First Dhue on Jig
First Dhue on Jig, well not quite the first, but the first keeper.
After reading all the hype, and being a bit of a tackle ho, purchased an Azusa Jig rod pe4-6 on special. Matched it with a Sustain 6000 which I purchased some time ago, for no reason ( it was just black, shiny and sexy and needed a home ). Filled the Sustain with 40 lb Fins and about 2 meters of 50 lb Fluoro. Loaded up with a few jigs of different weights, colours and styles and did a bit of reading on the subject. This site has been a wealth of knowledge, thank you.
My first 2 trips out using Jigs produced very little, 2 undersized Dhues, a North West Blowie ( nearly cut through a 60 gm Jig ), a few Sergeant Bakers and a Blackass of about 15 cm. My misfortune on the Jig was matched by my mates soaking baits, so wasn’t that despondent.
Third trip, out from Two Rocks, decided to switch back to bait for the first drop. The ground was glowing with activity a couple of meters above the bottom, as well as fish holding close to the bottom. Before the bait hit the bottom, crunch –then the screaming run. As suspected from the sounder, Sambo of about 10 kgs first on board, not the desired species for the day, but still a lot of fun. Next Drift over the patch, decided to make the switch to Jig. Good call, jig hits the bottom, lift, wind, lift, wind, drop - Bang, onto something solid. Knew within the first couple of short powerful runs, that I wasn’t connected to another Sambo, a completely different fight.
Not a huge fish by the lofty standards set on this site, but would guess around the 12 – 13 kg mark and a whole lotta fun on a Jig.
azza1
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Great dhu mate and I bet you
Great dhu mate and I bet you were stoked getting it on the jig to. Keep up the good work.
z00m
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Well done
Nothing quite like having a desire to try something new and then getting a result with it!
Sambo84
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well done
got to be stoked with that 1
Boydy
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Good stuff, a nice first
Good stuff, a nice first keeper.
kirky79
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That's a great size
Can't wait to get one like that on a jig or bait for that matter.
Y_Knot
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It's on my to do list.. Dhuy
awesome effort
scano
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Now you got your first descent one
I am sure there will be plenty to follow. That jig looks a lot like the Juicer jigs stocked by Bluewater is that correct?
Take my advice and have fun losing the jigs that have already worked for you, otherwise it becomes an addiction buying new ones all the time.
axey45
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Bloody hell ripper of a
Bloody hell ripper of a "first" jigged Dhu. jig hooked I'd say ;)
Krusty
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Great effort and is still
Great effort and is still one of my goals.
Yea those Nor West Blowies have some serious chomping power indeed and there is not much that is safe from those chompers.!!
Well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
opsrey
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Another great example of the lollie effect
Put a tasty little morsel in front of them and "I'll eat that" even if they not too hungry.
Nice going.
Madmerv
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Top Fish
Good to see some results. I've been trying SP for a while now with very poor results.
Persistance must pay off..lol
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Septimus
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NICE FISH
Nice fish, and enjoyed the write up.
420casts
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Killer fish. Makes me want
Killer fish. Makes me want one even more, haha !
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Stockman
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Yep, us old fisho's can get a
Yep, us old fisho's can get a bit set in our ways, been a bait soaker all my life and never got bitten by the Soft Plastic bug.
After seeing a mate towel us up on a Jig a few months back ( 17 kg Dhue ), couldn't hold back from trying something new. I think this is a Juicer Jig, but not 100% sure, like a kid at Christmas, just ripped into all my new toys and loaded the tackle box.
Definitely a convert now on the shiny steel, won't leave home without one ( or maybe several ). Catching fish this way just makes a great day perfect.
Here's the rest of the days catch, the bait boys put the others on the deck. I did land another 5kg Dhue on the next drop, which was happily released in good nick to swim back to fight another day.
JohnF
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12-13 kg dhu on jig is bloody
12-13 kg dhu on jig is bloody brilliant mate, not too often bigger ones are caught on jig.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.