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Here's a few pics from today that Adz hasn't chucked up.

Headed out until we found something

Drop, lift, on!

Nice greyband cod

Next drop was Ad'z turn

Go the Ruby's

Next drop for me, hit on the drop just off the bottom, good fish!

Not.

One more drop, just to nail a ruby.

Home early, not a bad day at all. Cheers Adz.

Hello fishermen

I need advice to choose my next new rod.

I'm hesitate between 3 rods.

- Zenaq FS53-16

- Valley Hill exploder Mogi Special 53XXS

- Smith WRC Nirai 55S

I have a stella 20000SW and JB 80lbs hollow core braid and I jig with 150-200 g lures.

thank you for your help anglers

Loic

What is everyone using at the moment for demersal jigging? Will be chasing a couple of rods in the not too distant future and just trying to get an idea of what's out there. Got my eye on a couple of MC works rods but they're damn near impossible to get hold of so need some alternatives. Will be looking at one for PE2 and 120-150g ish jigs and PE3 and 180-200g ish jigs. Length wise between 5'7" - 6' Price not an issue.

I just got a Torsa 30 and was wondering if i could get some opinions on what i should put it on to go jigging ?

i have never been jigging before and am very keen to get into it.

any suggestions? :)

The long await for the first of my two jigging trips to the Three Kings this year the home of monster bass and thumping kings had finally turned into reality.
This year I was heading there with Chris Wong owner of BCS Enterprises the man behind the amazing new jigging products branded Jigstar, also Roy and Linda from Jigstar in South Africa and Brad Burden from Jigstar Australia, Rob from Sydney and Jason from New Zealand friends of Chris.
For some that dont know the Three Kings is a group of islands that lies roughly 50nm northwest of Cape Reinga in New Zealand, it is home to some of the best possibly live aboard fishing that New Zealand has to offer.
After my amazing trip last year aboard Enchanter owned and operated by Lance with his deckhand and second skipper Steve I could not recommend a better jigging platform and crew to assist us in our journey to where us mad jiggers like to call Jurassic Park.

We boarded the boat in Monganui and began the long journey north, the weather wasn't looking the best for the trip so we had to make the most of the time we had.
We were lucky enough to get few hours of jigging in on the King Bank on the first afternoon, the kings where on fire with some great fish landed on the first afternoon.

Chris with some amazing kings landed on the first afternoon on a new Jigstar prototype 100-150 gram rod, these are some serious kings for a rod of this class.







Robs goal was to land a king fish over 30kg this was soon broken on the first afternoon, after his trip late last year to the Ranfurly Banks with his biggest at 29kg he was a happy man.



Roy had a hard day on the first day hooking a few freight trains that ended up in tears in the reef below, after a couple of beers he was back into it.





Roy was testing out a new Jigging Master Amberjack Sniper Deep and assured us he didn't get railed but this photo proves him wrong, sorry Roy !



After making the long journey from South Africa I dont think that Linda knew what she had got herself in for, she proved us all wrong on the first day coming up with a couple of solid kings just under the 30kg mark.

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Jason with a couple of kings for the first day including one that had been tagged and released before.





Brad managed the only puka on the first day that was living where we would not normally find them, lucky for the puka it was caught in shallower water so it was lucky enough to be released to fight another day.





A couple of my kings from the first day, when the jigging is on fire we are too busy to take photos as we must drop our jigs straight back down so we have to limit the number of photos taken.





Day 2 we headed out to the Middlesex Bank where we would spend the day targeting king fish, the weather was a bit rough and got rougher as the day went on but we had an amazing day on the kings landing a few over 30kg and one over 40kg, with multiple hook ups all day and fish every drop it was by far the best days jigging I have ever seen, we will let the photos do the talking.







Rob with the second biggest king for the trip that wasn't far of 40kg.







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The following three fish I managed to land was on the last three drops at the end off the day when it had cut up rather rough and there was just Brad and myself left jigging !







On the very last drop of the day Brad came up with this donkey weighing around 44kg.



Day 3 we had some huge seas and decided to stay close to home and have a jig and test some new Jigstar stick baits around the Princes Group, unfortunately the kings were nowhere to be seen so we shot out to a handy bass spot in 180m of water, I managed to get smashed on the reef by something with bad intentions and no other fish were landed so we headed back early to have a fish at anchor around the Three King Islands.
We had a heap of fun on light tackle landing some kings not far off 20kg and also Brad landing one on a stick bait after hours of trying.

Day 4 was the last of our fishing days with the weather looking rather good Lance came up with the plan to head out to the King Bank to try and get some bass for the freezer.
After a very slow start and not many fish at the first couple of spots we moved down the reef hoping things would get better, and they certainly did as you are about to see, Roy was first up with a kingie.



Then we managed a few bluenose in around 160m of water, very hard jigging with 400-500 gram jigs when the fish are not biting !







