Boating NZ

Slip into a slider!

Think about it: no more buying smelly, expensive bait and berley before each fishing trip, and no more bulky chilly bins to store it all. Instead, picture a small tackle box containing a handful of lures and diminutive, lightweight, fun-to-use tackle generally providing far more fish at the end of the session!

Yes, if you can fish a ledger or flasher rig with a heavy weight attached – a Black Magic type Snapper Snatcher, for example – you can catch fish on a tai rubber slow-jig-type lure, better known locally as a kabura or slider.

Mind you, I wouldn’t blame anyone seeing a kabura for the first time having doubts about its potential. With a globular, free-sliding head atop a clump of spindly, multicoloured tendrils, a kabura looks so unlikely! But boy, do they work well!

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Boating NZ

Boating NZ8 min read
Southern Success For Sail Gp
SailGP is breath-taking to watch and whoever – or wherever – in New Zealand hosts the next event will be incredibly lucky. The ‘Super Sunday’ 2024 event at Lyttelton was a spectacular success: 11,000 people were hosted on the day at Naval Point while
Boating NZ3 min read
Boat Bling
‘INVISIBLE MOUNT’ ROD HOLDERS EXPLODING FISH’S NEW STREAMLINE SERIES of flush-mounted rod holders feature a ‘novisible-mounting-screws’ design that is both stylish and functional. Streamline Series ‘invisible mount’ rod holders are available as eithe
Boating NZ5 min read
Electric Appeal
Not before time – on litres of fuel burned per 100km, boats powered by international combustion engines (ICE) can be some of the most inefficient fuel users on the planet; see chart below. However, as we will see, while EPV technology has made giant

Related Books & Audiobooks