so there is a newer method of fishing. a technique

[vash]

thanks Dan. I am just performing a retirement testing program.

triple checking that my ass doesn't die of boredom and I go back to work as a consultant...eek.

[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by vash

thanks sir. fascinating.

we get deep fast. 2 miles out, I think its 200.

Sometimes I forget how unique Puget Sound is in this respect… there are places that are 400 feet deep where I am still close enough to shore that I could hit it with a good cast. The section closest to me is about 6 miles from east shore to west shore and in between it gets to over 900.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Tishabet

Sometimes I forget how unique Puget Sound is in this respect… there are places that are 400 feet deep where I am still close enough to shore that I could hit it with a good cast. The section closest to me is about 6 miles from east shore to west shore and in between it gets to over 900.

right!! you guys up north go DEEEEEPPP!

[wdfifteen]

Man has been trying to out-smart fish for millennia. There are still fish. I think it’s going to take more than a change in technique to finally subdue them.

[TimT]

Sometimes I forget how unique Puget Sound is in this respect…

Or Long Island Sound....I fish sometimes at "The Race", its basically where the Long Island Sound empties into the Atlantic and vice versa.. it goes from 300 or so feet to shoals in a few hundred yards or less in places...

And jigging is and had been the method of choice there forever....I'm still trying to figure out the new trick.. is it just a new type of terminal tackle?

The Race



Night fishing there is a special kind of scary if you're drifting....

We also use some crazy things to keep the bait or rigs near the bottom

14oz sinkers.. I have some 16's somewhere..

[vash]

Originally Posted by TimT

And jigging is and had been the method of choice there forever....I'm still trying to figure out the new trick.. is it just a new type of terminal tackle?

Tim. From what I can’t tell, it’s a whole system.
The rod uses spiral guides do the tip guide is underneath. This mitigates the line tangling in the guides. The rod is also VERY parabolic. You kinda hold it angled down when you are fighting a fish. You rely on torquey reels with heavy drags to lift fish. The rod mainly works the jig. The reel fights the fish. The rods and reels are lightweight because you’re lifting it up and down all day long. The rod handles are bare split grips do you can feel the bites down deep. Oh, the reels have exaggerated long handles and have huge line pickup per crank.

The lines are light. I was told to use 30lb braid. (PE 2-3 in Japanese sizing). Light lines have way less water resistance so the jigs get down deeper quickly and efficiently. In general jigs are 1oz for every foot of depth. So a 300gr jig (10oz) for 300 deep.

The jigs resemble an injured baitfish struggling to swim. You lift them up and the drift down sashaying side to side.

All this is theory for me. Just what the salesman told me