Jigging CUvier Pins
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Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 7:03pm
Topic: Jigging CUvier Pins
Posted By: PukeFisher
Subject: Jigging CUvier Pins
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 9:38pm
after jigging the pins out by cuvier yesterday all I could get was small rats I fished the three shallow pins on the eastern side all between 30m - 50m is this the wrong time of year to be jigging these pins or does my technique only attract smaller models as am not the best and still learning  ????
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Posted By: Garry 23041
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 7:47am
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Don't know about that area but sometimes I go out to my spots and there is nobody home. Go back next day and it might be busy or sometimes it goes quiet for weeks. There are a lot of kings cruising in shallow at this time of year. It's the slow time where I jig (mostly about 70-90m) but I still pick up a fish to eat most trips. I do have to work at it more for sure. Keep marking good structure while you look around and expand your places to look so you make the most of each trip. Once you have a good network of structure (if the area has some options) you can go from mark to mark and give yourself more chance of spotting even a bit of bait with a few kings on it. I have one area that is pretty small but I still have 6-8 marks on it so I can check all the high points and in between easily. Last trip out, last tues I found a few kings hanging in the mid water half way between two of my marks and pulled a good eater out of that. No bait in that spot just a handfull of kings probably cruising between pins. I spent 20 mins in that spot on my way out and it was slow but a bit of bait (mid day as well) so I went on to another spot that was just dead. So I went back and worked all my marks and between them in the first area and came away with a fish. That's working pretty hard for me. In terms of size, some days it's a numbers game or you have to move on. If you are jigging fish into the boat you are good to go, just practice. I hope this makes some sense sorry for the waffle............I was out late last night. |
Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 9:22am
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There is a lot of small kings in the red mercs to Cuvier area when we went out a few weeks ago. And even more couta . As said previously the kings move from pin to pin chasing bait so it may be that the small kings are in Bigger jig= bigger fish? There is probably nothing wrong with the technique. Just keep moving spots until you find the bigger ones |
Posted By: Bossco
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 11:38am
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Usually manage to get at least legal fish on those pins but nothing huge. It's a bit hard when your on your own but sometimes waiting for someone to hook up on a rat then dropping down a bigger livie can get the bigger models into predatory mode. |