Anyone used these yet?  They look like they will get smashed.  Bit pricey and not sure about the durability but i had a $10 voucher which bought them back to a reasonable price.

Hoping to get out and find some snapper on Saturday morning.

Crew i'd like to hear a few opinions from those that jig often chasing demersals...

I came to believe from what i'd read here and elsewhere that you should ideally use the lightest jig you can get away with using, after buying lots of light ( 60, 90 and even 120 gram jigs ) I've now come to realise that light is not good for most of the country i fish...

Usually i fish 25 - 50 mtrs and IMO heavier jigs come up trumps....

I'm sure there are acceptions to this but you need ideal drift conditions or a mechanical aid to assist keeping fairly vertical with anything other than heavier jigs....

In shallow country i'll use perhaps 120 grammers ( placcys and jigs ) but in any breeze or depth out come the heavier ones usually 150 gram minimum......

Big baits big fish i use that same principal for jigging and it seems to be working well....

Curious to hear peoples personal opinions and experiences....

Boon

 hello crew this is my first dhu on a metal jig off bunno. On the brand new combo hahha not bad for first time out jigging :D

Hey All

just wondering if anyone could give me some tips and tricks to jigging i am 100% new to jigging.

i have bought some of them new squid chaser bait and some metal jigs.

and have a few rods i use for everything to use

Thanks In Advance  

 Hey folks, I recently busted my T-curve jig rod for the second time.  First time was replaced on warranty, this time I high-sticked it but I reckon the blanks are too brittle for this application anyway.  

So I'm going to pull the guides off it and make my own.  

Looking for suggestions for a 50-80lb jig-rod blank.  I've previously used a Calstar Grafighter blank to make a GT rod and that thing is just unbreakable but do they make a blank suitable for jigging?  I found some info on the net but that was from 2003 and no doubt improvements have been made since then.   Extra points if you've got a decent recipe for a jig rod as well.  

cheers,

Steve 

 Hi all,

wondering where you suggest I try, for an upgraded power handle, to suit a shimano Talica.

not wanting to spend massive $, as it is more for cosmetics / bling factor than anything, but something with a longer arm to generate more cranking power would be nice. 

Have looked at eBay of course, as well as aliexpress.

any suggestions for where some jigging style upgrade handles and knobs could be found, at half reasonable prices, would be greatly appreciated

scano

Hey Crew,

Chasing opinions on a soft plastics spin rod. Will be used in 30m-90m chasing demersals. Rod will be matched to a Twinpower 5000 running PE2.5, jig weights 2oz-4oz. Looking at lengths between 6.0-6.6.

At this stage looking at a budget of around $300-$500.

Appreciate any feedback.

Cheers

Boydy.

 Hi wondring if anyones got some feedback on using WFT strong 8 ply braid looks like might be ok for jigging thanks in advance

Looking for some setup advice from the Demersal soft plastic enthusiast on this site.

Have been converted to metal jigging over the past couple of seasons and have now started to get good results on most ventures out to sea, normally fishing NOR in the 30 – 50 m depths. Current setup for OH is a Saltiga 15H running pe3 on an old Jigwrex pe4 rod and for spin, a Sustain 5000 on an Azusa pe3-4 rod, both with a couple of meters of 60 lb FC leader. Leaning towards the OH setup for metals.

I want to start having a crack with the soft plastics and take out 2 setups, one for Metals and one for Plackies. From reading as much as I can from this site about the subtle differences in these 2 types of Jigging, would appreciate any feedback as to the suitability of either of the above 2 setups for plastics.

Also have a Saltiga Game 3500 matched with Saltiga 70S which I have used more as a top water casting outfit. Any thoughts on using this for Jigging Plastics?

Will probably head into one of the site sponsors sites and get some in store help ( ie. Spend lots of money ), but would appreciate any feedback on the above as to the suitability of my current gear.

Any other top tip for a plastics newbie, or a must have placky to throw on a jig head to start out with would be great.

 Hi all over the last few months ive switched to soft plastics for demersables and been getting good results with the abrolis paddles ect. Im wondering if anyone can give a bit of advice on what there getting results on with metal slow jigs for demersables  in the south west. Ive got a small selection from local tackel shops from what they advised but havnt had much luck and put a few hours in on them on spot I know theres fish.

Bit of advice on weights and depths that work ok if people add flash ecters ect to there asit hooks, I know thetes heaps up on the webb already but nothin like local advice cheers in advance for any help.

 Looking to purchase a new jigging rod and for a bit of bottom bouncing as well, was looking at a Murasame Seriola pe6-8, has anybody used them ? Happy with them? Cheers

 Gave them a go the other night in dongara! Fish were going ballistic. But the grubs always came up with the flappy tail hooked through the hook. Even when the fish didn't bite it!!!! Are they needed to be jigged that slow that they just sit in the water? 

Changed to to bait and bagged out in a hour nothing big pinks around 600 dhueys a little bigger

 I've noticed bcf stocking new range of jigs at a low end price. They've got kato jigs (pirate style but hooks look weak and would need trading out) and savage have squish jigs.

Wondering if anyone's had success on these? 

 Hey guys just got back from Bali last week and have always been keen for a fish just never found a good boat well till now. Was there for 3 weeks for my wedding and could not get a break from the wind until of corse the only 2 days I had other commitments. Took till the last day to get out as we had a late flight so I booked the boat for a half day and was so worth it. Went popping in the morning with no luck except a Macky that free jumped over my lure. Round 9 o'clock we went jigging that were the fun started 650g jigs first drop 12kg ruby then of dropped another 3. Back at the harbour by 12 can't wait to get back and give it a proper go now. And to top it off the guide makes his own jigs so got to stock up on them to big thanks to Eddie Trileksono defently nows his shit

 G'day guys,

i know it's been asked a few times already, but can someone point me in the direction of the jigging grounds in 40m just north of Rotto. 

