Banjo Minnow Review

Assalamu'alaikum, back again to review another unique if not the best lures we and I ever met. And why I said best was because, the demonstration that I have seen from the video was quite impressive. So anyhow, I managed to get gripped one of the 110 sets 006 Banjo Minnow after a friend of mine introduced to me and I was quite "itching" to see it on my own, and it has arrived last week. So, after I obtained the BM, I went straight to the place where I usually test any lures that I had, and after I opened the package, the lures were indeed as it was described. It was and it is as elastic as it was being shown, and that was because the material is made from silicone. And it is included with 3 packs of weed guard (small rubber band), 5 different designs with 3 sizes of fishes, 3 packs of different sizes of hooks and 5 different colours of "eyes".

So, with further a due, I whip the BM as far as I can, apparently... it only managed to drop as far as 10 ft due to the light weight it has, still due to my itching feeling to play with it, I didn't put any weight on it as I want to have the same experience as the ones being displayed in the video. It was lame, I tell you, hahaha I couldn't throw properly, I couldn't retrieve it properly and that was because I didn't properly watch the video and take by heart of learning how to jig and retrieve the BM. But, though it took me like 2-3 hours to have a snag from the fish, it works wonderful and the feeling of sensation the way the Barramundi pulled the BM from the line. Hell that was really good, seriously I never felt like the way it pulled BM. Probably it gave the same "experience" as Prawnstar, but too bad, I never had the chance to have that experience as Prawnstar.

The thing was with BM though it took me a longer period to have the fish to snag my lures were because the way I retrieved was wrong, but somehow I did try a few pulls n plucks and the fish falls for it. But I only managed to do it only once, and after that the tricks didn't work. So I changed back to my trusted spinner and right after my spinner dropped to the water, the Barras pulled wildly and again, I missed. Anyhow, I retrieved back my spinner and it was pure bent here and there due to the bite by Barramundi.

Anyhow, I need to play around more with BM before I can give grade on it. Till next time, I shall let you guys know about the progress ayte. ;)

Soft-bait Review

Assalamu'alaikum, kembali sekali lagi kali ani untok membagi pendapat sekian "lures" yang biasa kitani lihat dalam setiap "tackles" box sikaki pancing. Kali ani~~ peramba/kaola/saya ingin membagi pendapat tentang "soft-bait", dimana soft-bait seperti ini sudah banyak diperolehi dimana-mana kedai pancing yang ada di Brunei dlm lingkungan harga BND3-7. Seperti sedia kala, umpan palsu seperti ani, kalau sudah diliat dari kutaknya pun sudah lain macam lah... mun masuk ke aying apa tah gi... layah-layah tu mliat arghahahahah... Kelebihan umpan ani dapat sudah tani liat dari pelbagai sudut, dan paling ketara sekali ialah dari sudut ikongnya. Rekabentuk ikongnya atu ada kelainan dari umpan palsu yang lain, dimana ikongnya atu hanya dpt beraksi ketika umpan ani ditarik dlm aying, dari sana tah ikongnya bgarak. Walaupun secara logik luaran, nda nampak macam lauk biasa tapi sudahnya tkial-kial dalam aying, baru tah nampak ikongnya bgarak mcm lauk idup selayaknya. Menarik umpan palsu ani di aying, laju plahan pun, ikong atu breaksi selayak tarikkan tani atu jua. Sebagai contoh, kalau ditarik umpan palsu ani plahan maka plahan tah jua ikongnya tlinggang-linggang... ala-ala mcm lauk kan jum mnuju ke rahmatullah. Dan sekiranya laju tarikkan ke umpan atu, maka laju lah linggang ikongnya. Jadi poin utama disini tani liat adalah ikongnya atu mbagi peranan penting dalam mempamerkan semirip-kehidupan lauk hidup. Sebatah ku makai umpan soft-bait nda lah menghampakan, yang tantu nda sekali-kali nda ku blurih dalam sehari atu. Kalau kan diikutkan pengalamana dan dibanding-bandingkan sama umpan spinner bait, tantu ani manang pslnya ani kunpum blurih dlm sehari atu, walaupun, kalau spinnerbait blurih, skalinya blurih atu nda calang-calang banyaknya. Tapi yang penting, dalam sehari mesti ada blurih.

