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Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Ryan Theyer on February 03, 2012, 05:47:11 PM
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Hey guys,
I'm flying back into Singapore from my honeymoon in a few weeks and I was hoping to visit a couple of tackle stores while the missus goes shopping. In particular I want to pick up a few jigs and I am wondering if anyone else has any experiences with any of the tackle stores in Singapore.
If anyone can help me that would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
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Obviously see the site sponsors: http://www.kaiserproshop.com.sg/ (http://www.kaiserproshop.com.sg/) (lots of nice loots!)
There are other stores there: http://www.saberstrokers.com/ (http://www.saberstrokers.com/) (cheap Owner amongst other things)
Anglers Outfitters: http://anglersoutfitter.com.sg (http://anglersoutfitter.com.sg) (smith)
East Tackle: http://www.eastackle.com/ (http://www.eastackle.com/)
XT: www.xpeditiontackles.com (http://www.xpeditiontackles.com) (no idea, too lazy to populate their website.)
Fishing Buddy: http://www.fishingbuddy.com.sg (http://www.fishingbuddy.com.sg) (jigging master and others)
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Hey Ryan
Forum sponsor Kaiser has specialised in offering some pretty special and hard to get jigs. Particular favourites of mine have been the LJ jigs and the XQ range. Both of those are Taiwanese, nice quality, well priced and not at all over-exposed. No idea if Kaiser still carry these, but last year they were shifting a lot of them.
They also carry more obvious Japanese jigs - MG Craft Skill, Seven Seas Hookers, Nature Boys, Fisherman etc.
And also a lot of tiny casting type jigs for the current-less Singapore waters if you need any light stuff.
Definitely worth a visit.
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You will enjoy the tackle stores in the Arab District, some are better than others but there are 7 or 8 in a small region. Check out Lure Haven as well, it is off a small side street near Beach Road. Lots of good gear in there, very well priced rings and hooks plus heaps of lures and rods.
I saw a crazy long jig in one of the shops for $135, I think it was 400g.... just the length of it had me gobsmacked, after being used to 120 and 150g knife jigs for kingies down at Eden.
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Cheers for the response Guys.
I definatley intend on going to Kaiser as I have heard that they have a lot of gear well priced.
Sounds like I had better head over to the Arab district as well and check them out. I just find it interesting to see what gear is out there as where I live theres only 2 tackle shops and they seem to think that the only jigs on the market are made by williamson!!!
Thanks again.
Ryan
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Mate, you will be goggle eyed at some of the stuff you see over there. Not big shops, but good quality.
Lure Haven wall of Labo:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o301/andrewsusani/IMG_1326.jpg)
Can't remember which shop this was, but lots of cheap poppers which made for a nice photo (avoid most of them ;))
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o301/andrewsusani/IMG_1322.jpg)
Those monster jigs from Ocean Tackle (or something like that, on Beach Rd)... I'm sure there are bigger ones around, but I didn't see any
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o301/andrewsusani/IMG_1321.jpg)
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You will enjoy it Ryan. Outside of Japan, I doubt there is anywhere in the world that is better for lure (be they jigs, poppers, metals, whatever...) shopping than Singapore.
Kaiser are in the Arab district as well (well, right on the edge of it).
There are many stores, all with an easy few minutes walk of each other. Some compete on price only offering mostly very cheap Chinese stuff which is best avoided, and others on providing a diverse range of often difficult-to-get quality models.
Cheers for the response Guys.
I definatley intend on going to Kaiser as I have heard that they have a lot of gear well priced.
Sounds like I had better head over to the Arab district as well and check them out. I just find it interesting to see what gear is out there as where I live theres only 2 tackle shops and they seem to think that the only jigs on the market are made by williamson!!!
Thanks again.
Ryan
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The second photo is from a tackle shop called "Deep Sea" I believe. Its located along Beach Road which is the "main" road where most of the tackle shops are located in close vicinity. Then there are the "side streets" like Arab Street, Bursorrah Street where the tackle shops are.
Yep, you can really find a healthy range of jigs, lures, rods, reels and terminal tackle here.
Fishing wise, not much you can do unless you like some bottom fishing for Groupers, snappers and other bottom feeders. Then there are the commercial fishing ponds and fresh water luring at the reservoirs. ;)
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Ive had good experience at Xpedition tackle (i think its also called anglers hut which is maybe why the expedition website isnt up to date). Its not in the arab street area but only a 7 dollar taxi ride. They have a lot of nice stuff there, Kaiser is also very good.
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Angler's Hut/Xpedition Tackle is great if you can find it! Even when you reach the building, it is bloody difficult to find out where Richard is.
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Hey guys,
I'm flying back into Singapore from my honeymoon in a few weeks and I was hoping to visit a couple of tackle stores while the missus goes shopping. In particular I want to pick up a few jigs and I am wondering if anyone else has any experiences with any of the tackle stores in Singapore.
If anyone can help me that would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
Hi Ryan
Let me know what sort of fishing tackle you will be most interested in and I can give you some recommendations on which shops to visit. Cheers!
