Demersal Jigging Sesh
Today marked my first sesh amongst the demersals since the ban. Finally!
I agreed to meet John F & do a co-op effort around some unfamiliar territory. Tim (Timvb) was my deckie for the day & he was keen as mustard to nail some demersals on jig. He's been doing a bit of work overseas & has a short stint in Perth before he heads back - so, as you can imagine, he was frothing for a fish.
Within minutes of leaving the marina, we were joined by a little bird that called the boat home for the day. It was quite unreal - this bird would sit aerodynamically anywhere on the boat whilst we travelled at 20-25kts throughout the day. It wouldn't leave us & at times, would also sit on our shoulders!
Today was a day of effort. As mentioned, we were in unfamiliar territory & needed to do some sounding out to find some structure & fish. It wasn't easy. John scored a nice patch of ground 2kms away from me & we communicated over the radio about what was happening. He was scoring pinks, pup dhu's & sambos
Tim & I continued to search & after almost 2 hours of headless chook driving, I found a big patch of something special. We continued to sound around the area to get a feel of where we were fishing & I managed to punch in numerous new co-ords of fishy territory.
We chose to jig the area. Tim hadn't scored anything to talk about on jig so I coached him in technique & it paid dividends. He started off small but soon worked into some bigger models. We used IMA Ro's side by side scoring numerous Dhu's over a large area. Tim's effort resulted in PB's - and fair dinkum was he happy.
Boy did some of these fish go hard. Drag pressure was fundamental given the territory we were fishing & we did have a few nervous moments. I did end up losing one which went especially hard - would've been one of those dream monster Dhu's.
Early by-catch included pinks & a baldie (which is being carved up for dinner!).
We successfully released all but 2 Dhu's. We cradled these fish like babies & released the fish that were in good condition.
Gear we used:
Light jig rods
4000-6000 reels.
PE2 & PE3 mainline.
40lb leader.
John will be a happy camper with Dhu for his BBQ tonight. P.s. John - cheers for the beers!
It was great fishing with another boat - especially, when we needed to find ground!
Excuse the smudged photos - forgot to bring the good camera, but fortunately, I had the boat camera at hand.
Daz
hekser
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looks like you had a great day
and spun out about the bird, he musta been your good luck charm for the day.. try fishing the same patch next time without him, see how u go :D
ADDICT- dUFFMAN
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great report
and great fish caught.
Unlucky about the big fella that stichted you up.
Have you given fanky style jigs like pirates a crack or you a firm believer in the ima ros.
Cheers
winner winner chicken dinner
DazSamFishing
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Haven't used pirates mate.
Haven't used pirates mate. Not really particular with jig choice. Only particular with weight. I simply grab out whatever's there... or use & lose my deckies jigs. There are of course good jigs out there such as IMA ro's etc (all comes down to technique & action).
abeldog
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Nice Daz
Great Report, Great Photos, Great Fish.
Well done you guys
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schecky
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Well done Mr Martin, few
Well done Mr Martin, few decent dhus there ay.
You always seem to manage a baldie
DazSamFishing
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Tis true PE2 boy. Tin arse
Tis true PE2 boy. Tin arse luck on baldies. They are a treat on our dinner plate!
Just1morecast
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Raining Dhues mate! Going out
Raining Dhues mate! Going out to unchartered territory and finding fish...not many can do. Huge effort fellas!
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Paul G
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Very nice ,some good looking
Very nice ,some good looking fish .Seems to be a few around for sure .and the weather well what can ya say.
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DazSamFishing
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You're right Paul, everyone
You're right Paul, everyone at the ramp said the same too.
till
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No wonder yu couldn't get rid
No wonder yu couldn't get rid of the bird, it a willy wagtail, not exactly a seafarer!
Looks like you had great trip though, getting onto some good fish.
JohnF
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Top stuff Daz. Was a top day,
Top stuff Daz. Was a top day, although totally knackered now after a LOT of km ad a lot of sounding!
We just had BBQ dhu and pinkie.....deliceous.......the donated dhu and other pinkie will be Christmas lunch for my extended family! Ta!
We had a great day, but was a bit more difficlt as my deckie was using bait most of the day which made jigging much harder for me......even ended up on bait a few times as we had several tangles.
Anyhow, we hit the first bit of good ground and got 4 small dhu to 49.5 cm and 2 nice pinkies up to 63cm, most falling to bait with 1 dhu on jig. Then my jigs started to work and picked up a few bit and pieces before several rampaging sambos gave me a good workout on PE3.....ended with 3 sambos on PE3 jig before I ended up going too hard and busted off....by by favourite jig and 40 m of braid....ended with 2 sambos more on pink dildo soft pastic....man I thought I had a big dhu!
