Vertical jigs

[skeeter]

Recently in the states I bought a couple of vertical jigs to try over wrecks. I havent had the opportunity to use them yet but am looking advice on how to fish them. Anyone with any experience?

[tomi]

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/high- ... 1181107538

[Tomaszek]

Thing is that most of these video clips, shows fishing for different species than ones available on Irish waters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flweZANDYhs

Recently read in Irish Angler that some guys were fishing successfully using butterfly jigs for Pollack. So I bought a few of them myself from BassPro.com. I’ve tried several times butterfly-jigs, power-jigs, lazer-eye-jigs and whatever-jigs – without any success yet. Will keep trying though.

[JimC]

We have been using jigs with a while; they are a great way to fish, great fun and very active. We normally start with shads and jellies to locate the fish and then change over to the jigs as they do seem to lure the bigger fish. That said have often had pollack as big as the jig take the lure too!

We fish them with a biting leader of 100lb mono of about 1 to 2 feet. A stiffish rod is handy, I find my solid c to be perfect. A high speed reel is best, I normally use a 525 or Avet (both 6:1). Drop to the bottom, you may feel snatches on the way down or even get a take. Once you hit bottom a brisk retrieve (as fast a winding up) stopping every few turns to give the jig a sharp jig. The profile of the jig sends it darting through the water like a fish. I don’t use mono but I would imagine they would be difficult to fish properly without braid.

As guys have said they are not cheap so it is better to rig with a stinger hook off the top rather than the bottom. One hook seems to work fine for me thought I have seen them to be rigged with two.

They are great on reefs where there are plenty pollack. They are very effective on wrecks where there is a good head of cod showing, coalies like them as well.

[Tomaszek]

Jim, what is the weight of jigs that you using and on what depths you fish them?

[JimC]

Just catching up with this post again, was offline for a few days.

We have various sizes up to 300gr. I usually use them in deeper water: up to 350' on wrecks and reefs. I have used them on reefs at just over 100'. I haven't used them much in shallower water, as with a high speed reel you thend to be on the surface very quickly!!

[Tomaszek]

Will keep trying though.

And yes. For the first time I had some good fishing using vertical jigs. It's working!
[img]http://images46.fotosik.pl/3/5f4e10a814db80f5.jpg[/img]

[JimC]

Nice one Tom!
It's a nice way of fishing

[brianbru]

can someone put a clear pic of verticle rigs, it looks interesting

[Tomaszek]

Same picture that was missing after migration to new script.

[JimC]

Examples of Jigs:

[The Dirty Fecker]

I got a couple of these myself while in the states this year and found while fishing over there that these are 'the' method of fishing over there and have been for a long time. The rest of us are merely catching up. As a matter of fact our shad and the way we use it is a bit wrong too. Well, i suppose if it works who am i to argue but the weighted shad is a jig too. The yanks cast these out and retrieve them as above with the odd pull and they work for numerous species. As for the ones shown in the picture, These are used in the states offshore where again like Jim has explained they ue a high speed reel and drop to the bottom and retrieve. this is done with two turns of the reel followed by a pullallowed to drop and repeated. This is done in a rythmic fashion of the rod tip lifting and falling with winds between the fall of the rod tip. These 'Butterfly jigs' are used to catch lots of Jack Crevalle, King Mackerel, Baracuda, Permit etc. and they swear by them. I picked up a few yellowy white ones more like sandeel immitations to try for Bass.

[brianbru]

get the idea now lads