Its not too often you find a lure that is super cheap and catches a heap of fish. I was put onto these by good mate Chris Cleaver a few years back. It was just one of the many topics that came up after spending 17hr in a car driving up to QLD. Chris’s story went something like this, don’t quote me as some points many be wrong as it was a few year back now.“The Jindavin Jerk was one of my go to lures when fishing the rocks”
“What Jerk?” I quickly replied.
“From Big W, the Jindavin Jerk. By far the best hardbody lure for the stones, and only $5. When ever Big W got a shipment in, they would all be gone within a day or two. It was a like our own little competition in seeing who could get them before the others found out they were back in stock”.
“What was so good about them?” wanting to know more about this cheap fish catching lure.
“They were the perfect size and shape. You would have to upgrade the hooks and rings as they were crap but the action was just right. It had a tight wiggle that sent the Bonito, Salmon and Rat King into a frenzy”.
Trying to get as much info out of him as I could “What colour did you find the best”.“They came in a few different colours but only two worked a treat. The Green mackerel colour and the Mullet colour were the ones you needed to have”.
So with this information in the back of the brain I found myself in Big W. What, there were heaps on the shelves, like 20 or more. Feeling like a little kid in a toy shop I had them all over the floor looking for the two colours Chris mentioned. There were about 12 in the two best colour all up so I grabbed them all. And the best part was they were on sale, yep only $3 each.
That night they were upgraded with owner hooks and split rings ready for the next day on the rocks.
A week latter I was down on my local rock platform spinning for a few pelagic species. There were 3 other guys already fishing and had not caught a thing. You wouldn’t believe it but the first cast I hooked up. The shock on the face of the three guys fishing was priceless. A Bonito around the 2 ½ kilo mark was washed up onto the rocks and into a large rock pool. After a few quick photos the fish was unhooked and released to fight another day.Two cast latter I was in again, another bonito around the same size, it was photographed and released also. This was to be the norm for the next hour or two. Unsure how many were caught that day but the Jindavin Jerk was making a good name for it self.
The other three guys were high speed spinning metals and only caught two fish between them. They were also in shock that in this day of high end Japanese lures, A $3 lure could be so affective.
I was too.
