Saturday, October 1, 2011

Spring Sessions: Part 1

I absolutely love Spring time, it's probably my favourite time of year to fish. The weather is always superb, with crisp clear days and temps in the mid to high 20's it just makes for beautiful days out on the water.

Lately i have been making the most of the fine weather and getting out as often as i can to chase Bream and Bass on surface, as well as test some of the new Ecogear Bream Prawns.

Firstly the Bream Prawns, there isn't much more to say then if your planning on targeting Bream, Flathead and Whiting over the summer then get yourself a pack of these plastics. Fish absolutely love them. My first outing with them saw me score 2 Bream, a Flathead and a little Fingermark. This did not include the 3 bust offs i received at the hands of who knows what. Needless to say next time i head back i am packing the Cod and Jack gear. After that session i decided to take my brother out for another first, his first Bream on a soft plastic lure. He came up with the goods with a cracker fish and i made sure i had the camera handy to capture his first lure caught fish. He now thinks Bream are the freight trains of the estuary. "He's yet to catch a Jack", i said


A good 30cm plus fish taken on the 50mm Bream Prawns
Another good Bream taken on the 40mm Ecogear Bream Prawn
With Bream on the brain i decided it was time to venture into Bream Heaven and chase a few fish on surface poppers. My poison was the new popper range we have from Zipbaits. I did my homework and found a new location, picked some days of 0 wind and headed off on some early morning and late afternoon trips. By far my favourite times to chase Bream on surface.

If you have done any surface fishing for Bream, or any other species for that matter you know how addictive it can be. It doesn't matter what the species of fish it is there is just something about visual fishing that makes it in my opinion the most enjoyable variety of angling.

All in all i had some pretty short and sweet sessions, with one trip in particular i landed 5 fish within about 1.5 hours. I dropped about another half a dozen more in the same session, which brought me back down to earth. Regardless the action was electric, you only had one shot at each fish which made it very challenging, but that swirl behind the lure and the smash and grab take of a Bream hitting the surface is magical. Sunrise and sunset backdrops just add to the picturesque nature of this style of fishing.

One of the first Bream i caught on a popper this spring.

A small fish but any fish on surface is a good fish.

Some of the Bream were getting a bit better in size and the mornings wore on.

A little bycatch while taking the yak out of the water.

Zipbaits Skinny Pops, are one of my favourite poppers for Bream
There were a few trevs about which made for some good fun.

Lucky last. This fish was from my last cast at surface bream for a few weeks. Maybe?

And that's that for now. Part 2 will be all about some recent trips into my favourite skinny water for Mission: Bass on Poppers, including another first my Brothers first Bass on a popper.


Friday, September 30, 2011

New Products this week at Saiko Tackle

With the beautiful Spring weather of late and Summer just around the corner we have been very busy over the last few weeks adding new product for anglers to enjoy over the warmer months. We have 3 new additions to the store this week from 3 different brands.

First up is the 2 inch Damiki Air Craws. We are big fans of the Monster Mikis, and when we found out that a similar type of soft plastic was on it's way we were very excited. After seeing them in the flesh we know that these are going to be just as, if not more deadly then the Monster Mikis of Bream and Bass. The hollow claws mean slower sink rates and longer periods of time in the strike zone. Coupled with 10 great colours and 10 per pack there probably isn't a better value for money product in our store at the moment. You can see the Air Craws here: Damiki Air Craw

Damiki Air Craw 2 inch Colour Chart


The second new product in this week is the Pontoon 21 Crackjack 38mm Deep Divers in the Tiger colour range. We now have 9 colours in this 30mm Deep Diving lure including the new Tiger range of colours. The new colour range is spectacular and we can't wait to use these over the Summer chasing Bream, Bass and Flathead. At a diving depth of 1-1.4m they are perfect to work on the flats, around drop offs and parallel to structure. You can check out the new colour range here: Pontoon 21 Tigers.

Pontoon 21 Crackjack Tigers Colour Range


Finally we have a brand new range of jig heads from Ecogear in stock. The Skip In The Shade jig heads are an extremely popular jig head models in Japan. They have been brought to Australian shores for use with the brand new Ecogear Aqua Bream Prawns. And they match perfectly with the bream prawns. The main reason for this is the bait keeper on the jig heads. This means that your soft plastic won't slip and slide of the plastic when it's struck halfheartedly by a fish, meaning less wasted or torn plastics and more solid hook ups with fish. The design also allows these to be skipped into and underneath overhanging structure where other jig heads won't venture. We will be stocking up our own boxes with these and we know your going to love them too. You can see the range here: Ecogear Jig Heads.

