About jackals

[oldboot]

Now it seems that the jackal lure is the item of choice for a variety of fishing duities, particularly barra and bass.

Use in context
I threw by favorite jackal into this snag, a huge (barra, jack, cod.... select one) nailed it & headed back into the snag, I was busted off before i knew what happened. I lost $300 in lures that day.

I just want to clarify a few things.
When we talk about a "Jackal" are we refering to a Jackal bro's rattling lipless crank bait or are we also including other Jackal bro's lures... do they make other lures?

Can refering to a jackal in fact be a generic term for a rattling lipless crank bait, such as a "rattlin rapala" or other similar item.

How do the similar items compare in performance..... and price.

I've seen the Diawa manufactured under licence jackals running at $25...... I wouldnt want to lose too many of those.

cheers

[Flattie Assassin]

Oldboot, Jackall make all types of lures. Certainly not a generic term for a lipless crankbait. I have a couple of the chubby's. Great lures.

Check out these baby's
http://www.jackall.co.jp/npro/jpg/1601.html

http://www.jackall-lures.com/JACKALL2008.pdf

Cheers
FA

[ffejsmada]

I believe that sometimes, the brand name Jackalls, are used as a generic term for lipless crankbaits. Definitely.

Jackall is in no way a generic term, but unfortunately does get used as one by a minority.

I've heard blokes say they were using a jackall when in fact they were using a Kokoda lipless etc etc.

Jeff.

[Tim_N]

What, $300 of lures lost in a day, I think it is time to upgrade to 50 lb braid and some serious drag settings.
Tim

[NAGG]

Now it seems that the jackal lure is the item of choice for a variety of fishing duities, particularly barra and bass.

Use in context
I threw by favorite jackal into this snag, a huge (barra, jack, cod.... select one) nailed it & headed back into the snag, I was busted off before i knew what happened. I lost $300 in lures that day.

I just want to clarify a few things.
When we talk about a "Jackal" are we refering to a Jackal bro's rattling lipless crank bait or are we also including other Jackal bro's lures... do they make other lures?

Can refering to a jackal in fact be a generic term for a rattling lipless crank bait, such as a "rattlin rapala" or other similar item.

How do the similar items compare in performance..... and price.

I've seen the Diawa manufactured under licence jackals running at $25...... I wouldnt want to lose too many of those.

cheers

Oldboot sorry to hear your losses .... It would be like a death in the family
Jackall brothers make a large range of lures ( topwater , jerkbaits, deep divers etc) ...... The Jackalls you are using a the best lipless crankbaits you can buy ( lots of copys)
The daiwa vibs are just about as good as a Jackall ( but there is not much of a $$ saving) ..... You can also look at the River 2 Sea Phantoms ($10)
However if you want to stick with the best ...... Buy off Ebay.com ..... You can find the TN60s & 70s for around $12-$15 OZ ...... If you buy a few the freight charge may only add $2 to each lure ....... Thats much better than the $25 that you pay locally ..... Anyhow check it out , you might be pleasantly surprised..... Nagg

[Little grey men]

I wouldn't call any other crankbait a Jackall, there's some great lures out there now. I use Jackall's along with a lot of others which are priced much lower...Spro's $15, Evergreen Littlemax $17 and these are local prices . In my opinion these two lures take as many fish as a TN60 ( for me anyway ) But if the fish are very very quiet I will tie on a Jackall mask vib..that's my "last resort" lure.
They are very good, but if used correctly so are a lot of others.

[oldboot]

Oh no no no........ I havn't lost $300 in lures...... that was just an example of " in context" use of the word.

There was a poster a few weeks ago that lost something like that in a an hour or so's fushing though .

Krikey I couldn't afford to lose that much money to a snag.... regardless of the size or quality of the fish.

So there are some alternative then:smiley:


Oh I'm well familiar with the lures on ebay thing, and other money saving lure methods.........I don't think I have paid full price for a lure yet.

If you are a vulture like me........ there is always money to be saved............ unless you want it now.......... me I wait for the deals to come my way

cheers

[Tangles]

flattie assassin, what you use one of those chubbies for ( bream?) , i have one in the tacklebox along with a 'peacock' given to me, havent really used these before

mike

[Tetsuo]

Aigutso,

The chubbies are great on bream. Floating, easy to work, deep diving and strong vibration. One of my favourite bream lures