first demearsal on a jig
went out Tuesday from jurien with Whitey, keen to land a big one and also to try out some demearsal jigging. I started off with bait and landed a foxfish, and then a baldie and a wrasse (yay). with a fish in the esky (the baldie) i switched over to the jig. Chose a 150g daiwa pirates on my twinpower 4000 with 30lb braid on a 6-10 kg penn cheapy K mart rod.
I tried jigging this a variety of ways attached from the end for no result (Honsu had jigged a 10 kg dhui earlier on a different style fluttering knife jig earlier). A guy suggested i tie in the middle, that is what they did in Darwin where he was from. So i tried that and automatically it fluttered a lot more. I just yo-yoed it up and down a few winds and dropped down again. Within ten minutes the rod buckled and could fell some very strong surges. Tried to adjust drag right and held on and started getting some line back (a few others on jigs hooked up at same time). Within 5- 10 minutes had boated my biggest dhufish to date at 89 cm and 12kg. Was very stoked!
Was very relieved to land this fish as on inspection both hooks were close to being straightened. maybe in future i would use stronger hooks?
Very excited I continued with my new found faith in jigs and attached a skirt from another pirate onto the 150g jig. I came up very tight again soon after and having huge head shakes questioned whether this was a dhufish, thinking maybe a samson fish. However took it very careful as had already taken my fish for the day and was stoked to land gently another 9 kg 80 cm dhufish which was successfully released.
Am convinced of the effectiveness of jigs (11 size dhufish boated, mainly about 8 - 10 kg, one or two just sized) and two smaller dhufish landed on the day. i think only three (two small and one abouth 8kg) landed on bait only, despite at about half of boat using bait. Many sargeant baker landed too on the jigs (of many different sorts).
I did note a lack of snapper caught , and breaksea (several) and baldies (three of the four) went to bait, though honsu caught by far the largest baldie on a jig.
Several amberjack and sambos caught too and a particularly impressive catch was Honsu landing a 23kg yellow tail king fish on light gear (about PE2) which was impressive.
Bring on some more jigging!
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Faulkner Family
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well done. at 12kg it is a
well done. at 12kg it is a nice way to start the account
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honsu chin
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Pics??
Where are your pics??
grayzeee
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well done matesomebody said
well done mate
somebody said dhufish were endangered.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
deepwater
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well done on the pb there
well done on the pb there ricey,12 kg is a good fish
jeff
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Great first dhuy on a jig.
Great first dhuy on a jig. Was wondering what was the best way to set up the pirate jigs. Sounds like attaching to the middle is the go.
abeldog
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Really Good
Report Ricey, I love those Pirates, never thought about tying them in the middle as I have caught my Dhuies, Rankin Cod and Coral Trout from the eye end.
I can see how that would increase the flutter action.
Will give it a go next time
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Awesome fish Ricey! I'm
Awesome fish Ricey! I'm definately gonna go back and try and get a decent dhu next time. I agree the bigger fish clearly had a preference for jigs rather than bait. It's got me thinking about a lighter outfit, and a bigger icebox!
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