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Main => Equipment, Techniques and Tips => Lures => Topic started by: maxxat75 on October 16, 2008, 21:20:25 CET

Title: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 16, 2008, 21:20:25 CET
Got hold of a MegaBait jiger http://www.extremelures.com/ProductImages/images/livejig/livejigallcolors06.jpg
The Green Mackerel. Was wondering if it is good for barracudas? And suggestions for what it is good?
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: placebo on October 16, 2008, 22:54:14 CET
i do not think so.

jiggers are meant for vertical jigging from boat preferably....although!!!!!!!!!!!...i know people who have used them successfully in spinning.

Such jigs are very good to use as vertical jigging from boats where you can catch bottom predators such as dentici, tracna, burqax...... middle water jigging where you can target plamti, tunnag, sawrell and so on.......

In Malta we do not know much about this fishing method so far but it have proved succesfully in Spain and other Mediterranean countries. There are people in Malta who have experienced very very nice catches using this method but still i think we are learning!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 16, 2008, 23:01:30 CET
10x placebo

:S Don't like Some shopkeepers that (Jitmejlu bin-nies :S) The shop keeper told me they are great for cudas
I will give it back to him tomorow hopefully :S)
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: placebo on October 16, 2008, 23:32:00 CET
they are not meant for such use but as i told you there were occasions where fish were caught using such jiggers as casting lures!

after all you never know in fishing!
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: rob1974 on October 17, 2008, 09:34:22 CET
Jigs below a certain weight, probably up to 60gr, can be used as casting lures.  Vertical jigging requires 100gr+ jigs. 

Rob
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: skip on October 17, 2008, 18:12:07 CET
Rob, I have a Megabait like maxxat and they are around 150-200gr so very much a vertical jig. If you were sold them specifically for Barracuda then fair enough, but they are pretty good and a technique we still don't know much about here in practice yet.
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 17, 2008, 19:12:02 CET
got this lure now  :o

It is Aile MAGNET (Magnetic weight transfer system
Size: 125mm/ Wt.26g
Floating

in this link you can see 1 very similar > A bit smaller..> liter and sinking not floating

http://www.rocketlures.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-shopping-cart/product_images/duel_ailemg_70s_whired.JPG

What do you think guz... good for cudas?!?

Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: placebo on October 17, 2008, 21:51:21 CET
that's a nice lure for cudas and many other fish!

Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 18, 2008, 10:49:29 CET
other fish like what pacebo?
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: LapsiBoy on October 18, 2008, 11:17:20 CET
The majority off little tunnys can all be caught from open sea, obviously cudas and much more but they will be rare to catch like, gulley jack (sawrella ta limperjal), Amberjack (Accola). MartinB has even stretched the limit by catching a swordfish from land ! so i think alot of fish can be caught on that lure.
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 18, 2008, 11:24:17 CET
when it is wet it's white belly's color will change a bit and it comes like a rainbow
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: placebo on October 18, 2008, 11:59:10 CET
from shores mainly cudas ..... even plamti and other fish like a lampuka when u are lucky

What i mean is that it is an ideal lure for spinning from shores.

I got the same model but in different colours from Ebay and i caught many fish on it
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 20, 2008, 00:13:51 CET
3 times gone spinning with it... Still none  >:(

Tried Near the sirence pool & Veccja till now (St.Paul's Bay)

At veccja i seen some going (taht il-moll) that day and 1nce while getting the spinner back seen a cuda gowing after it.
By Be because there was vopi so it will eat life fish??


Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: placebo on October 20, 2008, 07:41:49 CET
more patience...keep on trying
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: SPITEC on October 20, 2008, 11:53:05 CET
Maybe you're not going at the best time!
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: maxxat75 on October 20, 2008, 16:47:44 CET
what time you sudgest spitec?
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: Gazzetta on October 20, 2008, 18:00:25 CET
Sunset and sunrise are the best  ;)

Chris  8)
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: SPITEC on October 20, 2008, 23:20:14 CET
I fully agree with Chris
Title: Re: Jiggers
Post by: gozo123 on November 17, 2009, 18:30:28 CET
did any one try any of the new shimano lucanus jig are they any good
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimanolucanusjigpreview.html