We then headed to see Daz and Tim as the radio chatter was getting frantic!
With the PE3 jig gear out of action, used my flick stick to jig with...hard work! Jigged a nice black arse, then my first proper dhu on jig of 51 cm on a small show we found on the way in, which was in good condition so was released. Managed to get the deckie on jigs....300 gram Black Magic is all he had.....he picked up a nice 53 dhu which was dinner.....quite a surprise.
Great day, just need to get the dedicated PE2 demersal jig rod and all will be well in the world!
Cheers Tim and Daz
John
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
STEVE231
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Well done Daz and John F,
Well done Daz and John F, good effort boys in unfamiliar territory!! Gotta love "recon" when it pays off!!
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looks like you guys had a
looks like you guys had a great day out there. always good to get results in new ground. those wag tails can be very friendly. well done guys
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petervb
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nice work brotha's invite me
nice work brotha's invite me next time@!
DazSamFishing
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Peter, get Timbo to leave all
Peter, get Timbo to leave all his gear for you to use (he's been investing too much in fishing tackle)!
jng
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Looks like a great day out
Looks like a great day out boys, Keep it up!
Gully
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Far out
Jeez mate - you have cracked it again.
New spot and fish everywhere - got to be happy with that. What depths were you jigging in?
Seaquest
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Nice work guys. It pays to
Nice work guys. It pays to put in the hours sounding for fish then just drifting over ground.
Andy Mac
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Top effort Daz
New ground makes it even more special.
Very impressed with the results of your demersal jigging sessions.
Cheers
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SamC
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Not bad fella's, not bad at
Not bad fella's, not bad at all...
Cheers,
Sam
chrisp
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Sickening boys...
Well done to cracking some good dhus on jig tim, looks like they were hungry.
Love the new mascot.did you capture him for future use? His presence was obviousely the key to your success.
Lamby
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Nice one Daz & Tim
Nice one Daz & Tim
grayzeee
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well done guysgreat pics
well done guys
great pics too. don't see to many of those little fella's on the wing out there.
what's the deal with the baldie pic. did it try to snaffle that little red gurnardy sgt baker looking thing on your jig??
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DazSamFishing
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Yeah Graham, I reckon I
Yeah Graham, I reckon I 'Jamied' a little wrasse & the baldie fell for it haha
Uluabuster
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Great work mate! I always
Great work mate!
I always love light jigging, PE2 mainline and 400 size reels!
For Dhu, do you dangle your jig alot there or do you just pump and wind like crazy ?
Nice jigging rods, what set up were you using ? I can only see Stella 4000 but can't work out the name of the rod...
I suppose those jigs are in the 100g - 150g range ?
Cheers
Uluabuster
DazSamFishing
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Very slow jigging technique
Very slow jigging technique is used for Dhuies. We were using major craft alexander jig rods & up to 100g jigs.
Paul_86
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Great work
Great work daz, its always a good satisfying feeling searching new ground and finding some great fish, makes all the hours of slowly sounding around very worth it! Ull have to get some video of ur jigging techniques to post up on here so us amatures can see how its done. Or some lessons ;) haha.
DazSamFishing
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Trying to get some footage
Trying to get some footage together Paul, but just can't find someone that wants to hold a camera haha
Paul_86
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haha always the way mate,
haha always the way mate, when u see that sounder light up its pretty hard to focus on anything other then droppng something down!
Markie
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il hold the camera as long as
il hold the camera as long as i can catch one too haha. Sounder with fish = drop it now drop it noww
Grooveepants
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Nice effort
I've gotta give this jigging more of a go. I always try it for a couple of drifts and then go back to the bait. Haven't really had much luck on them.
What marina did you leave from and what water depth were you fishing in?
DazSamFishing
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Just have to be patience
Just have to be patience mate. Get the technique down pay & you won't be bringing bait out.
Bodie
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Ah this is what I need, some
Ah this is what I need, some coaching on jigging for demersals. Been giving it a go recently but not doing so well.
Were you guys south rotto way? Boat looks similar to a boat we saw out there. We managed our limit with 2 dhus a pink and a bb. But on bait
timvb
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Cheers Chris
Yeah there was a 30 min or so period when it was drop down, one jig then on! I dropped one twice before getting him on the third bite!!
Was a great way to christen my new Stella 6000pg JDM, carbon fibre handle seriously sweet!!
soupster51
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Good Effort
Impressive Daz. Great fishing. Great to see you passing on those skills as well.
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