Pilbara light jigging
Well Glenn and myself took a look at the weather forecast on Friday evening. The weather off Dampier looked a bit iffy and was supposed to blow up in the arvo, further south it looked much better so we made the call to head down there for some light jigging. I'd been GT popping for the past 3 weekends in a row so it was good for a change and rest so I'm fully charged for next weekend when Kasey arrives :)
The drive down was great, and there appeared to be no wind when we arrived at the ramp. One look at the very lumpy horizon and my thoughts changed dramatically. As we lauched and headed out of the river mouth we faced a stiff westerly that was kicking the water up real bad. The water was like mud for as far as you can see. We managed to limp out to one of the closest islands which felt like it took forever.
We found a lee behind a nice rock on the island and I jumped in to find some crays. The water depth was only 2m and I could barely see the bottom. When I headed close to the rock I noticed a school of big jacks so I went back to grab my gun. I had a few shots but with the vis so bad it was near on impossible to connect.
We decided to head out to another island a little further out in the hope of finding some clearer water. I jumped into a spot where we'd caught heaps of crays before but the vis was only marginally better and it was deeper. I struggled to find the bommies we'd got crays at last time and it was hard work swimming against the surging swell pounding the back of the island.
We headed out to another spot, an isolated rock out in about 4m. It was a little clearer and we threw a few small poppers around on the light gear. Glenn got hit by a GT that would smoked him on the gear he was using but didn't connect. We caught a couple of small GTs and Big Eyes and what we're both sure was a blue fin trevally but it got off near the boat.
I jumped in for a dive and smashed a 48cm trout and then we cruised off in search for some slightly deeper water so we could jig. We found some nice looking ground and first drop I got nailed almost instantly. Gave me curry on PE3 so I put the brakes on and when I landed it I noticed a straightened hook on the Jig - a blue-lined emperor was the culprit.
Next drop Glenn got whacked by a nice trout which was 50cm, great fun on his PE2 gear. We continued moving around and jigging wherever it looked decent. Managed to pull more trout (undersize), several rankins, other snappers, plent of cod and a baby red. The best thing is we were using light gear and jigging in water around 15m - good fun :)
I was very dissapointed to find out when we got home that Dampier had glorious weather all day and we had crappy weather down where we were - the complete opposite to what the forecast was meant to be... grrr
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That red looks
That red looks awesosome
even though ive been Gt fishing the last three weeks i was still stoked to get those 2 over 20kg's yesterday bro!!
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jay_burgess
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We had the GT gear packed
We had the GT gear packed too, and we had planned to go to you know where if they'd got the bloody forecast right!
Light jigging was the only alternative given the circumstances.
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HAHA thought that would have
HAHA
thought that would have been the plan!
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thats a nice little red mate
looks like you got a good variety of species.
struth, better get a beer then
Craig Pearse
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Nice photos Jay but it must
Nice photos Jay but it must have being tuff pickings to smash an 48cm trout
m8y, nice big ones to spear around dampier.
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I don't spear very often
I don't spear very often mate, it comes second to Popping and Jigging.
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LOL
Hope it was a head shot Jay.
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It was indeed.
It was indeed.
Craig Pearse
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Being based in Karratha and
Being based in Karratha and an angler/spearer personal i wouldnt post about spearing 48cm trout
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me too but last time i
me too
but
last time i checked 48 was a legal size fish, so i dont see the point in having a public dig either
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I don't see any reason not
I don't see any reason not to post it.
SamC
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Nice boys. How do you work
Nice boys.
How do you work the Pirates Jay, similar to bay rubbers huh?
Have to get up there one day and have a fish with you boys!
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my heart bleeds for you .
my heart bleeds for you . after the last 3 weeks gt popping, things must be tough
well done in the murky conditions , at least you got a feed and had some fun
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Craig Pearse
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Not realy having a dig ,but
Not realy having a dig ,but spearing is select fishing and saying that an 48cm trout was smashed by a spear is an little understatement.(Nemos mate is all alone now)
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whats worse, taking an 80cm
whats worse, taking an 80cm breeder out or one of the fifty billion 48cm trout out there (jay only has a small family to feed)
nemo definately is not alone
personally i try find the 80cm one but hey, he only took the one fish and there is definately no shortage of trout round here mate. He did take only one (legal) size fish
anyway, sorry for hijacking your thread jay
off topic here, good post!
