Virgins - and the Art of Seductive Jigging

[Sea Draggin]

Last weekend Zack and I had the pleasure of introducing two special guests to the impact, the pleasure, the challenge and the pain of vertical jigging.

Age before beauty The first of jigging virgins was my dad. Now dad and I have fought our share of 300-600lb tuna. Some of the battles we have won and some we have lost. But I had something different in store for him this day. He was putting on a roof the next day though, so I guess I went too easy on him.

Our other special guest was Z's neighbors 12 year old son Chris. Chris' daddy is off hunting bad buys with the marines in Iraq, so Z decided we were going to take care of this young man for the day. There were so many great things to say about this kid. He is polite, easy going, enthusiastic and most of all, a natural born jigger. Within 3 minutes we had him jigging and he was going at better than some folks that have been doing it for a while. He is a pure natural.

We put out the high speed and jogged into our first number of the day getting Chris his first ever wahoo. The rest of the day was a jack smackdown. I'm guessing we released about 2000lbs.

I have about 20 minutes of good video, but it will take me a few weeks to get my desktop set up to be able to process it.

Chris' high speed wahoo.


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[paul708]

SWEEET.
great way to breakem in.
looks like they had a blast.
the bent rods look great.

[mythosbeer]

Awsome Jim! Look slike they had a blast and I'm sure you and Zack did also.

btw, I think it would be impossible not to pick your dad out of a lineup...you guys look just alike

Mitch

[gottaflylee]

Great job Jim and crew, nice to see you got then. You and your dad look like brothers...

[gman]

Jim one of the better threads in a long time, we forget sometimes it's not about kill shots all the time. Good times with friends, family and new experiences are priceless. Congrats on a great day on the water

[Ponce]

Great report and pictures Jim, I'll echo Gman's comments. There is not much better than a day on the water with family and friends.

[Jared D]

Stellar. I love your reports...

And I must admit, I am addicted to your jigging video's. They are the best one's I have found on the web. I can't wait for a new one.

[Sea Draggin]

I can't wait for a new one.

I watched the raw footage from the trip last night. You guys will love Chris. I have got some great material to work with.

[Custom Canvas]

Awesome photos Jim.

Thanks for the report I know Chris will love the video.....


I had a blast!

Zack

[CFScheer]

good stuff Jim...I can't really think of a better way to show respect to what fishing brings you than taking your own dad and a kid whose dad isn't able to take him fishing right now out for a solid day on the water....looks like it was a good one at that!

much respect - Cassidy