Another Jigging Newby!
G'day People!
Haven't been a fishwrecked member for long but have been reading up on all the reports and really enjoying it all!
I have fished me whole life with baits, never plastics (unless trawling of course). I have done fine over the years with this but you sort of get the feeling after a while you are living under a rock only using one 'style' of fishing. So with the demersal ban coming in this week I think now is probably the best time to do some research on the ever popular jigging so that when the ban comes of I can be ready to have a crack at it!
Being a complete noob at this I just have a few questions I would like help with.
I would like to set up a 'jig pack' that I can use down here in perth and also on trips away (up north etc). Yes I have my own boat and no I don't particulary wana spend all my dollars on this adventure (some of it though).
With all that said What sort of rod/reel combo with line type poundage etc shall I need. Is it better to have smaller overhead combos or larger egg beaters?
That being said I also obviously have no idea what to use in terms of jigs. So I'm not going to ask a thousand Q's on that because that would take too bloody long! I live SOR and am just wondering if anyone can suggest a good tackle shop to go into and have a chat with someone who can help set me up in that department. Also if a need to get another combo to add to the many I already have they can help me with that as well (the wife has more pairs of shoes than I have rods so I never get in trouble hehe)
Any help would be much appreciated and we shall see if I can get some good outcomes in the new year!
Cheers
Cheers
southcity104
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are you north or south of the river?
try brenz at the fishing shop for north or oceanside if south.
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scottland
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Try Campbell's pro tackle
In leaderville or oceanside
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Oceanside Tackle
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Cheers for the mention guys
Hi mate,
In the shop here we have 3 helpfull staff members who can offer help with all things jigging. We do plenty of demersal jigging when in season and can offer help on what to use, How to use it and general ideas on where. Demersal jigging is taking off big time but why not go jigging during the ban for Samson fish, Amberjack and Yellowtail kings. Come in and see us and we can help out with all of the above and more. Plus you get a Fishwrecked discount on what you purchase.
Cheers
Oceanside Team - Specializing in Jigging for demersal, Super Deep Fishing and Cockburn Sound Pink Snapper.
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Browndog
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Gotta be careful
Just be careful guys, according to the article in the weekends paper, you don't have to have actually caught a demersal fish to be breaking the regulations. If you are fishing, it's up to you to prove that you are not targeting demersal species. Easier to do with a herring or whiting rig than a jig I would have thought? Obviously this legislation is flawed and the fisheries guys have to apply their own judgment as to weather or not you are targetting demersals or sambo's etc. Either way it's a gray area, and I'll stick to the whiting for a while, not that I've caught any demersals anyway!
BTW, are flathead & flounder considered a demersal?
Apologies for the hijack.
BD.
Oceanside Tackle
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Cheers BD
It is a bit of a grey area in the legislation though I hope the fisheries will see sense during a situation like that and will understand what we are targeting.
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scottland
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Usually
If your jigging sambos you'll see the on the sounder different jigs as well plenty of ways to prove ur sambo kigging
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KeenAsFisho
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Awesome!
Cheers guys thanks for your help have heard alot of good reports on oceanside so hopefully will get down there this week sometime to have a chat!
Cheers
scottland
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one does not go into
oceanside tackle for a chat you will come out with something hahahah they are convincing
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Oceanside Tackle
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Haha
There was no convincing you into buying all those Fankies
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scottland
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Hahaha
They worked so everyone won
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