360Tuna - View Single Post - When would you use 50g-100g jigs?

Pescador · 03-27-2008, 01:59 PM

JerseyBrian said "Cheat and bring some chum and dead bait" - theres a sign of a newbie.
Good jigging will outfish bait JB - just stick with it and you will see the light.

On your question of lightweight jigs - I've caught fish to over 70lb on jigs below 100gms, and always use the lightest jig I can.

For Snapper try a 60gm River2Sea Sea Rock, bomb it straight down wherever you mark fish, try and get at them with a direct hit, don't worry because they will intercept the jig before it can reach the bottom!
Just watch the line entering the water and as soon as it stops, engage, wind fast and hang on.
SeaRocks are tail weighted jigs, if you cant get some where you are, use any tail weighted jig that is shortish in length BUT I have a friend who gets his snapper on a long tail weighted jigs, so what the hell!

03-27-2008, 01:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pescador Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 38	JerseyBrian said "Cheat and bring some chum and dead bait" - theres a sign of a newbie. Good jigging will outfish bait JB - just stick with it and you will see the light. On your question of lightweight jigs - I've caught fish to over 70lb on jigs below 100gms, and always use the lightest jig I can. For Snapper try a 60gm River2Sea Sea Rock, bomb it straight down wherever you mark fish, try and get at them with a direct hit, don't worry because they will intercept the jig before it can reach the bottom! Just watch the line entering the water and as soon as it stops, engage, wind fast and hang on. SeaRocks are tail weighted jigs, if you cant get some where you are, use any tail weighted jig that is shortish in length BUT I have a friend who gets his snapper on a long tail weighted jigs, so what the hell!