Extreme Jigging: Dogtooth Tuna, Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa), Amberjack, Samson Fish > Tackle & Techniques

smith nirai or fremantle

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Greg Burt:
Matt, if you are jigging local SEQ waters the Nirai is a top choice, it really handles 250-400gm jigs in 60-120m of water really well and it is easy on the angler [me] ::) ;D

Doug Mcleod:
Thanks for the replies guys.
Unfortunately i live in Victoria & researching theses kinds of rods down here is a little difficult.So if possible do you have any recommendations for the above kind of fishing.I currently use a 6500 exp & 90lb varivas & 80 jerry brown combined with a t curve 400 .The reel & the line work well , but the rod I found to be lacking the goods on larger fish.
So if you have any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
       Doug

Andre van Wyk:
Doug

Not too sure what is available to you where you are, so maybe some of these suggestions are not an option:

Carpenter OH - Beast of a stick...... but I believe very hard to come by, and big dollars...Spinning Version Only
Tuna Max - S57XH comes in both spinning and over head configs and the spinning version is responsible for the World Record ( Pending _ Dogtooth, taken on a jig in Rodriques at 104.5 Kilos...
Jigging Master Powerspell 500 - More parabolic Action and avialable in Spinning or overhead models. Certainly available in Aus, and the agent is a regular contributor on this site...

I am not familiar with the Ripple Fish or Fisherman sticks....

What about the SHimano Blue Rose Series>? Any thoughts from those who have used them?


Cheers
Andre

Brandon Khoo:
The Blue Roses are available in Australia although Shimano Australia do not import the full range into the country.

There is a PE8 model and now a PE10 model. The PE8 model, the S53SD is a beautiful lightweight stick and would be perfect if you like a faster action jig stick. The PE10 rod, the S60MD just looks plain crazy! It's looks as heavy as the Zenaq Monster Buster. If I used either of these, the only busting these two rods would do would be to break me in half.

Duncan O'Connell has one of the Monster Busters lying around in his shop. So far, no one is game to buy it!

I should make the point that the heaiest Monster Buster is a overhead stick, not a spinning stick which is what both Blue Roses are.

Matt Kilpatrick:
Cheers Brandon, Greg. I woke up this morning and straight away realised I had mixed up my rods and reels!  :-[ In fact, I recently purchased two sticks from Jones?s Tackle, the Nirai and the Shimano Blue Rose S53SD (the PE 8 model). I already had a Saltiga Expedition to match with the Nirai and I will match the Blue Rose with an Accurate B2-665, hopefully next week. Sorry for the confusion!

I don?t yet have a trip planned yet which will stretch the Nirai, but I was curious to know what the next step up is. I see Andre and Brandon have made some suggestions ? thanks. I hope to properly christen these outfits when I fish Yeppoon in 5 weeks time.

Thanks for your comments Greg. I mainly fish in SEQ, often out of Mooloolaba. BTW, I have been meaning to ask you, have you cracked the code of the Mooloolah River jewfish? I remember you made a comment about these wonderful fish on a thread some time ago about the Smith baby runboh. I spend lots of hours chasing jewies in the Richmond River at Ballina. Matt

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