Check out the colours on this small bass.



Then the bigger bass started to come on the bite the first up was this one I got at over 40kg.

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Next drift Roy and myself found ourselves hooked up to some more solid fish and two more bass over 40kg were boated !

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Jason was next up with another nice bass with Brad and myself also on the same drift.

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Chris found it very hard to get onto the bass and seemed to be hooking kings all day, hooked up to another.



Linda got on the board with her first bass.

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On the last drift while winding up Brad had something jump all over his jig, all of a sudden he found himself hooked up to a freight train as you can see by the look on his face he was hanging on for his life.





After a fight time of around 30mins a huge bass that we named Burt popped up about 30m from the boat, it was soon dragged in and turned out to be a massive bass weighing in at 81kg, possibly the largest ever caught on a jig.

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As you can see the Three Kings is a place where you go if you are a serious jigger, it is no place for tackle under 80lb as you never no what you are going to hook it could be the 40+ kg king fish of a lifetime so dont even bother dropping the lighter gear down out on the banks.

If you have any questions about fishing the Three Kings please feel free to PM me for any info I am more than happy to help.

All photos are property of Chris Wong from BCS Enterprises in New Zealand please contact Chris or myself if you wish to use any of the above photos for any advertising purpose.

Cheers Coxy

hi guys

I am looking to buy my first jigging rod, I will be pairing it with a spinning reel, my budget is a bit tight so any recomendations on a rod for around $200 ?

I have been looking at the shimano T curve deep jig spinning rod 400 but the cheapest I have seen it is $295, if there is nothing decent for $200 I might just have to wait a month or two until I can get the cash together, any opinions on this shimano rod ?

thanks

D

I was wondering if any stores has any evergreen caprice jigs in stock?
or any online stores that people buy them from ?
or should i just go with fankys?
 

Cheers Duffman

 weather permitting .. we might be throwing a few of the boats in down this way to have a second look out wide .. mostly jigging and baits in the 120m with maybe a dhu jig on the way out .. going to try trooling in the 120m areas as well  

usuall chip ins of fuel and ice etc .. and bait if you want to use it  .. not sure how many spots we can take but ill be looking for 3 for my boat alone. 

P.M. if interested

anyone used these lures ?? im thinking about trying the 8" size ones but no idea on where to find them or if they are any good ?

is there a stockest in WA ?? ive looked on thier website and cant find anyone  

hi everyone,

just wanted to ask about the daiwa monster mesh max ( white and blue colour) 

how are they compared to the older ones. ? anyone had a go with them yet ?

thinking of pairing it with my Ryobi safari 5000A. so a Pe 4-5 rod ???? 

 feel free to comment.

Cheers 

Hey guys,

I recently purchased a ATC VX Max 20-50lb Jig rod and was thinking about putting either a Diawa Exceller 6500 or 4500 reel but a mate is pushing me to get a Fin-Nor OFS.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks Watto

Cribbed from another forum, apparently this is a pic of the new 2011 Jap catalog.

Who is getting one first? Dazsamfishing perhaps?

Its again an upgrade to the Trinidad A reels, extra bearings, black spool, black handle & "exciting drag sound", whatever that is.

hi guys,

I'm slowing upgrading my gear before my trip to the Montes in September. I havnt got a million bucks to play with as I'm still saving some dosh for the trip. I just bought a Saltist 6500H for some bottom bouncing and throwing plugs for GT's, and I'm now on the hunt for a reel to jig with. The saltist LD20 looks like good bang for your buck, and I was wondering if I could get away with trawling with it as well? Looking at some other posts going bigger in the LD range will be too wide to jig with. Having said that would the 6500 suffice for trawling also?

Any advice would help. Cheers Camo

 I have noticed not too many FW members rig up additional hooks (extra assist, single tail hooks) on to their knife jigs when jigging for dermersals.

Is this frowned apon within the jigging elitist?;

or is it a pain in the balls with too much gear affecting the way the jig swims?;

or is it not required?;

are there rules as to how many hooks you are allowed to attach to your jig?

Your thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Hi, I have a few questions if anyone can point me in the right direction,i live in the pilbara so don't really have acess to tackle shops that have anything to do with jigging, i have a Stella 20000SW that i want to get ready for next sambo season, i was wondering what braid would be recommended and if i could buy and spool myself or if i should get it spooled up at a tackle shop next time i am in perth also when is the best time to plan a trip (fish numbers and weather wise)

Like many other's we headed out monday for a Jiggy Jig and all i can say is my back is still feeling it, we boated 13 between us and lost a couple to sharks but overall the men in grey stayed away. Here's a few Pics

Cheers

Hi Guys

Currently looking for 3 guys to join us for a 7 day jigging trip to the Three Kings on board Enchanter in May.
Last year we had huge success with 3 fish over 40kg and about 15 over 30kg and many more.
Being a 7 day trip we will have heaps of time, the plan will be lots of jigging for kingies and bass towards the end of the trip, a couple of half days casting stick baits and poppers around the Princes group, some light tackle for kings and trevs around the Three Kings Islands, as many sword drifts at night as the weather allows, as much squid fishing at night as you would like, we will be trolling for marlin everywhere we go and possibley do some live baiting for marlin as well if they happen to be around.
A few photos below from our trip last year so you no what you would be in for, anyone interest please PM me for more details.





























