jigging and rovex
Alright peeps
Now a couple more questions. Firstly jigging
I have aquired my self a few knife/butterfly jigs and am gonna use them in couple of weeks when I go wreck fishing for pollack and cod, just wondered on the best way to 'work' them in the water, i know roughly but want some tips from the experts.
secondly rovex big boss 7500 reel. It is available in my local shop and I am thinking about getting one for the said jigging to use with a specialist rod, I know they are made by jarvis walker and that they are not shimano or accurate etc. But bear in mind i probably wont hook a sambo in the english channel and the worst it will come up against is a cod or pollack in the 5 to 15kg bracket. So are they any good and will it cope. The depth is up to 100 metres ish.
Cheers Rog
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they arent a bad reel , we
they arent a bad reel , we have a few of them, the biggest fish we have got on them is probably a double hookup on 5kg pinkys and handled well. i dont think you would have any probs with what you want one for
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Roger Knife
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cheers Russ hopefully they
cheers Russ hopefully they should be fine for the uk!
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callum
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flangies
roger you might want to send flangies a PM,
he used his Big Boss for mullaway and he loved it
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D_DOUSH
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We have just had too many
We have just had too many come back to the shop with problems rodger, if these fish pull drag then i wouldnt suggest it.
Roger Knife
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they do take string mate but
they do take string mate but not like a sambo or a trev, these fish only require about 8lb of drag not like 15+ like you use your end!!
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What are the size of the
What are the size of the fish Roger? The ones you get there would be absolute max 8 kilo and more like 3 kilo or less?
Just dont crank up the drag with the pliers. 8lb of drag will be ok. It goes with the territory most of the time. Most of the high end priced reels are that way because they last longer on a high drag, heavy line on big fish.
People put 50-80lb braid on cheap reels with the drag wound up and cant understand why the gears strip.
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nah mate will run 30lb braid
nah mate will run 30lb braid only, max size of fish would be 25lb fell mostly between 8lb and 20lb
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For working the jigs for
For working the jigs for bottomfish, I think the best advice is to watch how your jig works in the water near the surface where you can see it. Try out some different techniques and see how the jig reacts. I have one jig that wobbles if you crank fast without using much rod, but if you jerk the rod it darts around and then depending on whether you have slack line or semi-taut line either flutters down, or slides around. For most jigs I jerk the jig up, then drop the rod tip so the jig can move freely, then wind in a bit and repeat. Pausing and jigging the lure on spot is also something else to try. Not sure about UK species, but I know demersals like dhuies here will happily go up 10m+ to nail a jig. Just vary up the technique and try different things to see what the fish prefer. You can short 'yo-yo' (kinda like the speed half lift half wind, but slower and you want to kinda jolt the line, but not move the rod tip much) or wind flat out for a few m, then twitch, then drop (or a very slight jerk just to debalance the jig). Lots of different things to try.