Golden snapper on a jig

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Golden snapper on a jig

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Fishing and Outdoor World's Matt West caught this lunker golden snapper (fingermark) on a light jigging outfit and a Snapback soft plastic, fishing with Equinox Fishing Charters.

Matt told me: "I jig all the time now when I am reef fishing, I hardly ever use bait. Jigging is more fun and you catch quality fish."
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..............I agree about that''''''''''nice snapper :clap: :fishy:
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It happens :wink:
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Nice fish.........think I might have to give that a try.



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Does anyone jig inside Darwin Harbour?? :???: I tried jigging on a charter out of Broome and it was a lot of fun!! Plenty of fish and no smelly bait but ive never heard of it being done in close, 4.5m seajay wouldnt be very comfortable at the south gutter :banghead: :banghead: :bonk:
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just gotta pick ya days chronic :mrgreen: i used to go to fenton although not as far in a 435 hornet tropghy trip home was interesting when the weather went sour though. you could always try to take dodgys title from him. :lol: :lol: flat top in a open 5m tinny :shock: :shock:


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Im not worried about weather but when it turns into a 5 hour trip home slow as you like soaked to the bone its not all that much fun anymore. I got 'piggy-backed' home by 'tere tiki' one nasty afternoon from fenton after a good days fishin. Big swell for a tinnie...
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What rubbers/lures work best for bluewater jigging. Anyone got any favourites.
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silstar jig'ems just watch out cause turtles dig'em :rofl: :rofl: have a mate that caught and landed a rather large turtle on one. rest a sured he was safely released after an hour and a hour wrest

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a good friend of mine used to make the noggy jigs and they worked a treat for just about everything :catch: , he has since passed away so no longer many around :(
used to jig off channel island bridge a lot and catch a few snapper amongst other species :grin:

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Post by mixflix »

Have tried soft plastics for snapper in the harbour without success. Always seem to have trouble getting them to stay in the strike zone :banghead: . Also don't really know what action to use when jigging. :???: Had a hot bite in one of the arms last week so tried a small shad. Fish were bitng continuousley on bait but didn't seem interested in the artificial. Any advise would be welcome.
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..............jigging is usually done by lifting and dropping a lure or lure's vertically below the boat
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ive caught goldies on shad soft plastics and knife jigs at fenton
and ive caught them at west alligator and jew to 45lb
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Post by BarraBase »

mixflix your on the right track, try heaver jigs bounce them one cast then a slow wind the next till you find how they like it .give me a call if you need help and i will try to talk you on to one .. :fishing: i could put what i have caught to but you need a how not a look at me.. :banghead:
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