Ecogear Skip in the Shade Jig Heads


We also have plenty of all your old favourites back in stock including:

  • Ecogear VX35's
  • Ecogear VX40's
  • Ecogear ZX30's 35's and 40's
  • Pontoon 21 Suspendots
  • Pontoon 21 Gagagoons
  • Yamatoyo Leader Lines
You can see all of this and more in the store: www.saiko.com.au




Thursday, September 22, 2011

Strike Tigers - Tasmanian Trout Frogs have arrived.

Well after a fair few session out testing the Strike Tiger Frogs range we are proud to announce that Tasmanian Trout Frogs have finally hit the shelves at Saiko Tackle. These are one of those rare lures that took a great concept from frogging for larger species of fish and adapted to suit the bread a butter species a lot of us fish for. It must be something in the water down there in Tassie that has given us so many great lure companies over the last couple of years. I must say as an angler I appreciate the tim, effort and passion guys like Michal from Strike Tiger puts into his craft. It really shows.

Like the name suggests these Frogs are used by Tassie anglers already with great success, i can only imagine the sensation of a trout clipping one of these little frogs of the surface. We have decided to bring them a little further north because we know that these are going to be a great addition to our own tacklebox over the summer fishing for species such as Bream and Bass. Where we think these will really take off is with Saratoga anglers as you can work these frogs both across the surface and sub surface and rigged weedless you can drag them through the lily pads like no other lure i have seen.

I recently got out to chase some Toga on these and whilst i didn't come home with the goods i was extremely impressed with how well these cast and how deep into the lily pads you can work them. I was able to fish areas i would only dream about before, and i know this summer that i have a huge advantage when i head out chasing saratoga.

For Bass anglers well it doesn't get much better then this. I know for myself i would look at all the huge frogs on the walls of tackle stores and wondered when there would be a model that i could use for Bass and Bream. Well finally that time has arrived, and if your planning a trip to chase some Bass on surface then make sure you grab yourself a pack of these soft plastics.

These do require certain rigging techniques and hooks to match. We use the Damiki Viper wide gap size 1 hooks and can't fault them. These hooks when rigged texas style allow the perfect balance meaning you can high stick the Frog and work it along the surface with great ease.

If your interested you can check them out @ Saiko Tackle.

Here are a few pics to wet your appetite as well.

Tasmanian Trout Frog in Brown Marsh Frog

Tasmanian Trout Frog in Green and Gold Marsh Frog


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ecogear Aqua Bream Prawn in stock this week

"As part of the pre-order promotion all customers that purchase 3 or more packs of soft plastics will receive a free Ecogear Wristband. In addition we have 5 free packs to give away to the first five orders of 5 packets or more. Orders will be shipped this week, and Free Express Post for all orders over $100"

The highly anticipated Ecogearaqua Bream Prawn is arriving at Saiko Tackle this week. Seeing as this is one of the most anticipated lures of 2011 we are opening up sales for pre-order a couple of days early so that you can get in early while stocks last.

These have dynamite throughout the testing phase, and thanks to the guys at Ecogear Australia we will be sharing some of their testing videos and images with you on our Blog. The Bream Prawns have been 4 years in the making and it has been well worth the wait.

The guys at Ecogear Australia have brought us a 100% biodegradable hybrid soft lure that Bream, Flathead and other estuary species just love. They are infused with Bream attracting scents making it easier to catch the often wary Bream, making them perfect for beginner Bream anglers to get into a few fish. They come in 8 great colours with 8 pieces in a an easy to open pack.

Get in quick guys because these are sure to run out the door fast.

You can find them in store @ www.saiko.com.au

The Ecogearaqua Bream Prawn

A nice Bream that couldn't resit the Bream Prawn


Even the Estuary Cod can't resist
Another nice Bream falling to the Bream Prawn

Ecogearaqua Bream Prawn Colour Chart






Thursday, August 18, 2011

Saiko Tackle Spring Sale

Spring is almost upon us and to welcome the new season Saiko Tackle is starting our Spring Sale Early. We have over 20 products on sale beginning today and running till stock runs out. You will have to get in quick though because stock is limited and prices have been slashed.

