Jigs

There's nothing more exciting than hooking up to a good fish on a jig, feeling that initial bite and the drag on your reel scream. Jigging can be quite difficult as there are specific ways to use different jigs depending on shape and size other than just lifting your rod up and down. Jigging is not only something that takes time and a fair amount of effort but also skill and knowledge, so we’re going to give you some tips on how to catch the fish of a lifetime on a jig. Firstly, there are typically 3 main types of jig fishing that occur in Australia, High-Speed Jigging, Micro Jigging and Slow Pitch Jigging. High-Speed Jigging is the conventional style. That was how everyone used to do jigging since before the invention of the PE line. There are some variations, but it’s basically fast reeling, up-up-up actions with occasional pause. Micro Jigging was originally a mini casting game onshore. It uses tiny, several centimetre long metal jigs to catch small fish like horse mackerel and small rockfish. Then it found its way offshore with a little bigger jig, but still low-profile, no bigger than 5cm (2 inch), made of lead and weights 20g- 40g or so. The action is not really categorised, but it’s basically close to hi-speed jigging with a lot of shakes. Slow Pitch, high pitch and long fall are all variations of the same concept created by Sato Sensei.

Having the right gear is critical

1. This is a specialised form of fishing and you’d be wasting your time trying to use the wrong gear. Spin or overhead gear is fine, depending on your preference and a heavier line is the usual.
2. A PE 3-4 Rod that can handle jigs around 100g-200g where PE 5-6 rods can handle jigs to around 400g weight and are perfect for high speed jigging. It’s important to couple this with a lightweight reel that has plenty of drag capacity. An 8000-10000 size spin reel or a 400-500 size overhead reel is a good balance. (When a PE rating is applied to fishing line, it's simply as a measure of the line's diameter - not the line's breaking strain. In fact, a line rated PE 5, for example, may break at 30lb, 50lb, 90lb or anywhere in between.) For your lighter Jig fishing such as micro (10g-40g) or soft plastic jigging, a 6-10kg rod should do the trick perfectly.
3. It’s worth paying extra to get the thinnest line you can get for deep jigging, as it makes it easier to keep the lure vertical, which is critical in the lure's presentation and action underwater.

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