17kg Dhu on Jig

17kg Dhu on Jig

It went 17kgs absolutely stoked.Have been fishing with nothing but jigs for the last 4 outings and suprisingly have had some good results

landing some nice pinkies queen snapper and some of the biggest leather jackets ive ever seen ,all of these caught on octa style jigs have caught a small dhuie and a 4 foot bronze whaler on flutter style jigs and my recent catch on saturday this awesum dhuie,im now addicted to jigging for demersalsCool


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POTM comp

Tue, 2010-04-20 21:40

I have submitted this from a forum thread for photo of the month, fair effort that!

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great looking fish.those

Tue, 2010-04-20 21:44

great looking fish.those octa jigs seem to work well on a lot of species. well done

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Ahh... now i can see the whole fish!

Tue, 2010-04-20 21:51

Quality Pic and fish,Congrats.

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awesome fish well done, i

Tue, 2010-04-20 22:27

awesome fish well done, i had trouble hooking fish using the octa jigs had some good takes but always resulted in the hook not connecting or the hook pulling lost a really good fish that i called for a dhu but the hooked pulled early in the fight
is there a technique that you find works for hooking the fish and also what sort of action do you use to work the octa

cheers Ethan

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howdy ethan the action i use

Fri, 2010-04-30 18:38

howdy ethan the action i use is quite simple.drop to the bottom small lift wind small lift

wind,do this about 6 times and then drop it back to the bottom.i have also dropped fish in the early days and i think its because of the slow action of the jig,just like using baits once hooked up i like to give a couple hard jigs to make sure the hook is well set,hope this helps

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crackin dhuie!

Tue, 2010-04-20 22:33

crackin dhuie!

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Mate! that is a top fish on

Wed, 2010-04-21 03:26

Mate! that is a top fish on those jigs. I want one!! Laughing

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Time

Wed, 2010-04-21 08:11

Time to buy some Octajigs me thinks!

Great fish buy the way!!!

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mate when it comes to POTM

Wed, 2010-04-21 08:43

mate when it comes to POTM you will get my vote forsure!!! Well Done, dhuies on jigs arent easy and to get a 17kg is really something.

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I know what you mean about

Wed, 2010-04-21 18:35

I know what you mean about the demersal jigging hooking you. Top fish that, gonna take a bit of beating.

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Those jigs are killer dont

Sun, 2010-05-02 18:59

Those jigs are killer dont go on any trip with out the octa doctor!

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Need some lessons.

Thu, 2010-05-06 19:05

Dirt,

 I think you need to come up to Kalbarri and give me some lessons on jigging for demersals!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Open invitation!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Old Banga

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Octa Style Jig

Thu, 2010-05-06 19:45

Dirt

Looks like a Power Pro Jig.  Same style yes.  Don't tell anyone else.  Wink

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