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You are here: Home / boat fishing / Shh… What the shoreline tungsten jig fishers don’t want you to know.

Shh… What the shoreline tungsten jig fishers don’t want you to know.

May 28, 2024 By Scott 2 Comments

Jig and BKK assist streamers glow

About fifty 40g and 60g compact tungsten jigs were sold or given out in the last 2 years to the early adopters. My kayak friends said that the jigs were catching all sorts of fish, but I hadn’t heard back from the boaters and shore jiggers.

Recently, a shore jigging friend placed another order of both the 40g and 60g jigs so I asked him how they had been working. He was initially secretive but said the small, heavy jigs have worked very well when the papio/ulua and other inshore predators were chasing small baitfish.

He fished this past weekend, using the BKK Sea Ranger Plus assist hooks as shown above, and caught and released 2 papio on Saturday but a shark took the next one along with the 40g jig. He switched to a 60g jig and caught and released another papio before the bite slowed.

He fished again on Sunday and caught a few moano but no papio. He reported that his hookup ratio with the BKK assists was excellent.

He offered a bit more hard earned wisdom: the small jigs cut through the wind well and out cast bait and every other lure he could use. There have been times when the small jig have outfished live oama, since the small size looks like nehu/iao and the assist hooks don’t easily snag the reef.

He shore whips with a 10ft JDM rod, Shimano Twin Power 4K, and 15lb braid. He’s landed ulua this way and is trying for his next one. I’d credit him for the amazing photos but he’s trying to do his thing on the down low. 🙂

So I think it’s safe to assume that the other jiggers are quietly catching fish with the heavy micro jigs and they don’t want the word to get out.

You can find the jigs and assist hooks in the Store by clicking this link. Sorry, we only ship to US addresses. Mahalo!

Filed Under: boat fishing, Jigging, Kayak Fishing, Whipping Tagged With: compact tungsten jig, kayak jigging, shore jigging

Comments

  1. Paul says

    May 29, 2024 at 2:46 pm

    I have a couple of questions, how long a leader are you using? And cranking it in fast as soon as it hits the water?

    Great info 🤙🏼 Mahalo

    Reply
    • Scott says

      May 29, 2024 at 4:34 pm

      Hi Paul,
      The shore jigger uses a 10ft leader and the splice knot connecting the braid to fluoro is somewhere between the reel and first guide. If the water is shallow, he cranks right away to keep from snagging. If the water is deep enough he’ll let the jig fall, bring it up and let it fall again, always varying the retrieve until something bites.

      thanks,
      scot

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