Did it ages ago and now that I have my own boat I'm looking forward to this coming season. 

Cheers

Crap weather this weekend, so after doing the 700 hr service on the Verado, I looked at the fishing gear and decided to upgrade my old Ocea Jigger 1500NPPG drag.

The OJ is a cracker little reel, but its Achilles is the drag, which was always very weak and my thumb has the burn marks to prove it.

I used carbontex sheet and cut the washers with scissors and trimmed with a dremmel.

The thin carbontex sheet matched the original thin dartanium drag washers best....the thin carbontex may have been a bees dick thinner than the original washers, but bloody close.

After a thorough clean of the reel internals, the new carbontex drag washers were lightly greased with cals light drag grease and the new drag went in...all good. Then dicked around with the drag clicker (which consists of a little spring and tiny metal rod that sits inside the shaft.....that you need to hold in while screwing down the drag knb without it springing across the shed never to be found again.......)and finally got it together and tested it.........only for it to have less drag than before.....BUGGER!

After spitting the dummy and leaving the shed for a few hours, it finally got the better of me and I went back in a striped it down and checked everything......two things looked like possible issues:

1. The first drag washer needs a large inner hole to clear an inner ridge on the girth gear. If you make it too small, the drag only grabs on the inner bit and gives no drag.....looked close so I dremmeled it out a bit.
2. The next drag washer sits between a plate with tabs.....the thin drag washer lookd like it may result in the tabs bottoming out so I made a new one out of the thicker carbontex sheet you can get.

Back together, this time very quickly (always easier second time!) and hey presto, HEAPS more drag, feels like twice as much as original.

Happy days. Looking forward to testing this sweet little upgraded reel out.

Does anyone use scents for offshore soft plastics used to catch Snapper n Dhu's? Some research shows some crew using the S-factor scent, not sure if its worth it or not.

Cheers.

Caught another liitle Dhu yesterday on jig. 30 metres , same place as I caught my previous only sucesses. A mate was fishing with bait, he dropped a good fish, so we'll never know. Fish were very slow that day, managed a small sambo in the same place also  on jig. Jig was a Haoli king 135g in the Glow stripes. with my own double assists, one with a little lumo squid attached. Gear was a Spheros 5000 with 30lb fins braid , 60lb leader, on a Crostage Majorcraft CRJ-S60/4 PE 1.5-3

Completely new to jigging and looking for some advice.

Over the last few months I've been collecting a few jigs ranging from 90-150 grams, Just wondering if some of you could share a bit of info on these and what I should be using them for and how to jig them.

The more I read the more complex it seems but from what I can gather the two main styles are slow pitch and conventional jigging (fast vertically) for Pelagics.

Will the Knife jigs still work effectively jigged slowly close to the bottom or would I be wasting time?

I was going to use the right hand side first, Probably the top two if there's some pinkys around and the other Three to have a go at some dhus. The other side for Sambos and rat Kings.

Thanks in advance for any info!

 Hi guys, does anyone out there jig with jigs around 20-40g?, just wondering how you guys store these jigs, all the jig wallets i have seen online are for larger jigs, lately all i have been doing is sticking with the same jig till i get bitten off or snagged and bust off then grab a new one out of the packet

Cheers guys

Yewie

looking at a new o/h jigging reel, a saltiga 15h, anyone have any comments on preferences on a round knob or a t bar handle. For and against comments would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.  

 Hi

I'm looking at getting another PE 6 overhead rod and saw the FWA series. They are relatively cheap and was wondering if they are good value or not. Has anyone had any experiences good or bad with these rods?

Cheers

 hi guys,

im having some real trouble trying to source heavy bucktail jigs. I'm looking for 10 or 12oz don't mind if it's feather tail either. I can only find them in U.S. At this stage, if anyone knows where I can find in Aus it would be much appreciated.

 hi everyone, i'm looking at getting myself a light/medium jigging set up and i'm currently looking at the daiwa blast 61S. Just wondering if any members who get into that style of fishing have got 1 or have fished with 1 and what are thier thoughts.

cheers

little clip of our easter amberjack on dimiki jigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMoNvXhZoLs&feature=youtu.be

Anyone who's got a daiwa vadel, what's your thoughts? Specs look like they'll be a reasonably priced quality medium spinner.

http://daiwafishing.com.au/products/vadel/

 has anybody caught king george whiting on 60+ gram jigs before?

I've managed to get myself a daiwa LD50.

What rod is best for this?

It will be used for jigging from 20-50m (mainly 100 ish gram) and at times will serve as a backup bottom fishing outfit (you know, hooks, sinkers, bait) and maybe even a trolling outfit.

It is spooled with 50lb daiwa boat braid.

Thanks 

 Hi fella's, just after some info on an overhead jigging rod for demersals. Want to match it with a Shimano Torium 16HG. Will be running PE5 through it and jig weights of around 100 - 250g. Any advice would be great cheers.

Hi,

I tie my own twin hook assists for metro  demersal jigging ( 100-150g jigs ) and include a squid skirt. Using YGK 20 and 2'0 Decoy type R hooks.

My problem is that the assist hooks often tangle either just above the jig or on jig itself.

After any tips to prevent this 

Cheees for advice.

Joycey