Both conventional and spinning reels can be used for most slow-pitch applications. Some anglers may find that the rhythmic rod lift, drop, and quarter-turn of the reel handle is easier to achieve with a spinning rod.
Can I jig with a spinning reel?
First up in determining what reels will work best for your fishing: the type—spin or conventional. The majority opinion among experts suggests that for speed jigging, either spin or conventional can be fine.
What action rod is best for jig fishing?
Fast action rods are great for most applications where a short to long casting distance is involved and single hooks are the rule, such as worm and jig fishing. Medium and medium-fast rods will usually provide a little more casting distance and still provide adequate hooksetting power.
Do you need a special rod for jigging?
Specialist gear and tackle is required to get the best results and the days of heavy stand-up rods and big capacity 50 wide reels doubling as a jigging outfit have long gone. Today’s modern gear is super light and very powerful.
Can jigging rod use for bottom fishing?
Registered. Simply put, you can bottom fish with a jigging rod and do okay, hard to jig well with a bottom rig. As Lundy said, you can spend as much as you want on jigging set-up or get something pretty decent without taking out a second mortgage.
What makes a good slow jig rod?
What gear is needed? Although not absolutely essential, slow-jig fishing is by far best done with purpose built rods, which tend to be very long and thin with a soft, slow action.
Can you fish a jig with braid?
Mono can excel in certain situations, especially in current where the sweep and way it cuts through the water presents the jig differently, but braid offers you the best feel overall.
What are spinning rods used for?
Spinning rods are mostly used for trolling and still fishing. As for casting rods, anglers have discovered that they have minimal specifics thus their use in heavier cover. Spinning rods can’t be used for heavy cover as they can only accommodate trolling and still fishing.
Can you slow pitch jig in shallow water?
For quite a few seasons now I’ve enjoyed success with small inchiku jigs in shallow bays, harbour channels and inshore margins over a variety of bottom types. It’s a technique that works well on snapper, but also takes other species, including trevally, kingfish, gurnard and kahawai.
What is a slow pitch jigging rod?
A slow-pitch rod has a leisurely, even recoil that lifts and then “pitches” the jig, allowing it to kick to the side and fall in an enticing way. Most slow-pitch rods are built without a foregrip, which is the cork or EVA section above the reel seat.
Can you jig from shore?
Jigging can also be done from the bank or shore. When jigging from the bank or shore, the lure must be cast out into the body of water and then jigged back to the angler relatively quickly.
When should you throw a jig?
Jigs shine best when imitating craws. Throw a jig around shallow wood cover, near docks, or anywhere else bass would be feasting on craws. Jigs, in my opinion, are also more suited for trophy hunting. The bigger, bulkier presentation is more likely to draw strikes from your new PB than a slimmer Texas Rig.
How fast do you reel a spinnerbait?
Spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, swimming jigs, topwaters and most other baits are best served with a medium speed reel. When I’m spinnerbaiting, for example, 5:1 is just too slow for anything but slow-rolling, and 7:1 is too fast — you have to slow down just to keep your bait in the water.
What is a spin jig?
These are special, fast-action rods designed to give warm-water spin fishermen the power and performance of a casting rod in a spinning configuration.Many of these rods are suitable for light saltwater use.
Which is better fast or slow jigging?
Fast jigging retrieves are more effective for our target species, too slow and we get inundated with smaller reef species such as swallowtail. We work our jigs up to around 10 – 15m off the reef, then we free-spool the jig back to the bottom and start again.
How deep can you slow pitch jig?
Lures weighing 150 to 250 grams and are designed to fish 150 to 300 feet deep for grouper, snapper and other reef species. Jigs weighing 300 to 400 grams are designed for 300 to 600 foot depths—and yes, that’s a whole lot of cranking without an electric reel.
Can you jig with mono line?
There are some advantages of using braided line for tuna jigging, but mono should be fine for tuna jigging. Many mates of tuna party boats still use mono and they usually outfish other jig fishermen.
Should you use braid for jigs?
Re: Braid with jigs
Recommend all flouro for jigs fishing deeper water. You get more drag and flotation with braid so IMO you need to fish heavier jigs or you will lose touch with the bottom at times. With Flouro you get the link sink and its easier to stay in contact with the bottom.