Lure fishing is a blooming outdoor sport in India, especially in Kerala. Kerala is well known for it’s large coastal areas and also with large number of rivers, backwaters,ponds etc. Mangrove Jack is a common species found in almost all parts of kerala. They can found in Harbours, near to any Mangroves, rocks, near to bridges etc. It usually feed on Small fishes like mullet, prawns,shrimps,crabs etc. We can use live baits , dead baits or lures . I selected shrimp lure for this post, for me shrimp lure is the best lure to catch a MJ.
So let’s look how to catch Mangrove Jack (ചെമ്പല്ലി) using a Shrimp Lure.
These are some common types of shrimp lures available in Kerala. You can use any type of shrimp lure according to your choice and budget. So let’s select a shrimp lure according to your fishing style and location.
Lure Colour: it’s upto you guys. You can select any colour according to your choice. My colour choice is Tiger prawns > Gelly Blue>Yellow Tiger> Green leopard . This only my recommendation, you can use any colour, i have got MJ from almost all colour ,But we can select some specific colour according to our water condition. 1– Crystal Clear water – We can use natural colour for best results.
2- Muddy water -Use bright colours for better result.
3 .Sunny day – Use natural colours or reflecting colours
so our shrimp is ready let’s select other gears too for a big MJ
Leader Line
Harbour fishing, Fishing in rocky areas, Deep areas etc- Use 60+ Lb Fluro Carbon or 100-120 mm Nylon and use 1.5+ m length Rivers, Backwaters (less deep) etc- Use fluro or mono as you wish
Braided line
Use 35+ lb
Rod & Reel : Yours is the best one . Use that
we have selected the lure and loaded with all gears lets go fishing
Setting the Drag: If you are fishing in a Harbour especially in kerala use 70% drag othervise the fish will go where he wants and you will miss the fish. If you are fishing in plain areas with no risks, you can loosen the drag and adjust according to the fish pull.
When and Where
Early morning , Late evening and Night are generally considerd the best time for fishing. But we can plan according to tide condition and climate. Generally casting when the tides get rising or falling are good.
Mangrove Jack or Chembally usually seen on rocky dense areas or near bridges , near water current or around a fallen trees , or near any place they can hide and make an ambush to the preys. for example in an harbour we can surly expect mj around the rocky areas.
How to use Shrimp lure ?
after selecting our location we need to cast the lure, here it is shrimp lure. from my own experience slow retrieval is the best style for Mangrove Jack. after casting the lure waitt the lure to hit the bottom or the desired deep , after reaching there start retrieving very slovly . There is some tricks to get a strike. Pause and retrieve-in this thechnique we stop retrievel for a moment and start the reel , repeat the proceesss.Pause Retrieve & Twitch – Here we use twitching action while retreiving . you can try 1-3 twitches at once and so on. Changing the speed – Now you are mooving the lure very slovly , you can try various speed . changing the retrieving speed is good to get a strike. Making live actions– we can make live actions to the shrimp lure using the fishing rod. Theese are the common shrimp lure retrieving techniques that i am using .
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