A Preference for Jigging

[Bruce Litton]

Maybe live herring for walleye & hybrids on the drops is getting old for me, but we did catch some fish, none of them very big. (Trying to add photos of a couple of them with this post.) All we caught jigging Binskys was a rock bass for me, but I think I better enjoyed the attempt, although the bite that had lasted an hour or so when setting bait lines was interesting. Looked forward to doing more jigging tomorrow, but have had to cancel. Maybe next fall all we'll do is jig.

[thmyorke1]

jigging is real fun something cool about a lure 20+ feet straight down below you suddenly getting hit and cranking it all the way back up.

[bunker dunker]

everyone that jigs has their own take.there are so many jigs to try like blades ,swims,spoons,rattles,darters and my favorite the jigging rapala.its really all about what the fish want,were they are and what you are most confident with.
the best advise is to keep going till you can put a pattern together that is good for you and catches fish.

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

jigging is real fun something cool about a lure 20+ feet straight down below you suddenly getting hit and cranking it all the way back up.

It's even better when you're in 1500' of water offshore and your jig suddenly stops less than 150' down, followed by the sudden dumping of your reel by a fat yellowfin tuna... OOOOooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee!

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

It's even better when you're in 1500' of water offshore and your jig suddenly stops less than 150' down, followed by the sudden dumping of your reel by a fat yellowfin tuna... OOOOooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee!

LOL, yes!

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

It's even better when you're in 1500' of water offshore and your jig suddenly stops less than 150' down, followed by the sudden dumping of your reel by a fat yellowfin tuna... OOOOooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee!

We did that in Florida just beyond the reef. Found king mackerel in 85 feet of water, jigging at medium retrieve up the column. My biggest--about 18 pounds--hit about a third of the way up. Terrific run!

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by bunker dunker

everyone that jigs has their own take.there are so many jigs to try like blades ,swims,spoons,rattles,darters and my favorite the jigging rapala.its really all about what the fish want,were they are and what you are most confident with.
the best advise is to keep going till you can put a pattern together that is good for you and catches fish.

I'll probably never get to an advanced stage with the jigs, but I did start with the Ice Jig and the Gotchas. I caught a hybrid on one of my Gotchas, same I use for Spanish mackerel when in NC, from Avon Pier. (We swim/sweep them there, rod lowered below the rail; you sweep/jerk it upside down.) Once I started using the Binsky, I pretty much fully committed to it. Have caught walleye, pickerel, crappie, perch, rock bass jigging the drops with it, but after this recent trip...I started to think about the Ice Jig again.

[icebadger]

Bruce i have been using rippin raps and jigging raps near structure and have only been catching perch. It is difficult to keep my canoe steady over the structure that i want to fish, if the canoe moves too much the line scopes out away from the canoe and i have a hard time seeing it on my sonar. those blade baits are heaver as well as the larger jiggin raps but you have to be careful not to get hung up that can get expensive.

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by icebadger

Bruce i have been using rippin raps and jigging raps near structure and have only been catching perch. It is difficult to keep my canoe steady over the structure that i want to fish, if the canoe moves too much the line scopes out away from the canoe and i have a hard time seeing it on my sonar. those blade baits are heaver as well as the larger jiggin raps but you have to be careful not to get hung up that can get expensive.

Ice Badger, 12 years ago in Maine, we fished Green Lake from a canoe rigged with a portable Humminbird & we located lake trout 63 feet down. We got Kastmasters among them--never got hit--but man, I had to backpaddle the canoe as my son jigged and vice versa. It was really hard positioning. in the canoe, but we did get jigs down there.