Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish > Tackle & Techniques
jigging yellowfin - jigs and rigs
Kil Song:
--- Quote from: Aaron Concord on November 27, 2007, 10:58:52 PM ---So small 200-250gram jigs with TAIL hooks work best???
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I am a believer that fish likes to aim at dangling hooks of jigs. So I don't see much difference whether hooks are located at the head of jigs or tail of the jigs. I use tail hooks just because I have been using it for a long time. :)
We had a great time in Taveuni, Fiji. Even though we are novice GT fishermen, we could catch and release many GT. My biggest GT was about 80 lbs, but we lost 5 huge monster GT for various reasons.
Russ Roberts:
sami: It is funny. I was just going to reply to this post recommending that you go over to our 360tuna board here and ask ksong your question, when I saw he had found the site and answered you. One of the problems we have down here on the Texas coast is that whenever you drop a jig into the water around the big floating oil rigs, a much smaller Black Fin Tuna eats it.
Kil: I cannot remember but on your trip(s) to the Gulf of Mexico, have you been successful at all in jigging up a Yellow Fin?
Russ
Kil Song:
Russ,
When I fished at a rig out of Venice, LA in june, 2006, I could land yellowfin on jigs as there are not many blackfin, but I had to give up jigging yft on the 80 hour Carribean Sea trip as blackfin tuna were so thick. On the upcoming 52 hour Big E trip in Gulf of Mexico, I plan to experiment to cast jigs along with poppers for yft.
Tim Mitsopoulos:
Guys does all this apply to SBT ( southern blue fin tuna ) because we had a bumper SBT season this year down here in Victoria.
If next year is the same i would like to try jigging or popping for them.
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