RiverBoy
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yes those acid wrap rods are sweet. the glow chartreuse is killer as is the pink/ blue for springs
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RiverBoy
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that’s funny i’ve had no luck with that pattern.
spring fever
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I have an acid wrap from china-fairly cheap and it really does help with the end wraps
MRWood
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What is acid wrap? I didn’t even know I had it lol.
Just looked it up and I don’t have it. It’s the spiraling of the rod eyes.
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RiverBoy
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it’s a maddening thing. it’s typically caused by dropping your tip too quickly after the upward jigging motion. it’s easily rectified by stopping and holding your rod at the top of the upward motion; but the frustration lies in the fact 90% of the hits occur as the jig is dropping. so if you keep your rod high, it simply doesn’t flutter down properly.
you will develop a cadence that will eliminate the dreaded tip wrap.
if you are targeting holding fish at the top of a bait ball, another deadly tactic is to drop your jig to the top of the bait, and then speed jig away
from the holding fish by pumping and reeling in a timed cadence, and then free fall dropping it back to the top of the bait ball. it can trigger strikes; especially amongst multiple fish competing for wounded baitfish; or in our case, the jig itself.
Rain City
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We fished the other side for some lings and rockfish Monday and Tuesday. There was so much bait boiling all over. We were jigging with 100g Shimano flat falls and hooked into multiple salmon within 10 feet of the surface. I was watching them fight over the lure like goldfish to fish food. Exciting stuff, but definitely a lot of small salmon mixed in that were equally aggressive which made me stop pretty quick as there was too much damage to them. I also found that having the line pay slightly away from the rod tip almost elimated the dreaded tangle. Any kind of angle toward me or even straight down needed too much focus.
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spring fever
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Acid wrap won't eliminate tip wrap but it certainly helps. They are pleasure to use on a small hi tec h jigging rod. The name speaks volumes-wonder how the concept was Dreamed up!!
MRWood
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Thru experimentation with purple microdot
MRWood
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Put the boat back in yesterday afternoon and went out for a jig. Tried Douglas Reef at first and nothing, then moved to Ballenas. I was using the new slo pitch rod with the blue gold butterfly jig for awhile and had a couple takes but fairly slow. Then tried my other setup I had out for the occasion. My Calcutta reel on the fenwick 9’ with a small lunkerhunt jig. Got the first spring right away. Then the 2nd about 15 mins later. The lunkerhunt jig has some great action on the way up. You can either slow pitch it coming up or reel up fast and they’ll hit it like that as well.
When I cleaned up the fish the one had a 3” herring and about the same size squid in its belly. The smaller jig matched the hatch as they say.
When I cleaned up the fish the one had a 3” herring and about the same size squid in its belly. The smaller jig matched the hatch as they say.
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Deepaaaar
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Yeah, the worst is when the line drags under the boat. Check that, the worst is when there's a breeze and you're jigging on the windward side (which is always the side to jig on), and the line is just a wee bit twisted. I've lost more fish than I'd like to admit by not being able to set the hook and reel due to line twist around the tip.
I had an acid wrapped rod recently and loved it. Unfortunately I snapped it while reefing too hard on a... reef. Mega derp.
RiverBoy
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yeah i’m constantly back-trolling on my kicker to keep lines vertical. it adds an extra wrinkle but the lines simply must be vertical for the jigs to work properly. additionally, any scope adds to the chance of the jig fouling on the mainline.
sly_karma
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"Point the kicker in the same direction as the lines are heading."
Deepaaaar
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That's the idea, definitely. My kicker is my paddle, which complicates things, ha. One day I'll graduate to a pedal kayak and I can join y'all in the back-trolling crew.
RiverBoy
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yessir. jigging has completely taken over for me. when i trolled i used to get so amped when i came across a bait ball cause i knew a bite was coming shortly.
now i cruise around till i find bait and i can hover over it like a greedy scumbag
MRWood
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Went out last night and came back with 2 hatch coho. One on the lunkerhunt jig and the other on a small heavyish jig that I got a PNT (less than 3” long). That was on my new slo pitch rod. Found the bait out deeper so tried to stay on it. Bait likes to hang out on the bit of a hump just off the island. Lost a couple nice springs and released some.
Certainly no shortage of humpbacks off Nanoose. It seemed no matter where I looked I could see whale sprays. Did see one come out of the water like a coho, huge splash.
I bleed the fish in the pod well now, works really well. Then into the insulated fish bag.
It’s going to blow SE for awhile now so it was good to get out before that starts.
Certainly no shortage of humpbacks off Nanoose. It seemed no matter where I looked I could see whale sprays. Did see one come out of the water like a coho, huge splash.
I bleed the fish in the pod well now, works really well. Then into the insulated fish bag.
It’s going to blow SE for awhile now so it was good to get out before that starts.
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RiverBoy
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thanks for the pics. so: for that first pic i’d drop the jig down to 70’ using my depthhunter line. if i didn’t get bit right away i would speed jig up 20’ and then free fall it back down to 70’ . usually triggers a strike.
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