Jadi seperti biasanya saya membagi grade;
Design : 10 (banyak kelainnan setiap umpan yang ada di kadai, jadi dpt tani milih-milih sekehendak hati tani yang mana bisai usulnya)
Quality : 7 (Yang ani~~ kebanyakkan gatahnya nda tahan kana pumpung uleh lauk n then biasasnya lauk ani pacah~~ dlm maksud lain nda bmata kalaunya dpapak lauk atau tersangkut dsb, tapi alhamdulilah mata kailnya pun bagus. Bengkuk-bengkuk pun kalau bagas dirangus uleh lauk atau bagas nyangkut dapat diusai)
Features : 9 (Selain mata kail utama ada, mata kail damit pun siap siaga incase kalau mata kail utama terlapas, tapi untuk ngurangkan ia tersangkut saja, cabutlah mata kail yang damit itu... xD)
Useability : 9 (Mau atas pun blh mau di bawah pun blh.. ditangah-tangah pun blh, janji dpt imijin di tahap mana ia kan benanang)
Application : 7 (biasanya nyangkut ani kalau mata kail damit nda dicabut, dan kalau pun dicabut~~ kalaunya tesalit arah calah-calah batu atau kayu, pun nda mudah lapas. Sabab atu mata kail utamanya nda setagap yang biasa)
Tot. score : 8.4
Distributor : You can email me for queries.  Soon, I'll have separate links for price and package.

Saturday, Nov 14 2010

So~~ hmmm~~ this is frustrating due to I didn't seem to catch fish like I used to. I'm not sure whether it's the lures or the water or stuff. But, likewise I used my trusted spinner bait with lotion and both are from the same company. Apparently, I missed not that a lot but I didn't catch any with it. So yea~~ I did change the skirts to black but with the gray skirts intact, so it looks really fat. Im quite hungry now~~ lol~~ Anyhow~~ the spinner still in red, but from previous spinner bait I used, the lures were in gold spinner and black skirts. And I'm gladly, I still have my other spare spinner bait with the gold spinner~~ so~~ since its modifiable~~ I shall and I will modify it to my liking muahahaha... That's the cool thing about spinner bait you can modify it to your needs and wants and lust muahahah~~ Anyway, I'll keep you update with the news~~

BuzzBait Review

Assalamualaikum dan welcome~~

I have been quite actively fishing back again after having a break for almost 3 months now. The last fishing trip was during Ramadhan and it was kinda how to say, a bit adventurous for me and my baby car lol~~ That was because I went to Danau alone and I was with front-end car, so anytime I can be stuck there and prolly I would have to call 247.

Anyway, after a 8 months delay on my awaited lures and finally arrived last October, I gave it a another smacked to the same place I have tried with every single lures I've got. But this time around, I have the Buzz bait grayish/black-spot 1/8 with red spinner, chateaus/white 1/4 yellow spinner and black skirts 3/4 with red spinner colour. I accidentally lost the 3/4 ones due to snap off from the line... too strong of flicking the lures~~ lol... and I am left with the twos. Apparently, until now I didn't catch any~~ but~~ I didn't say the fish didn't chase these lures. Seriously I saw 2-3 fishes chasing these lures especially the darker coloured ones, and it was during day time. These fishes were Selunsong (Barra) and I think they specifically couldn't resist moving fat healthy thing and it was quite frustrating for me, but on the other hand, the Mangrove jack and Lauk Putih (Crevally Jack) didn't chase the lures like the Barra did. I missed like 3 misses or so during the 'afternoon meal' hour on a range period of 10mins of casting and another missed during the "night meal" hour on a range period of 40mins of casting. Last year during my first acquired of Buzz bait, it was a 1/8 Black Skirts with Yellow Buzz, and I was quite frustrated and I kept Buzz bait while I was on a hit with a soft-bait lures. In the end, I run out of soft-bait, so I tried again with my Buzz bait. Apparently, that night, something snagged my Buzz bait but I missed it. So, I put my trusted lotion on it, and I went to a hotspot, and it was confirmed Barra did take the bait on a 20mins range of period of casting, I missed one and bring back 2 Barra to the hut. I was quite amazed with the time taken and the effectiveness of the Buzz bait. So, I sat down and thought back what I did wrong when I first tried the Buzz bait. And I came to realise that the way I retrieved it was on top while Barra was on the bottom, but yet, I was following the method of retrieving it from the video.

