Shimano Jigwerx rod
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Printed Date: 28 Jan 2026 at 3:47am
Topic: Shimano Jigwerx rod
Posted By: Finatic
Subject: Shimano Jigwerx rod
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2007 at 3:42pm
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Saw one of these at Just Fishin on the Shore yesterday. Looked good, felt great which is even better. Being 5'2", it's a fairly short rod with plenty of grunt.
My question is � What style of jigging is a rod like this most suited to? ------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2007 at 3:45pm
| mechnical style jigging for kings and snapper |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2007 at 4:56pm
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for snapper in 30mts to get the jig to move you would have to use braid and a fair bit of arm movement, but having the better action to deal to a decent size fish sure helps when the going gets hot...... |
Posted By: Finatic
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2007 at 5:11pm
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I intend to use braid and most my forays would be around the inner gulf, so probably not going to need such a stump puller... I've got an old Penn Mariner and a Penn Kingfisher (think that's what it's called), both fairly heavy action, that I could put into service for that, I guess. Cheers. ------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
Posted By: JBoffshore
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2007 at 5:10pm
| i bought one of these a couple of days ago. used primarily for speed jigging long jigs so the rod length is less of a consideration. going to be fishing an acccurate boss reel on it with 24kg braid. awesome set up. |
Posted By: phantomdeviant
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 11:03am
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Those Jigwerx rods are solid man. Shimano seam to have put fairly conservative line ratings on them too. eg their rated 6-10kilo is probably more like a 24kilo. Mean looking blanks, very thick in the walls ------------- Skirt Pulla |
Posted By: Elpescador
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2007 at 9:54am
| These are quite slow in action and therefore put alot of action on the jig i used one this year at white and found it ok, But once hooked up it put alot of pressure on the angler the deep jig 400 is quicker and once hooked up was alot more comfortable on the angler .Once i had used both the deep jig was by far the more powerful fish mover! |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:28pm
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anyone seen or used these rods? http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/default.php?cPath=21_38_50_285 |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:37pm
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or one of these.... price in US$ http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_38_56_303&products_id=1186 |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:38pm
| bad things happen to my bank account when I look at that website! |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:44pm
sure got lots of nice bling eh mozz Boulder probably has it in his "favourites"  |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:52pm
Rude HUA you have never even met me or seen my toys  But sadly you are correct------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">  http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
kaveman wrote:Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 2:56pm
dont worry Boulder, you can show me your toys when we go chasing the kingies will have to have a look at one of those Synit rods you have, they sound like they are the bees knees from all accounts i NEED a new deep water sp rod  |
Posted By: chopsticks
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 4:18pm
Had one I bought for an intended popping trip for Giant Trevally. The Komodo Dragon is a high end serious weapon designed to throw heavy poppers and fight big GT's in rough terrain. It's rated 80-130lb. You could literally pull stumps with it.
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Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 4:36pm
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I have the Shimano jig rod 400 with a torsa30 spooled to the lip with Jig star braid 37kg but these days I prefer a prototype jig rod Shimano built for WS Lauries that fell into my hands and I use my Avet Hoo-X 2 speed on that with againg 500m 37kg Jigstar braid.
The rod is a bit longer than the 400 and a bit softer in the tip but the extra length gets the jig moving very quick. The balance of the set allows me to jig Japanese style in a lift,wind lift wind manner for a good while before its time for a rest.
Plus the lugs on the reel allow me to power up when hooked up by clipping on the harness
PS Finatic if you want it, pop round and have a look at my torsa set as I could be tempted to sell it  .------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz"> http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 4:43pm
Yeah I fondled some at a Japanese Jigging Exhibition recently. Just another Japanese jig rod if you know what I mean? There is plenty of neat stuff there but alot is probably too delicate for us ham fisted kiwi blokes. I shudder to think of the potential for busted rods returning from guys not used to graphite rods on our over sized kingies  ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Finatic
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 5:08pm
Could be keen Boulder ... Just waiting on some prices for a Saltist 30T from the US.------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 9:13pm
I see when they were trialling this model, they caught and landed 60kg G/Ts in 5minutes. Serious pulling power  |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2007 at 9:55pm
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I saw one of those Komodo rods used in anger 2 years ago in Indonesia and it landed a huge GT out of 3m of water. Serious bits of Japanese bling matched with a top end reel.
the voices say buy it Kaveman
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2007 at 10:29am
More your style mozz havent got any stumps need pulling on the farm in fact havent even got a farm BUT Ive Just ordered a JM500 from ChrisW now , just waiting for the Ocea Jigger 4000P from Japan watch out kingies |
Posted By: chopsticks
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2007 at 4:52pm
Awesome rod and reel Kaveman.
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2007 at 8:20am
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chopsticks........... will PM you about doing the drag upgrade when the reel arrives. thanks for the offer |
Posted By: chopsticks
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2007 at 11:04am
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As the Aussies say, "no worries mate".
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