Jigging Yesterday My First Post
Been looking over the site for a while now so decided to post my first report, But don't worry I haven't been chasing any Pink Bream!!
Decided after finally buying my first boat in April that it was time to lose my jigging virginity.
Hooked up with Fishnut, and after looking at the weather reports decided to head out and hit the wrecks behind Rotto, after cruising out in no time at all in some of the best seas and weather you could ask for ( had to mention that for all those still stuck at work ) we found eight guys out already, but it was quiet.... very quiet, fish on the sounder close to the structure but none interested in playing, jigged and fished but no one was landing or hooking up at all. Thought this jigging isn't that great and what was everyone on about, So decided to cruise around and head south to another spot, knowing that it was probably about to fire so if anyone else was out there let me know how you ended up.
Got there and were the only ones around, after a pod of about 6 Humpbacks finished checking us out we decided to have a fish, so worked out the drift and set off with the first drop, BANG double hook up, both on, two sambo's landed around 7kg each, not a bad start could get use to this, continued to jig and landed 20 over the day, picking up on nearly every drift, they were small but had a ball jigging for the first time. UNTIL THE END WHEN CRAMP SET IN f@$k this jigging gives you a work out.
Jigging ! yeh good fun will be doing it again for sure
Headed back to Woodies in the arvo, after the jigging went quiet, stopped off for a quick pick up of KG's and some of the fattest whiting for a feed that night.
I will mention that when going out jigging for the first time that day don't try and play indoor cricket that night muscles tend to be a bit tight ( even with all the extra beverages and yes beverages are before the game it's just not cricket otherwise )
I will try and work out photo's next time ( yes I'll use the search engine )
GRICKO
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
fishnut
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Date Joined: 22/09/10
sambos
Hey mate, was great day out for sure. But I want photos!
Hope someone else was out there and can tell us whether the barges did cough up a sambo or two after we left.
MattMiller
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Date Joined: 15/06/09
Some photo's
would be great. Being 7kg it would be interesting to see if they were Sambo's or Amberjacks?
fishnut
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Date Joined: 22/09/10
sambos
sambos for sure mate
Gricko
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Date Joined: 09/07/10
definately sambos too
definately sambos too prominate with the markings.
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MattMiller
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Date Joined: 15/06/09
Fair enough fella's
alot of crew get the smaller one's confused. There very similar.
jng
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Date Joined: 03/08/07
hey mate, yeah we hit the
hey mate, yeah we hit the barges out behind rotto, about 12.30pm they are deffinately there. We landed one sambo about 30kgs+ and lost a couple to sharks.
Alot of sounding around to try to find the fish... later in the day they must have moved. Give it 2 more weeks and i rekon they will be there in force
Justin
Gricko
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Date Joined: 09/07/10
Yeh thats about when they
Yeh thats about when they fired for us but as mentioned fairly small. did you or anyone else out yesterday, sound them far off the structures or all close by ?
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till
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I was out yesterday. We
I was out yesterday.
We saw some fish on the bottom on the sounder, the AJs are still there at the North Barge but they're moving really fast now. Things looked pretty slow so we went off to another wreck, and a few cheeky dogs followed us. We had a triple hookup, but one hook pulled, we boated two sambos, but then we went out to the hillarys patch, but that was just sharkville.
JohnF
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Jeeze Till, do you ever
Jeeze Till, do you ever work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
STEVE231
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Date Joined: 05/01/10
It's disturbing how often
It's disturbing how often Jamie gets to fish!!! It's all good though he provides us with a near enough daily report on what's happening out there!!
Half his luck!!
jng
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Date Joined: 03/08/07
Hey gricko, They were
Hey gricko,
They were fairly high up, in the 40 to 50mtr mark well of the bottom. We seen a couple of fish close to the wrecks but they wernt interested.
BlowieMasta
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Date Joined: 02/11/10
Cheers!
Cheers for the report, sounds like a good time. Pretty interesting that there were 8 others out there during the week, when season hasn't started yet!?
Whats it gonna be like on weekends, during season!?!?
Cheers,
Dave
Faulkner Family
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well done for the first time
well done for the first time jigging. no need to go to the gym for a workout just get into the sambo's. never tried jigging but one day. Also, welcome to the site. looking forward to some pics
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
damo6230
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Date Joined: 07/06/08
Till
Well Jamie doesn't do much really......
ha ha
just an envious post.......
welcome to the site and yeh jigging is addictive.......
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
addictive and bloody
addictive and bloody expensive i'm just finding out.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Goodz
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Date Joined: 20/07/09
Welcome to the site mate,
Welcome to the site mate, great first post report. You've got the jigging bug now, look out!
Sean Costello
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Good work mate, i pulled one
Good work mate, i pulled one sambo up from the barge where all the boats were but that was it, jigged the hell out of that school sitting midwater for nothing. Then we went looking for that whale, sounds like we should have given the other spots a go
Gricko
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Date Joined: 09/07/10
yeh guys jigging when its on
yeh guys jigging when its on is very addictive,
Sean, the other spot even though they were small, hell fun and whales everywhere out there at the moment bit like Tuna!
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Grooveepants
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Date Joined: 06/03/10
Rubbish day for us
I was out there and you couldn't have asked for a smoother trip out. The ocean looked like a something from a computer game, just didn't look real.
Anyways, there were plenty of fish on the sounder but it was a crap day for jigging, didn't land one sambo/amber. Had two hook ups but didn't get the hook in and they came off. We tried almost every wreck but when you found the school they had moved the by the next drift and you had to search for 20mins to find them again.
We ended up doing a troll on the way back over a spot we had seen tonnes of bait fish going crazy on the way out and landed 4 tuna, now they're good fun.
20 sambos, that's a fun day, you obviously found the school that wasn't asleep. Which boat were you in?
Gricko
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I was in the
I was in the centre consol Named "T-Bone" only got it at easter, and I don't know the meaning behind her name. we also saw all the bait fish on the way out but none on the way back in. which boat were you so I can say G'day next time?
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Grooveepants
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Date Joined: 06/03/10
Quinnie
I was fishing along side you a couple of times, we were in the 5.6m tin can quinnie .