Anyhow, I flicked again my Buzz bait from the hut and I realised the water level was quite high with clear sky during that time, and to my amazed, I saw again couples of desperate Barras chasing my lures. It wasn't 2 or 3 Barras only but in fact it was 4 Barras total chasing from top. During the retrieving of the Buzz bait, it was just somewhat less than a meter from the water surface, and it wasn't long enough for the Buzz bait to escape from the horny Barras, my Buzz bait sunk down under and my bait-casting reel turned wildly and with my quick move, I slowly tighten my drag and up Barra in a fight less than a min or so. At the end of the event of that night fishing, I managed to pull 4 Barras in less than an hr or so and 3 missed. So again, I tried the same lure the week after at the same location but this time the water was shallow, and as a result, no respond closer to the hut but the hot-spot did give me 2 Barras only.

And since that time, Buzz bait gave me a more confident that to come to think of it, I didn't know this lure really works though, from the looks of it, there's no way it looks like a fish to us but to the marines, it may say otherwise. So I went to research on the differences of colours, apparently it does give some effect on the success rate of fishing, but~~ there are fishes that can't see colours, so~~ the conclusion was, it does explain why the Black Buzz bait was chased by Barra but not by Mangroves jack and Lauk putih. I tried the black ones during day time but to no avail, instead I have quite a number of pulls with the brighter ones. Mind you, the way of retrieving is important as well, coz you prolly need to target whether the fish is on the bottom or on top level of the water or in between. Personally, this Buzz bait do listed under my favourite lures because of the effectiveness against specific fish like Barras and Bass.

And as below, the grades are given.
Design : 9 (it has different bents n bolds, skirts can be bought and changed)
Quality : 10 (from the ones I had, the metal is strong and the painting stay intact.)
Features : 8 (It has holes in each of the Buzz and its the noisiest Buzz bait in the market)
Useability : 9 (It is the easiest to use due to just retrieve and you can control whether you want it on top, suspending or bottom)
Application : 10 (99% payah kan menyangkut, dpt dipakai kawasan yang bekayu atau bedahan and that is because the Buzz and the weight has block-weed system which can assist in avoiding the lures from snagged.)
Tot. score : 9.2
Distributor : You can email me for queries.  Soon, I'll have separate links for price and package.

Prawnstar Review

Assalamualaikum~~ kembali kali ani untuk megomen salah satu lures atau umpan palsu nya tani lah tu, iaitu Prawnstar. Sebagai salah seorang kaki pancing yang kurang labih aktif dlm arena ini, telah maklum bagi ku dan juga kaki2 pancing yang lainnya, umpan seperti ani amat dikenali di Negara Brunei Darussalam. Dan seperti biasa, aku pun jua turut ngorder dari salah seorang distributor yang 1st di Brunei memperkenalkan Prawnstar. Setelah diperkenalkan Prawnstar dan meliat videonya dan teknik pemakaian Prawnstar, jadi, terjatuh lah hati ku kepada Prawnstar dan tarus ku ngorder dari abis drg ani. Sesampai Prawnstar di tangan ku, apatah gi kan ditunggu2, aku pun tarus mencuba di salah satu tempat yang amat dikenali ramai, lubuk Selunsung, ungah dan lauk putih, atupun ikut stock lau ada.

