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Originally Posted by bulletbob
No, the reason I have had "off days before" is because for reasons only they know , on some days the fish don't bite... When a boat full of anglers fishes hard all day, and very few fish of any type are caught, they simply don't want to eat on that particular day... I really doubt its because I wasn't using a flat sided, or flutter type jig.
Right now guys are getting them on jigs, and maybe at some times, a certain jig type will outperform others.. Thats a no brainer.
However, I have said it before, I have seen many days when sea bass simply won't touch a jig, and you either used bait, or caught nothing or next to nothing..
Glad your fares never have off days, thats certainly a testament to your ability. However other captains have had to tell their fares to ditch jigging or go without catching. I have seen it many times in my increasingly long life.
I suppose there are times when those that must jig at all costs will find only a certain jig will draw hits, I wont argue that point.. You're certainly more knowledgeable than I am.
When the fish are on sand eels, typically, but not exclusively, matching the hatch is the best strategy.
Its always been that way, but I dunno, things change, and I am kind of jaded and out of date. Guess I need to throw away the old iron, and buy some high end jigs to catch modern day sea bass....bob
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Well I tried to explain the WHY part , but your just being stubborn as you said .
Fish will always have reaction bites even when they are gorged and won’t eat bait .
Yesterday the fish were swollen with sand eels , no need for them to eat .
Normal jigging a sand eel type bait was just ok..
Baits creating a reaction strike got crushed INSTANTLY.
Nothing wrong with the old iron most days , and some of the newer jigs are the same price or less than a normal AVA..
I’m not fishing expensive jigs , just jigs that create a different action..
Reason I really like jigs is we handle way less short fish as when we fished bait .
Not switching out a jig would be no different than sticking to using only 1 type of bait , whether it was catching or not .
Here are a bunch of less expensive jigs .
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