Gmans intro to Vertical jigging

[gman]

Glen,
I live in Union County[Elizabeth],you live in Fairfield right?Rich

Yes Rich i am in Fairfield not to far away

[proteus_x3]

Yes Rich i am in Fairfield not to far away

Maybe one day I'll see you out on the water! Hopefully next week I'm going to take a drive down to see Paul708's at his shop.Paul has been very generous and offered to help me select a blank for a jigging rod in my budget that will be right for me.From what I have read on this forums and many others the rod should be around 5'6" and the action should be slow and parabolic,personally I don't have an opinion yet because this style of jigging is completely new to me. The only jigging I've done is for Fluke[bucktails] Stripes/blues[diamond jigs and Megabait] throw some heavy diamond jigs for tuna,but that got tiring quickly with heavy gear.I built a heavy jigging rod for Mudhole Bluefin on a Seeker Rod blank 670H-8 ,fast action with line class 30-80lbs and paired it with a Avet JX 6/3,it worked pretty well on small bft but it's still heavy and hard on your back.

Could I ask you for some more advice? I would greatly appreciate additional peals of wisdom you wish too share.Since I don't go out for the really big fish[well not yet anyway ] I thought that I could build a spinning rod with a line class of 60-80lbs , my max drag would be around 30lbs[Shimano Saragosa 14000] lure wt from 150-350 .I know a good fishing rod nothing more than a tool to catch fishing.And like any tool it's has a specific purpose or use,some tool can cross-over and do a little extra but none can't do everything well.So maybe I'm smoking"crack" when I think I could build a rod that I can use for both "blue water" and " inshore fishing"

[jonobless]

Very Very nice post Gman.I live in Jamaica and I'm verry facinated with jigging,spent a few bucks on some nice shimano gear but was losing too many jigs to the toothy fellows so basically gave up.Too expensive.How do u deal with these toothy guys?

[gman]

Very Very nice post Gman.I live in Jamaica and I'm verry facinated with jigging,spent a few bucks on some nice shimano gear but was losing too many jigs to the toothy fellows so basically gave up.Too expensive.How do u deal with these toothy guys?

you have two options

you cant use a wire trace but honestly i believe it reduces bites completely or you can buy the cheapest jigs you can find as most bites are reactionary bites based on the action of the jig not the color

If you are just losing the assist hook some companies make a metal assist wire as well

[XpatBubba]

New to this forum, great info. Saves me a lot of questions.
Bubba

[Sea Draggin]

New to this forum, great info. Saves me a lot of questions.
Bubba

Welcome to the forum. Don't be afraid to ask. Lots of good folks to answer your questions.

[arjay]

Great thread - have joined since spotting a pointer to the tread on the net. Been jigging here since way back but it has gone to a whole new level in recent times.
Pic of small Kingfish attached

[liveline]

Hello Glen

Very nice post. It provides great info and hopefully more guys will get a chance to visit NC and find out what a large AJ feels like on a jig.

Hope to see you down in Wilmington some time soon. There are still some 60 inch fish waiting.

Captain Mike
Live Line

[gman]

Thanks Mike i will be down there shortley

[Gally]

Yes, this has been a great thread - thanks Gman. I'm in the Cayman Islands and we have some very deep drop-offs down here; so I am looking forward to doing some deep sea jigging to see what's down there ... Of course I will keep you informed. Once again thanks for all of the detailed technical info - this will go along way to aide me in my rig selection.



Gally