Your Experiences with Jigging

benri · July 26, 2009, 08:19:37 CET

Nice one Kris

kris · July 26, 2009, 10:46:27 CET

thanks boys

it was ages since i caught something decent and finally it arrived

well what can i tell you... was in gozo

north east area, long strokes, 150gr lure (really shiny), and most important of all find structures underwater...was in 50 metres.

0.35mm braid attached directly to a shock leader of 50lbs which in turn was attached to the jig.

i cannot be more clear than this eh

shanook · July 26, 2009, 12:44:39 CET

I think u said MORE than enough mate.........nobody expects u to give places, although we always ask........:)p......

kris · July 26, 2009, 17:39:28 CET

ye ye i know shanook, but well it is not my area so it does not matter that much if i say where i was and what tackle i used. glad to help where i can. but if you are in a place take attracts aj's, u must be at the right place in the right time to be successful.

busumark · July 26, 2009, 20:18:31 CET

well done chris very nice fish

MartinB · July 26, 2009, 22:31:34 CET

Prosit Kris very nice fish!! And as shanook mentioned a very clever and hard fighting fish to land! I was suprised such a fish only did 15mins fighting! However ive never caught one jigging so im guessing a 150g lure would slow it down more than a smaller 40g lure!
But as you said, that first initial pull when they dive straight for the bottom is still awesome (esp. from a shore fishing point of view) whichever method you use to catch 'em
Tight lines mate & hope you catch many more!

kris · July 27, 2009, 10:45:27 CET

thanks again guys

@ moonwalker keep persisting and it will come

@ martin : first of all thanks for your comment

i was using an okuma salina sa 65 reel which when spooled with braid and mounted on a good quality rod they can deliver an exceptionally powerfull drag which with any ordinary reel would be impossible to achieve.

the amount of drag i set was such powerful that it was dragging the boat after it to some extent, and still it was taking line as it was nothing!! do this i must add that the aj gave its complete full from the very 1st minute to the very last until it was comletely exhausted to come up to the boat like a tame kitten.

it was so furious when it saw the boat that it sprinted back to bottom taking again with it at least another 50 metres of braid. a small trick i learnt from a full time fishermen is to turn off the motor to less alarm the fish...altough at some point we had to turn the boat a couple of times as the aj was diving under and around the boat.

well what can i say...it gave an amazing experience that i will surely remember for a very long time

kris

shanook · July 27, 2009, 11:05:25 CET

U still feel the rush of the catch eh kris....it will take time to wear off i assure u and treasure it as u never know when u make another catch like that. hopefully if the Pariti are finally banned from Malta we will start catching some nice fish in time. BUT that is still a long way off......

placebo · July 27, 2009, 16:32:13 CET

great achievement my friend.

how was the Salina 65?

DJS · July 27, 2009, 21:16:51 CET

Great catch Kris!

I've only been jigging twice and only caught a tracna and a skalma. Nonetheless, it's a nice feeling when you suddenly get a pull on the line. I was using a light boat rod which i guess would buckle with anything bigger than 5kg. Any recommendations on a decent, reasonably priced rod which is less than 400gms? In one fishing shop I noticed that most start prices around the ?100.

The_Gaffer · July 27, 2009, 21:22:37 CET

Try fishing frenzy at m,scala bypass. Mark has good rods at ?40.

DJS · July 27, 2009, 21:26:50 CET

Thanks Joe, i'll take a look there. That sounds more in the price range for a novice jigger like me!