NC AJ jigging with bonus

Eastern Tackle · 08-10-2008, 08:09 PM

Team Di'hrd hit the water again on Saturday. The weatherman was calling for 3' every 9 seconds, so we prepared for a jigging overnighter leaving on Saturday morning and returning Sunday.

Unfortunately by the time we hit the 30 mile point we were encountering 3-4 every 4 seconds. We are all sea worthy and made our way on out. The mission was for a 100lb.+ size AJ. We knew we would have to work through a bunch of smaller fish to get one, but we were prepared to earn it, even in the less than ideal conditions.

We did catch a lot of AJ's both big and small, with a couple pushing the 70lb mark, but none over that. I'm a little tired and leaving out many details I'm sure. Hot jigs of the day were Pot Roast, Chupacabra, Michael the Dog and the Sand Flea. We also did a lot of testing on the new version of the WLB, the WLB-G. Everything was just right with those. Lots of bites.

We decided that conditions weren't good enough to stay the night, but stopped on the way home with a theory about hog snapper. Pete swung for the fences and got one. Then we went through a big storm coming home and got to see a nice rainbow.

spineyman · 08-10-2008, 08:56 PM

Jigging is awesome. Great catch guys.

kidflex · 08-10-2008, 11:11 PM

nice fish! i havent heard of those jigs before, who makes them. thanks for the report.

leohan · 08-11-2008, 12:04 AM

Eastern,
What's that fish called in the last picture?

d-a · 08-11-2008, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leohan

Eastern,
What's that fish called in the last picture?

Hog snapper

d-a

Eastern Tackle · 08-11-2008, 03:36 PM

One detail I left out:

I would like to emphasize having the proper venting tools for these fish to be released in good condition. Especially those bigger ones need a little love and TLC to get them to spring back to life. You almost have to bring them into the boat to do it, but they swim away much better. Without venting, they wouldn't swim away at all.

08-10-2008, 08:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Eastern Tackle Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 135	NC AJ jigging with bonus Team Di'hrd hit the water again on Saturday. The weatherman was calling for 3' every 9 seconds, so we prepared for a jigging overnighter leaving on Saturday morning and returning Sunday. Unfortunately by the time we hit the 30 mile point we were encountering 3-4 every 4 seconds. We are all sea worthy and made our way on out. The mission was for a 100lb.+ size AJ. We knew we would have to work through a bunch of smaller fish to get one, but we were prepared to earn it, even in the less than ideal conditions. We did catch a lot of AJ's both big and small, with a couple pushing the 70lb mark, but none over that. I'm a little tired and leaving out many details I'm sure. Hot jigs of the day were Pot Roast, Chupacabra, Michael the Dog and the Sand Flea. We also did a lot of testing on the new version of the WLB, the WLB-G. Everything was just right with those. Lots of bites. We decided that conditions weren't good enough to stay the night, but stopped on the way home with a theory about hog snapper. Pete swung for the fences and got one. Then we went through a big storm coming home and got to see a nice rainbow. __________________ www.bluewaterjigs.com

08-11-2008, 03:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Eastern Tackle Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 135	One detail I left out: I would like to emphasize having the proper venting tools for these fish to be released in good condition. Especially those bigger ones need a little love and TLC to get them to spring back to life. You almost have to bring them into the boat to do it, but they swim away much better. Without venting, they wouldn't swim away at all. __________________ www.bluewaterjigs.com

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08-10-2008, 08:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
spineyman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: fishing out of Destin Posts: 139	Jigging is awesome. Great catch guys.

08-10-2008, 11:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
kidflex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 168	nice fish! i havent heard of those jigs before, who makes them. thanks for the report.

08-11-2008, 12:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
leohan Junior member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6	Eastern, What's that fish called in the last picture?

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