Jigging for Demersals
Submitted by Bodie on Tue, 2012-05-22 13:38
Have noticed quite a lot of reports and photos lately of people getting into the demersals on jigs.
One question i had is are people having more success with jigs that have a plastic squid, or feathers attached to the assist hook, compared to a simple metal jig like a butterfly jig with just a standard assist hook, no fancy decoration around the hook itself?
Just curious, pretty new to jigging for demersals and have quite a range of jigs, but few (besides pirates) with dressed up assist hooks.
Cheers
hlokk
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Never bothered with them
Never bothered with them myself and still got a heap on jigs. Havent done a back to back comparison though. You'd think the jig is the main bit of the action, not whatever is attached to it. You'll probably get people swearing by either way, but all the other effects including jig choice probably have more effect. Seem rather expensive just to buy the plastic squids sometimes though...
Just1morecast
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I always use the squid skirt
I always use the squid skirt 80% of the time bodie. Find that the fish love them but whitey told me if the current is too high go the plain assists as he believes the jigs action is affected a little.
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chrisp
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Skirts
Generally it is easier to get fish on Jigs with the squidly assists and especially good for building confidence when you are starting to get into demersal jigging.I'm a believet that the fish are more interested in the squid than the jig so the jig acts as more of a method of getting the squid to the bottom than attracting a strike through the jigs action and flutter.Once you build confidence in your technique then you can enjoy the challenge of getting them minus the tickler.
Every trip is different however and when the going is tough its best to experiment until something hopefully pays off.
cahal.dahm
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spot on id say!
spot on id say!
Seaquest
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Have just started using
Have just started using skirts on my assits and find I am getting a lot more variety of fish. Don't think it makes much difference with dhuies but other demersals seem more likely to take a jig with a skirted assit.
Keep trying different jigs each drift. If a particular jig doesn't work the first time change it for something different or for a plastic. The amount of times I have drifted over the exact same spot with the same jig and not had a bite, then as soon as I have changed to something else it gets hit straight away.
BOOMER
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Same as all fishing- keep
Same as all fishing- keep changing till it works, fished a charter lasts week i would of changed jigs and assists 20 times through out the day, caught 7 different species from memory and cant say there was a stand out difference.
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till
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Squid certainly seem to help
Squid certainly seem to help with unco fish like baldies.
JohnF
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Chrisp is pretty close, but I
Chrisp is pretty close, but I have had days when no squid assist defiantly outfishes squid assist and vice versa. Definitely squid assists for beginners or if you don't have good jigs. If you have good quality jigs and good technique, it seems a shame to spoil the "challenge" by using squid assists. Must admit, I almost went to squid assists on Saturday when it was slow.
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grayzeee
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whatever puts them in the
whatever puts them in the esky for me.
most of the time they seem to work better than naked jig, and baldie's are to good a bonus to deny.
suppose it depends what you go fishing for.
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abeldog
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Agree
With all the above Bodie.
In the tackle box I have with squid, no squid, fast action, slow action ie Octo.
Depending on the day conditions etc and what you feel comfortable with.
When using jigs, I always starts with pirates, then move to more sleek jigs.
I do prefer to have a squid skirt to attract baldies also.
I also find myself leaning back to plastics
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Bodie
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George we really need to
George we really need to catch up for a fish!!!
Plastics only!