Gmans intro to Vertical jigging

[gman]

Any one of you "experts " out there on vertical jigging, I live down in South Africa and very interested in learning this new sport,been fishing a long time convectional deep sea style, I however do a lot of fishing of a Jet ski's equipped with sounders ect. Can any one give advice or feedback on the do's and don't , on practicing vertical jigging on a jet ski. Really looking forward to some comment before going all the way.


Manny Thanks Guys

PM Nepptune on here he is a good friend of mine and is from Cape Town South Africa as well

[Double D]

Great thread gman!

One question - what butt length do you like on a spinning jig rod? From the pics, they appear pretty long.

[gman]

Great thread gman!

One question - what butt length do you like on a spinning jig rod? From the pics, they appear pretty long.

Thank you Double D ... I don't have a lot of comparasin's but don't believe they are long. The length from butt to reel seat is 17" to actual reel stem is 19" on average

[Van Wildonher]

I have a couple of questions. I'm going to try my luck jigging, I have a Fin-Nor Offshore OFC30L that I'm going to use. It says it can hold up to 365 yards of 40# Mono. What size Daiwa braid should I get for it? Also, I don't have any solid rings... can I attach using two split rings or directly to the swivel or wouldn't that work so well?

Thanks.

[Sea Draggin]

80lb Daiwa braid.

You can connect straight to the swivel, then connect your hook to the other end of the swivel. Use your split ring to connect your jig to the swivel.

[Van Wildonher]

The 330 yard spool? Or should I save up and get the bigger spool in order to fill the reel?

[GALAZIO]

Glenn... thanks! One of the most informative threads I have seen! I started "experimenting" a couple years ago with this style fishing and have the conventional and later, spinning gear to show for trying to figure it out on your own. New comers to Vert Jigging... take this post to the bank, it is worth more than what's in your wallet!

(please keep this one up top... I'll be coming back to it many times)

...and to the jet-ski jigger in South Africa, maybe Gman can describe how he utilizes the coming pads/gunnels of the boat as a leverage point...

[gman]

Glenn... thanks! One of the most informative threads I have seen! I started "experimenting" a couple years ago with this style fishing and have the conventional and later, spinning gear to show for trying to figure it out on your own. New comers to Vert Jigging... take this post to the bank, it is worth more than what's in your wallet!

(please keep this one up top... I'll be coming back to it many times)

...and to the jet-ski jigger in South Africa, maybe Gman can describe how he utilizes the coming pads/gunnels of the boat as a leverage point...

Thank you very much what part of Texas are you from? I basically lived and fished there for about 5 years. Worked in Sugerland area fished Freeport, POC and PA.

Ha Ha the best part on the boat is the coming pads, dig your knees in and lean back from that point. By days end our knees are wrecked hahhah

[regue]

Thank you so much Gman, as I'm a spanish speaker I'll make some mistakes but... your article is in my blog as I traslated for my friends, my wife and I love jigging and read everything about, we never 've found such a huge explanation in one article.

[WAHOONBOX]

I MUST SAY THIS SHOULD RANK IN THE TOP....THE TOP....NOT THE TOP TEN THREADS OF ALL TIME ...BUT RANK # ONE UNO IN TIP/INFO, THREADS, POSTING, ETC ON ANY INTERENT FISHING FORUM! I TIP MY RIGGERS TO YA!


I SPENT THE WEE HRS OF THE MORN CHILLING OUT HERE...
PRETTY FREAKING WORK THERE G.......