Steve
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Hi Ryan
Let me know what sort of fishing tackle you will be most interested in and I can give you some recommendations on which shops to visit. Cheers!
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I will be chasing jigs for both demersal and super deep jigging as well as poppers/stickbaits for GTs etc. I'm mainly hunting for jigs though...
Cheers,
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Hi Ryan
Let me know what sort of fishing tackle you will be most interested in and I can give you some recommendations on which shops to visit. Cheers!
Steve
Hi Steve,
I will be chasing jigs for both demersal and super deep jigging as well as poppers/stickbaits for GTs etc. I'm mainly hunting for jigs though...
Cheers,
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Well then, you should definitely check out Anglers Outfitter and Kaiser along North Bridge Road, Sabre at Arab Street, Lure Haven at Bursorrah Street. Then there's Deep Sea (above 2nd photo) along Beach Road which stock plenty of "copies" of popular jigs and poppers. All these shops mentioned should satisfy your stated needs! They are all within 5min to 10min walking distance from one another. You can visit their websites which are provided in a post above for more details.
Then there's Xpedition Tackle (aka Anglers Hut) at Kim Keat Road, but it's located at a totally separate area. Hope these info will help!
Disclaimer: I shall not be held responsible for any emotional or financial damage suffered as a result of the information provided!!! ;)
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Well I have written all of that down and now I just have to wait until I get there. The honeymoon has finally turned exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers again to everyone for their help.
Ryan
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Do note that the shops are closed on Sundays! I do hang out in the area on Saturdays for coffee with other fishios. If you happen to be visiting the area on a Saturday, I can probably give you the directions first hand. :)
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Hi Steve,
I will be chasing jigs for both demersal and super deep jigging as well as poppers/stickbaits for GTs etc. I'm mainly hunting for jigs though...
Cheers,
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Did I hear super deep jigs??
I have some 750g and 1000g Japanese jigs if you want to buy some....
:P :o ;)
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1000g....? Do you get a free tub of musclegain 3000 with every one? :o
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My arms hurt even thinking about it. I draw the limit at 600 grams and even that gets painful. I guess there are some folks out there who still find fishing fun with 1000 gram jigs !
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Jigtalk make a 2kg jig!!!! Ah gu, send me a pm with what you have for sale.
Mark, some of the spots we are fishing are 450+m deep and the currents can be really strong. Need the weight to get down lol
Cheers. Ryan
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Jigging at 450 metres :o :o :o? Nuts! What freaky reel do you use?
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Fin nor Santiago sa30w and 50w. I know it's not high speed but it's easier with the 2 speed. It's a bottom bouncing setup that I only use for the super deep stuff. Chasing blue eye trevala etc.... And realistically it's very easy to jig for them by just using long lifts, pump and wind style but alot slower. You may say crazy, I say different ;D
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Jigtalk make a 2kg jig!!!! Ah gu, send me a pm with what you have for sale.
Mark, some of the spots we are fishing are 450+m deep and the currents can be really strong. Need the weight to get down lol
Cheers. Ryan
The guys at JigTalk are exactly that... Talk.
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Not only the weight of the jig but a big lumpy 2.5 kilo Santiago 50W as well. Yes you are nuts Ryan :).
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I usually give up after 3 minutes :D. Plus we have 3 baitos on the boat who fish the same time. I couldn't do it for much longer. It's a long way up after all...
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For such depth, wouldn't you be better off with an electric reel?
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Hey Ryan,
were regularly jigging down to 450m for cod, bass grouper and the elusive trevala in Perth, I have access to a jigging reel with 710m of PE5 on it as well.
Let me know if you need a decky down Albany way sometime ;)
Jamie
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For such depth, wouldn't you be better off with an electric reel?
My skipper won't let me Brandon. Apparentley your not s real fisherman if you use electrics. I'm tempted to take the flack and just buy one...
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Jigtalk make a 2kg jig!!!! Ah gu, send me a pm with what you have for sale.
Mark, some of the spots we are fishing are 450+m deep and the currents can be really strong. Need the weight to get down lol
Cheers. Ryan
The guys at JigTalk are exactly that... Talk.
To be honest Luke I could not imagine anyone even using a 2kg jig. It seems a tad crazy that you would need so much weight. I saw one today in Perth and had to laugh though. The sambas would shit themselves when they saw it coming towards them!!
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2kg jig and at 450m depth (plus huge reel and a broomstick rod)........ I can't even imagine the pain! :o
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I just got back from singapore and lurehaven had quality gear and the excahange rate from au to sg was quite good. You can also impress the missus by going and buying a bottle of wine from the parkview plaza just around the corner not to cheap about 150sg and upwards but worth it. Just worth the look looks like something out of gotham city.
Have good honeymoon
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Its a pity you gave us a miss, had the loot of heavy jigs brought to the shop in case you popped in.
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Hi Ah Gu,
Unfortuantley I only ended up with an hour or so to go looking for gear and only managed a few shops on beach road (The missus dragged me all over singapore sight seeing on those tourist buses >:( ) But I will be back over at the end of this year hopefully and will be making a beeline straight over your way.
Cheers