Jigging for Seabass
 

I've been hearing rumors that the Seabass have been feeding on sandeels and jigging has been producing well. Question is, do you use the same diamond jigs used for blues/stripers, what technique is used ie long sweeps or short jigging action, tube or tubeless, teasers, etc? READYYY... SETTT... GO!!

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couple years ago we read the sh!t out of em but they would not really punce on clam we caught a few & the were vomitting up sand eels i put on a 1oz ava & proceeded to get hit right away everyone switched up & it wasn't fast & furious but we were catching more then on clam. Long sweeps & short pops worked best

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Thanks Joey, with the lack of wind predicted this weekend, looks like the perfect time to give it a shot.

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Also a gulp teaser or hair teaser can catch em too I wish they would just coopeate & eat clam lol I will be out Sunday & i just want them west philly snappers aka POOOOOGGGGIIIIEEEEEESSSSSS

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inshore I use t-hex 1-3 oz to jig for them...blue/stripers and sometimes an albie will hit it too.....offshore can use the regular diamond hammered jigs.

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Lol you can keep the porgies, i wish the triggerfish would come back in the numbers they were in years past. Sandy really messed up their inshore haunts, esp out of Barny.

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I'm heading out in the kayak tomorrow morning from the Long Branch area. If anyone wants to join me, just let me know.

Jon Mueller is out there now and had over (40) a few hours ago.

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A few weeks back when the season was closed we were fluke fishing using spros and a gulp teaser and the seabass were slamming the teaser.

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Jigs and bucktsils both work great ! We sell blue UV glow bucktails that have won many pools.

http://shop.jerseytackle.com/JETTY-G...JG-SANDEEL.htm

The pics are in link above. These sandeels work for everythng that eats sandeels.

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Was on the cell phone reading while waiting before, but wanted to say that many guys are using jigs for sea bass now! Anything from a simple Ava Jig ( no tail ) to the fancy stuff like I listed above with the Jetty Ghost Sandeels, these fish will inhale something like this.

Spearing & Sandeels also work as bait too! Seems the larger fish will take the larger baits, such as spearing even smelts! Clam is great, or squid, but you see the mix of small fish with these baits. If you want to target quality fish, go with the jigs and bigger baits!

One last thing we have noticed, is that pink & blue are the two top colors for jigs. Pink starts to change color, depending on your depth. Blue is one of the last colors that are lost in the water. Spent 2 seasons testing this theory and its dead on. Blue jigs seem to crush sea bass in depths of 75-125'/

Just a little info on the topic. OMT made up some sea bass jigs for us recently, and the guys love them! Blue with UV Glow. :)