Some of the products that are on sale include:
  • Pontoon 21 Crackjacks
  • Damiki Soft Plastics
  • Damiki Surface Poppers
  • Ecogear PX Range
  • Nories Hardbodies
  • Yamatoyo Braid
  • Yep Tassie Soft Plastics
Squire, Bream and Bass favourties - Damiki Soft Plastics

Bass, Trevally and Jacks love  Damiki Surface Poppers

Bream Slayers - Damiki Grub Soft Plastics

Bream Slayers - Damiki Monster Miki

Trout specialist lures - Nories Crankin Puppa

Topwater at it's best - Nories Zag Stick Pencils

Limited Edition Pontoon 21 Crackjacks

Trout and Bream soft plastics from Yep Tassie Tackle

Our favourite braid - Yamatoyo SW Super PE


Best Prawn Imitation ever made - Ecogear PX45 and PX55f


You can see the full range here : Saiko Tackle Spring Sale

On top of the low low prices we are still going to ship express post for FREE for all orders over $100.

So happy shopping anglers, and we wish you all a top Spring fishing season.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Zipbaits lures are now at Saiko Tackle

We have a heap of new products coming in over the next 6 weeks, and to kick us off is the very popular and extremely well regarded range from Zipbaits. Saiko Tackle has in stock 4 great styles hand picked by us for all of you lure fishing junkies.

In terms of quality it's hard to find better, these lures cast a mile and you can place them accurately in likely looking fish country. The colours we have chosen all catch fish so you will be able to find something you like to suit the conditions your fishing. The 4 styles we have in stock are the :

  • Rigge 46mm Suspending Medium Runner
  • Skinny Pop Jr.  70mm Surface Popper / Walker
  • Tiny Popper 48mm Surface Popper
  • SPM 55 Stickbait
All four styles were chosen to give all of out customers some variety without having to spend a fortune on lures. The Rigge 46 SP MDR is the perfect crank/minnow lure for a heap of estuary species. The Skinny Pop is a known Bream and Whiting surface slayer, and many anglers use this as their go to lure. The Tiny Popper is a great surface lure if your wary of the size of the Skinny Pop, and we can't wait to get these back in the skinny water this summer for Australian Bass. The Stickbait is the perfect all rounder, you can work it at any depth with any retrieve you like in order to get the lure to imitate any variety of bait fish to suit the conditions.

With the colour range, features and most importantly price we know your going to love these lures. You can get your hands on these in the online store @ www.saiko.com.au



Zipbaits Rigge 46SP MDR

Zipbaits Skinny Pop Jr.

Zipbaits ZBL SPM55

Zipbaits Tiny Popper

And as always we have a short demo video in the tank test for you to enjoy.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Saiko Tackle Mega May Sale

It is with great pleasure that we inform all of our customers that we are starting our first sale of the year with a bang. Starting Monday the 9th of May and running for 2 weeks is the Mega May Sale at Saiko Tackle. Unlike other sales - we are extending our sale to include all stock. So everything will be 10% off for the 2 week period.

"That's not enough!", you say, well for the length of the sale we are giving all customers the opportunity to receive an additional 10% off by liking our page on Facebook. That's right! 20% off total just by liking our page.

HOW TO GET YOUR DISCOUNT

So how do i get this great deal you ask. Well it's simple between the 9/5/2011 - 23/5/2011 our shopping cart will automatically deduct 10% of any purchase you make.

In addition by liking our page on Facebook you get access to a voucher code that will allow you to get an additional 10% off when you checkout in the store. It's very easy to use once your done shopping just go to the checkout and at the bottom of the page enter the coupon code and click redeem coupon, and it will update your total cost before you make payment.

Visit our Facebook Page by clicking on the F Icon.

Like our Facebook Page and refresh the page to see the extra 10% off Voucher code

Use the Redeem Coupon feature and enter the code from our Facebook page.

Please note that you must first like our page before you can see the voucher code.

Saiko home page link

Saiko Facebook link

TERMS OF SALE

  • Valid only between 9/5/2011 - 23/5/2011
  • Valid will all products in the store
  • Promotion is valid with Free Express Post offer
  • Promotion is not Valid with other coupons or vouchers

Because this is such a great offer, stock is limited so you will have to get in quick to score yourself a bargain. Happy shopping everyone, and as always if you have any questions feel free to contact us via our contact form.