Cheers Coxy

Has there been any success on and around the Gemini of late? Have not got time to hit Rotto and surrounds tomorrow so i am thinking the Gemini might hold some sambos. Any reports.

im looking for a few pointers/tips for a deep water jigging reel. id like to get sumthing with good line capacity. 500ish of 80lb an 20kg and sum of drag. more of a DONT ARGUE sort of thing

right
i've asked a few people in the know , this same question , but everyone has different opinions
i have a stella 8000 for my mid range jigger
i need a dedicated sambo outfit for the season
do i pony up on a new reel and rod , or can i get away with the SOM 16000 spool for the 8000 and just get a new rod to suit. would be running 80lb +
it's the cheaper and preferable way for me.
what do you think???

Anybody rate these rods? Had a bit of a play but a bit hesitant to lay down the cash for a product that doesnt seen to have attracted much interest. Anyone running them?

Here are some pic's of my Custom Synit DeepShot Seriola Elite series overhead rod being built. These are all extra options you can upgrade to when ordering a Synit Deepshot.  

SYNIT DS SERIOLA  5.1 180g -550g  Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 22kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE5 - PE10, jig range 180 - 550g

Hope you like what you see.......I will be breaking this rod in on some Samson in Fremantle in January and some Kingfish at White Island in NZ over New Years. i will also take it to Portland to have a go jigging some Bluefin Tuna mid next year. It is a very versatile rod due to the the jig range. Lighter jigs for targeting tuna and heavier jigs when targeting Kingfish or Samson in deepwater and strong currents.

These are the Specs for the Full DeepShot range

DS150 5.5 Spin and Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 9kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE1 - PE3, jig range 80-250g

DS250 5.2 Spin and Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 13kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE3 - PE5, jig range 150 - 350g

DS350 5.2 Spin and Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 16kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE5 - PE8, jig range 200 - 450g

DS350 4.9 Short Barrel Spin and Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 16kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE5 - PE8, jig range 200 - 450g

DS450 5.2 Spin and Synit Antacid Spiral wrap
Max 20kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE6- PE10, jig range 250 - 600g

DS SERIOLA  5.1 180g -550g  Spin and Synit Antacid spiral wrap
Max 22kg Drag at 45 degrees, PE5 - PE10, jig range 180 - 550g

hi im wondering what the best rod and rell is for jigging for a beginner becoz im now gonna became an dedicated fisherman and im wondering if i can get tips of lures to use ans rods and reels to use for jigging espically for sambo.

Thanks

Michael

Hey guys,

Was thinking of going out to the Hillarys Patch in the next few weeks but was not sure if it would be worth it considering the issue with sharks atm. Can anyone give a clue as to whether the sharks are dying down at all out there - or if its still a struggle just to land 1 fish .

Any info would be appreciated,

Cheers. 

The first 4 are Sam C with the Synit Deepshot Seriola with 10, 15, 21 and 25lb weights, SOM L120 model's own as they say.

The next 5 are me with the same rod, shot in front of the wall instead of the gate. Its loaded with 10, 15, 20, 24 & 27lb across the snaps.

Heading out tomorrow for a jig as well as some tuna and I've caught a couple of y/tail kings from West End so a bit of everything and I've got the co ords of a few new wrecks to try out. Anyone keen? give me a call. Price $180 for F/W dudes. Regards, Craig 0427280770

Weather looking good. Have 6 so need 3 more.

Before I start with my question can I just say this forum is an amazing source of information. I've found the advice that has been posted here by all the members invaluable, the "search" button has become my best friend!

I have a question to the forum members who use the Slim Beauty Knot to join mono leader to braid. I find the knot very easy to tie, very strong and, as the name suggests, very slim. However, when I use it on heavier line (50lb braid and 80lb leader) I find the figure eight formed when tightening the double overhand knot in the leader does not close properly, it stays slightly open no matter how hard I tighten. Doesn't seem to affect the knot strength but is a bit disconcerting. Has anyone else experienced the same issue? Are there any other ways to finish off the knot so that the mono knot does tighten? I use Black Magic leader.

Thanks in advance.

WM

anyone been out in last couple of days? not long now til our trip over

getting anxious, they dont seem to be firing yet....

are the recent reports with the sharks etc from the patches that the charter boats hit? we will be out with bluejuice again this year