ and Ridgeback models both have way more action, especially the CJ, it darts and dives very erratically. Seems to drive fish wild, have caught snapper to over 10kg with this lure. Fishes very well in the rod holder too especially when there is a bit of swell.
Lumo silver , orange lumo and our new red lumo colours fish extremely well on our east coast fish
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Micro jigs fish extremely well when fish are a bit picky, being small, the snapper seem to be eating them under any type of workup as they look like bit of food fluttering to the bottom
Best time of the year is right now running up to June, fish are starting to feed up hard after spawning and putting on condition
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Forgot the Blu Blu jig in 20 gram blue colour probably is my favourite. Micro and slow jig in one, flutters like mad.
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Originally posted by Muppet Muppet wrote:

Forgot the Blu Blu jig in 20 gram blue colour probably is my favourite. Micro and slow jig in one, flutters like mad.


yes, the blu blu were made for shore jigging, my CJ(short for "casting jig") are a bit similar. My jig is quite a bit wider in the body than blu blu but similar action
They have the most action of any jig i have ever seen
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My top three 

1. Metal Addict number 3 - purple/blue or brown in 30 or 40g. Will get hits on anything from snapper, kahawai to kingfish

2. Ocean Angler tungsten flea in silver or silver with red stripe - 14 mainly but sometimes 21g
3. Yakamito demersal jigs - the red one and the green and silver - when the fish are holding higher in the water column 

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Great input, BB, thanks for that. Broadening my education for sure. I've never heard of the Yakamito brand.


How do you fish the 03 shape, just dropping in the water column?
They have a bizarre shape, unlike any other lure I've seen.

It's hard to find the Metal Adicts now.

Greg at GoFish appears to be one of the last worldwide with stock of Little Jacks of any type. The manufacturer may have gone under due to Covid. Greg says the supply chain has ground to a halt in many cases.


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I cast the 03s downdrift as far as I can - count 1 second for every metre's depth then if it isnt hit on the way down do three or four sharp raps - wait for slack line again, reel in a couple of turns and repeat all the way back to when the line is vertically down by the boat.
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It's cool you're getting in to it TKK. Don't think I can add much to the other posts, just consider hook strength. Kaveman hooks are good, but I've had hooks from other more expensive brands break on decent snapper. 
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Originally posted by Barbary B Barbary B wrote:

I cast the 03s downdrift as far as I can - count 1 second for every metre's depth then if it isnt hit on the way down do three or four sharp raps - wait for slack line again, reel in a couple of turns and repeat all the way back to when the line is vertically down by the boat.

Again, thanks for the help. It'll be fun to add another string to the bow, after only a very quick attempt last summer before Covid popped up.


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