Sampai ku di tempat yang dihajati, tarus tia ku mlabuh Prawnstar, dan hacut punya hacut selama 6 jam, inda jua pandai naik, sampai blatupan bahu sama siku ku ani. Ternyata, sehari2 atu dan semlm2man ku atu inda jua kana lirik Prawnstar ku atu. Ngampai ku bagas ngacut Prawnstar, baru tah ku kan bekarih masang pancing ku sebuting untuk di pakai umpan basong2 dengan menggunakan teknik mengampai di dasar. Walaupun inda belurih sekong pun lauk menggunakan Prawnstar, aku tetap inda mulih dengan tangan kusung. Of coz lah aku makai umpan palsu yang lain, skurang2nya inda kecewa mcm putus kinta hahaha. Setelah memiliki umpan Prawnstar sejak 4 bulan yang lalu, sampai ani alum tah ku pernah belurih, yang sadisnya, bukan ganya sekali dua ku mencuba, tapi mencuba sampai belurih lah, tapi ternyata keputusan tatap sama sampai ani. Ku pakai flicking kah, walking the dog kah, jigging kah, inda jua belurih. Tukar tampat kesana kemari pun inda jua belurih. Tukar saiz dan warna pun masih jua nda belurih. Kalau nya urg tua2, mentalih tah sudah diri ani, baik tah mandi bunga xD. Angan2 ku atu banyak plg sudah, salah satunya, kan menyalam keaying nyumbati Prawnstar ke mulut lauk Selunsung. Tapi angan2 plg ganya tu hahaha.

Conclusionnya, walaupun inda belurih, from my view, it is one of the unique lures I've ever seen. And as below, the grades are given.
Design : 9 (aku pun tetipu, dikit gi ku buatkan sapak XD)
Quality : 10 (Gatahnya kuat dan mata kailnya pun tajam dan tahan)
Features : 9 (Dua mata kail, satu di badan satu di ikong)
Useability : 3 (Pslnya cara pemakaian mesti mcm udang idup. Mun inda sama, nda tah lauk makan)
Application : 10 (99% payah kan menyangkut, dpt dipakai kawasan yang bekayu atau bedahan)
Tot. score : 8.2
Dsitributor : Prawnstar in Brunei go to kb-iansanglers.blogspot.com. Have fun and goodluck.

First time for first thing ^^

Assalamualaikum and hello~~ welcome to the site. I'm quite new to this blogging thing but hey~~ every single step is new right!!!. Anyway, I created this blog because I have been analysing lures and tackles ever since I actively involved in angling arenas.

It is quite surprising in my point of view where tons and tons of lures and baits have been produced world wide, but do you realise that they are all looked the same and acted the same. And some how I feel cheated in a way that all those lures and baits are just the same thing and act the same way as others. Moreagain, some cheaper ones do available and gives the same results and of course you would say the quality is different. The point is all lures and baits are the same thing. But the ones that I have realised over this time was the type of lures to use (shad or minnow) and the colour of the lures. Still~~ i preferably to choose a lure or tackle that stay a much longer in the target zone. So here~~ with this blog~~ I hope you and I can see the same thing and bring out the modest if not the best lures and tackles out there in which apparently only available in Brunei...LOL. But in any case, I won't stop the ones only available in Brunei, but as well as other lures and tackles that may catch my attention.

Now my goal is in this blog~~ is to use and review lures and baits as newbie and probably you can expect a newbie point of view, and my target lures and baits are the ones that are unique. Plus, I will review other lures and baits which may similar but have more advantage than others. I myself, will research from the net and try it myself for about a week or less to see it if its work or not.

Lastly, I will improve this site to the liking to me and gradually any needs of improvement from comments, advices and critics from the reader. ^^