o one more note, i do a lot of spearing as well mate, i read te mags too and the old arguement of select fishing will start being valid when spearo mags stop publishing pics of huge GT's, sambos, and saily's that have been selectivly speared
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Brad you just keep to those
Brad you just keep to those double twisted leaders to stop those frieght trains buddy.Try down sizing for real game
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By the way Brad that 50
By the way Brad that 50 billion is the future for jay and my small family , my son is 3 an loves to catch trout.As for your so called 80cm i dont touch cause they have done so well to make this far (way beyond 48cm)
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Calm down craig Just because
Calm down craig
Just because someone dosnt agree with you dosnt give you the right to start atacking them personally mate
End of the day he took one legal sized trout
one fish which is under his bag limit ok
you can sledge my fishing techniques too mate, double twisties and the like, dont really see what that has to do with jay taking one trout but if thats your way of trying to win a topical conversation thats fine
you win!
Im happy with my fishing mate, having heaps of fun
your son will have fun fishing for trout in the future if there were more people around like jay buddy, think his reputation speaks for itself in terms of his responsible fishing.
Fish conservation is someting we both practice very seriously thanks craig
try not to read to much into posts mate, and no need to attack anyones integridy either.
that sort of stuff ruins sites
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Light stuff!
Good variety of reefys on jigs fella's, the light stuff would of created some fun. I prefer to eat the smaller fish personally!
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Gotta get me one or two of
Gotta get me one or two of those Rankins. One of the nicest tasting fish in the ocean.
Not weighing into the debate, but keep up the good work fellas!!! I enjoy reading and looking at the pics. Good to see you only take what ya need and have a great deal of fun doing so.
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Interesting
Very interesting argument you put foward there Craig.
Upset over someone taking a 48cm trout I mean for f*rks sake.. If you want to complain about something, talk to me about the 12 60cm spangled emperor thrown in the Exmouth bins yesterday, not filleted, not bled, just thrown away. Someone taking a fish over legal size for a feed is fine, but if thats not up to your standards, then its best off you stop visiting this site.
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Kelvin8r
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Unbelieveable
Geez craig, you really should have listened to your mother when you were younger, if you havent got anything nice to say, dont say anything at all!!! and as for using twisted leaders and the like, the amount of money jay and brad spend on these poppers, i'd be using everything i can not only to land a decent fish but not to lose these poppers, especially in such shallow water where the gt's are being caught
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Legal
crikey
as far as im concerned the fish is over the legal size limit and knowing jay it deffinently wouldnt have been wasted.. there for no reason to argue about the size of the trout he shot.... didnt really read anywhere he boasted about it either just stated he smashed/speared/fingered watever u wanna call it a small coral trout.... good post anyway jay where u fishing out from the fortesque river? i planned to dive some of the island there on our last montes trip but didnt get the chance as weather came up and didnt look to inviting..
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Great post Jay!! im glad to
Great post Jay!!
im glad to see those shimano jigs work cause I bought a heap and havent used them yet
yer those cubera poppers are about 50bucks unrigged, then about 10bucks for the split rings, and same again for owner trebles
very expensive poppers!
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Double that price and you
Double that price and you will get yourself a Craftbait GT2
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Nearly double it again and
Nearly double it again and that's a Carpenter Gammma.
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Double that and its a return
Double that and its a return flight from Perth to Karratha!
I reckon I got the best deal!
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nah kasey we got the best
nah kasey we got the best deal, quarter the price for a lure and we all ready live here
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Nice article Jay
Nothing wrong with a legal trout. Enough for a feed and nothing wasted. I posted somewhere else about the jigs mate. Got to love them. Not sure which is the better at the moment. Still love the Raba raba's.
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Yeah Neels I've had the most
Yeah Neels I've had the most success with the Raba Rabas and the Daiwa Bay rubbers.
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Might just stick with the rabas
for a while. Head out this weekend hopefully and now can go a little further with the 406 in hand.
Have fun mate
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till
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I had the hooks straighted
I had the hooks straighted on the raba rabas up at exmouth, not on fish though, on the bottom. The gillies octas though, they just pinged when that happened.
Not sure but next trip I might favour the rabas if I had some spare hooks to rig on them, probably beats losing a lot of lures.
7739ian
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Your lure budget
must be similar the GDP of a large country.
aquagenes
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Great fishing Jay
Hey guys,been in the Pilbara now for 1year yes still green.
Its all time on the water,been into the plastics since ive been here and now just got myself a jigging rig carnt wait to give it a crack out wide.
Not to sure on the way i should rig as dont wont to get smashed up with all the great jiggs i have purchased any sugestions.
Caught my first barra with the Plastic freek last week very stoked( A Beau)
Cheers Aquagenes