Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish > Tackle & Techniques
jigging yellowfin - jigs and rigs
sami:
hey guys - good to see a dedicated jigging/popping site
i do a stack of jigging off sydney for kings (yellowtail), planning to get out after some yellowfin this weekend and was wondering what jigs and rigs are favoured when targetting tuna.
have seen a few dvds where tuna seem to be targetted with heavy, slender baitfish profiles with a large treble or single hook at the rear of the jig as opposed to an assist hook.
water depth will be over around 500 fathoms, will troll or cube to locate/attract the fish then planning to drop some jigs a short distance and rip them back - just wondering what jigs and rigs ppl use.
cheers,
sami
Brandon Khoo:
Hi Sami - welcome to the site!
Jigging/popping for yellowfin are certainly not as popular here as it is in other countries like the USA. There, they seem to target yellowfin specifically with popping and jigging techniques. The little I've read is as you've set out below. Small, heavy jigs worked very quickly with a treble or single off the tail.
I tried this (unsuccessfully) in Vanuatu around a FAD. It feel very strange dropping a jig down when you know you will never hit the bottom!
Greg Burt:
That's a great jigging article you did in Fishing World Sami, very good reading. The 'spiced' up jig was different where it looks like the Kingie took the plastic squid, if it works , GOOD.
I have had a few tuna on jigs but never a YF [yet], mostly Bonito and Mac Tuna and always in 70m or deeper water, not target species but always fun. As Brandon said, in the US they use the smaller profile jigs and also cast for them with stickbaits which is one of my aims this summer.
Let us know how your trip went, we can't get out fishing here as every weekend its blowing 15-25knots. >:(
Brandon Khoo:
at least you have the possibility of getting out, Bun. I only get to go out when I go away on a trip, once every few months!
Greg Burt:
Not a fishing trip this week for you Brandon, at least you can hit the tackle shops in Singapore ;D.
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