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Old 02-02-2020, 02:25 PM
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Default Re: Jigging blackfish

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Originally Posted by bigal427 View Post
The guys I watched on party boats just let it lay there with slack in there line. How can you feel a bite if it's slack?

your looking for the line to move more than looking for a thump like on a conventional rig.
Most jig bites feel like when I blackfish is scratching a normal rig.
Its more suttle.

reason you feel a thump on a normal rig is the fish has taken the slack and it starts to pull the sinker, as he is leaving with the bait.
many times that resistance makes him drop the bait.

with a jig they pick it up and are swimming off resistance free.
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