techniques for other species!
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Heavy Metal - Jig fishing
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Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 5:23pm
Topic: techniques for other species!
Posted By: kj
Subject: techniques for other species!
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 12:41pm
| Loads of info on here about chasing kingis but what about hunting for other species for us poor southerners any hints on chasing bottom species like blue cod, rig and school sharks. What else are you catching on jigs? and how do you do it, I'm really keen to find out. Also who's jig fishing out of a Kayak? Is it possible? |
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Posted By: Benk
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 1:46pm
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Id try a smallish (100-150g) jig for blue cod. They are about the stropiest little *****s on the ocean floor so I don see why they wouldnt have a go. Dont know about sharks though? probably just try bounching a jig up and down off the bottom (yoyo). Somethings bound to eat it... 'Ben ------------- http://www.manutere.co.nz - http://www.manutere.co.nz - Tauranga Charter Boat - Jigging - Bottom Fishing - Hapuka Fishing |
Posted By: ThomasW
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 3:40pm
| I have heard that sharks are sensitive to minute electrical currents given of by metal objects in the water. This 'sense' probably tells the shark that the 'jig' is not food resulting in less chance of them striking. |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 3:42pm
have caught tons of school sharks on jigs hell beagle even got a couple out of raglan on them
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Posted By: JTF
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 3:47pm
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Jigs will catch anything anywhere,but only on JMrods and not Tcurves
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2007 at 7:44pm
| Good topic, Blue cod are partial to a bit of metal, they are aggressive little suckers. We get all sorts of odd fish out in the deep water, red snapper, alfonsino and plenty of squid as well. Anything that eats live fish(most fish) will attack a bit of metal, i would be using some of the smaller jigs like the others suggested |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2007 at 10:08pm
| Got a frost fish once on a jig did not no what the hell it was i thought it was some sort of inbred of a kuta. |