Wow

[mrfishy]

this looks interesting, Chip/Arlen have yall tryed these yet.
www.lucanusjig.com

13 days til I have something new to spend my money on

[ice cream man]

Not that impressed. Sounds like a marketing plan from Shimano to sell you on another style of jigging..... I'm sticking with my Trevela setups.......ICM

[mrfishy]

yea I watched the video after I posted this and it looked pretty stupid

Ill still probably try one or 2 eventually

[Squid]

yea I watched the video after I posted this and it looked pretty stupid

Ill still probably try one or 2 eventually

That jig is primarilly a cold water (NE and west coast) fishery. They're using them to catch all kinds of snapper, wolf fish, and those other funny looking fish y'all have in those areas. Not a lot of field testing has been done in NC or on the SE coast as of yet. I heard a rumor that they were going to try to work with Jimmy Price on them to see if they'll catch a flounder/redfish. With the technique and looks of the jigs, I feel sure they'll catch a flattie---the water just has to warm up a LOT to see if this is the case.

The jigs themselves are pretty cool but at the same time very "strange" looking---some of them very heavy (up to 7 oz.). The concept on the hooks will be hard for us to grasp though---they come with VERY small owner hooks with the biggest size being a 1/0. The technique to fish them is such that the fish gnaws on the jig as it comes off the bottom and he's several feet off the bottom before he realizes he's hooked. I personally saw pictures of grouper and snapper the guys caught on the jigs and tiny hooks in the gulf so they really do work and will hold up. Not to mention the 20 lb. braid they were using! It's definitely not a physical strength type fishing but more technique (which is what the Japanese are all about).

It's definitely a cool idea and fishery--another technique that was developed in Japan and adapted to the US--and not just another gimmick. It will however take some further research to see if they will in fact work here in NC and surrounding states but we'll see what happens when summer rolls around here.

[gottaflylee]

Squid, I got to put my hands on some the other week and I will say they are definitely cool. I also under stand that the jigs work very well in current, which we have at times...
I love the look and the look is somewhere a cross between a squid and a crab...ya think the Red Grouper will eat them...
Hard to believe how heavy they are, the small one was over 8 ozs and the larger one was almost 16 ozs I think. I am looking forward to putting these puppies to work, they definitely have a place on my boat, just as always, hate to spend that kind of money again this year... I feel like Gradywhite here...

[tunatamer4]

What gets me is that something under water should be HYDRODYNAMIC not AERODYNAMIC.