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The introduction of Johnius distinctus:
The upper half of the body is black-brown, the bottom half is dark brown with light silver light. It has a small special feature on its chin. Its mouth has a pink color. The scientific name of the Johnius distinctus is Nibea albiflora and also known as spotted maigre.
Sand terrain and shallow sea areas are their main habitat. They mainly feast on small crustaceans and little fish.
They have a unique characteristic, is it's the sound-making ability through the bladder which can make a gogogo sound. During summertime, it's the breeding season. They will migrate back to the island, inner bays, or the shallow water area. During autumn and winter times, they will go deep in the waters or even south just to avoid the cold winter.

Their habitat is mostly sand-based sea bottom, so you can find this kind of fish in basically every sand-based sea bottom Throughout Taiwan.  Johnius distinctus is a nocturnal type of fish, which is the main target for night fishing. But you can still fish them during cloudy days or turbidity day times. May till November is the best period of time for fishing, and before 10 pm after sunset is the golden period of time.

The living habit of Johnius distinctus is that it prefers warm coastal waters at the middle and lower layers. It does it's migration with the climate and water temperature change of the season. When it comes to April to June every year, it swims to shallow water areas to lay eggs, and it is also the period of time when Johnius distinctus needs ingestions the most. They will travel as a group to find food at the shoreside. The frequency increases during night times.

Johnius distinctus likes it when there are changes with the tidewater. Shoresides are good places to fish in this case.
Johnius distinctus like to gather as a team for food hunting, which is a great opportunity for fishing.
During the spawning periods, they have stong desire in food hunting, especially night times, so ledges and the beaches are good spots for fishing.

Johnius distinctus has a wide variety of eating patterns. It preys on marine borer, crustacea, demersal, like brown shrimps, mantis shrimps. And those shrimps mostly prey on little fish and crabs.

Early summer and early autumn is the best fishing period, especially the rainy season of early summer. It gets muddy at the estuary, even though during day times, Johnius distinctus will go after lures like crazy.

Operation references:
This time fishing in Dan Shui area, the terrain is mostly sand and reef combined. The tide, while we're fishing, is mostly spring tide and moderate tide. The tide drops when it's full and, and increases when it's too dry. We aim at the streams. When the riffle hits, it's harder to control the fishing line at the bottom. At this point, you can select another area where there's a slower stream which is the layer of the Johnius distinctus.

Analyzing the terrain of Dan Shui, you can consider using the following rigs:
【Complicated dinas region】
You can consider use a 3-12 gram texas rig (depending on the speed of the flow), due to it's hight structure, it is very easy to be stuck at the bottom. Using an anti-tangle worm hook can highly reduce it's possibilities of stucking at the bottom. Which could very efficient.

【Plain sand-based regions】
You are recommended to use a 3-12 gram gib head, (depends on the speed of the flow), its hook tip had a big high rate of hooking the target and is most likely not to be stuck at the bottom at sandy regions.

Suggestions of lure rods:
Rock Master RMS-762L Rockfish lure rod
It could adapt the height difference of the reef and rocks and make the fat casting move. Connecting the front and bottom together, the slim rod tip could be pretty operative while using a light jig. The orange spot on the rod bottom can increase the vision. Even if there's a little bit, it is easy to capture. It has excellent sensitiveness and could be casted easily. For the grip, we select the FUJI IPS reel seat with a black Eva detachable handle. For its pros of easily controlled, the delicate fishing style is the absolute masterpiece.

Vally Hunter VHS-684L Multi-section lure rod
It is pretty sensitive and could capture every bite at the very best opportunity. It has a level F action, which is a very tough strength. It has the ability to pull the prey out of the rock in the first place which reduces the opportunity of breaking the line. The section part is created perfectly, allows the user to gain more confidence. Despite using the soft bait of hard bait, you can easily handle it with this rod which is very widely used. It's long-distance casting ability allows me to catch fish from the far flows and aim for bigger monsters.

The lure selection for Johnius distinctus:
For soft bait, we suggest you use Hearty ride TT shake micro worm 1.9 inch. It is one of the series that is developed just for capturing rockfish. Having a high-quality soft texture, it can swim vividly. The thread on the worm can interfere flow, and increase the wave of the water. The sequin in the its body allows it to spread its charm and increases the hitting rate on fish. It is recommended to cope with HR Tungsten Alloy Bullet Sinker/ HR Double hole clip sinker/ HR VH-10 worm hook etc..