reel, line , leader  ... depends how much fun you want to have :)

i use a satiga 4500 with 40lb braid and 60lb leader and that will stop any sambo as long as your not too close to a reef/wreck like the gemini .... they are around all year but school out deep around christmas ... as for colours ... pinks, orange and black are my fav's down here

over the breeding season the sambo's will school off the numerous wrecks out off Perth. This is generally deep water jigging at 100-200m depth.

most would recommend PE 5-8 gear as a general statement. Most would use top end reels like stella/van stal/saltiga with anything from 50lb through to 120lb.....these reels hold the required line capacity for jigging that deep.

one can catch sambo all year but generally the larger specimens hold over breeding season off the barges and some travel from SA to congerate.....

I have caught them on bream gear in shallow water to PE 6 jigging gear in deeper water.....

colour should match natural baitfish colours like blue/green and orange.

Jigs can depend on depth but anything from 60-400gram and type of jig depends on current/depth etc.

I use two rods, a PE 2-3 (30lb braid) and a PE 6 (50lb braid) rod with a metaroyal 5000a reel and just swap reels.

as feral says its good enough to stop em. 

search the threads and you will see the huge variety jigging offers

but nothing like smashing solid sambos on jigging gear.....they go hard.

good luck

and breeding season is when?

are sambos off limits during the closure?

so i have to tavel to 100mtrs + to fish/jig for sambo.

leader size?

Nov - Feb. Their not off limits.

I use 2-3m of 130lb. You can also get away with 80lb leader depending where you are fishing.

The summer months are when the sambos aggregate in the most numbers around the barges west of rotto.

There should be a few around gemini or key biscayne at the moment though.

Usually you'd need somewhat specialised gear. Lots of commonly used reels as damo said. Obviously most arent exactly cheap (because the reels need to be tough and deal with some heavy line and constant testing of the antireverse). For a dedicated outfit, most people use spinning setups, but you can use overheads (which you can use bottom bouncing as well). Not all will be suited though.

Line class depends on how much fun you want to have, as Feral mentioned.

Pretty important to get the right rod as well. Many bottom bouncing rods wont be very suitable for jigging (at least for any period of time).

any depth mate bastards are every where.from what ive seen from nealz u just have to rip that jig like a mad bastard and there on

Try no to go too light on the gear even though it would be great fun, as they don't release well if they are too worn out.  Most of us don't keep sambos or if we do it will be a small one.  Getting them back into the water alive and kicking ensures that they will be around for us to have more fun next year.

agree with alfred on the heavy gear in deep water ... thankfully all the sambo's i get down here are in less than 20m

So get some heavy line, a good strong leader, some big jigs and get out there. And be prepared for a sore back and shoulders the next day.

yer im keen to get into the jigging scene to, i already have a setup and a bunch of different jigs but just dont have any spots to use them, like walker said im not intending on keeping em just looking for some hard fighting fun, if anyone has co-ords to any spot were ya get em i would love to get in on the action, pm best, keep those gay forum spys searchin! cheers lads.

co-ords..... just go out the back of rotto in november on a weekend and look for all the boats.

Can tell you there is going to be 10 times the amount of boats out there this year.

Some people will need to tak eis easy as ive been out there when theres been 10-15 boats working a school, imagine what 30 baots would be like.

Mate I counted 37 boats following us around last year, just for fun we started jigging over mud with no fish anywhere on the sounder , and the other boats lined up behind us and they pingged the spot on their GPS plotters.

Gotta love the 'followers' Mav, or is it the 'flock of seagulls'!

John

why would they follow you mav.... are you the jigging god of sambo are people really that desperate....... i honestly cant beleive people do that shit..... wheres the thrill of the chase..... ive never come along side another boat and marked the spot... its the lowest of the low. its honestly lazy....and if your out there lazy   watch out !!!!!!

ive been boating for 4 years and i never did i once think someone was flogging my marks....am i nieve?

what does the school of sambos look like on the sounder... how far up the water column??

geez i didnt think it was that bad ay, i hate it when im fishin and some gooch brain pulls up right next to me, if i see someone with a line out i dont think anythin of it i just keep my distance and keep goin and stick to the spots where i have caught fish before. ive never had anyone to teach me anythin about fishin ive learnt everythin i no throught trial and error, guess ill just have to keep at it, although i have picked up a few handy tips from fishwrecked, definatly one of the few sites on the net worth bein a member of.

He owns that peice of ocean doesn't? Iv personally had him pull up that close to me that his clients jigs have registered on my sounder. Hope he behaves this year will be lots of boats