Jigging for Seabass

[Reel Class]

AVA 17 no tail or red, green or black tail.

Pink fin-s or gulp teaser.

Either they work real well, or you get NO BITES.

Basically you drop it to the bottom, and hop it along, sorta like you would do when you're bucktailing. If the seabass want it, you'll know right away, as they slam the jig when they're willing. With the jigs, we've also caught jumbo porgies, and believe it or not, keeper sized togs on the diamond jigs! Got pics to prove it! See below LOL

[Bobby Kojak]

I fished on the Ocean Explorer on Thursday for seabass. The fishing was a bit slow fishing with clam. I switched to a Ava 17 without a tail, and started to reel them in. Some guys were using a Ava 27 with the same results, but I found the lighter the jig, the better. Didn't get my limit, but had a great nonetheless.........

[MrAC1980]

Fished a bunch of wrecks over the weekend and tried a bunch of diff jigs in diff sizes, shapes, colors and they didn't want to touch them. Tried all diff baits as well and they only wanted the clam. Will def try again though in the future. May have been the size of the fish as they were mostly smalls with only a handful of keepers.

[aduma1107]

Originally Posted by MrAC1980

Fished a bunch of wrecks over the weekend and tried a bunch of diff jigs in diff sizes, shapes, colors and they didn't want to touch them. Tried all diff baits as well and they only wanted the clam. Will def try again though in the future. May have been the size of the fish as they were mostly smalls with only a handful of keepers.

Anthony, I had success offshore Seabass-ing with the Stingo PBJ 3oz and 5 oz Pink

[Jay]

Originally Posted by MrAC1980

Fished a bunch of wrecks over the weekend and tried a bunch of diff jigs in diff sizes, shapes, colors and they didn't want to touch them. Tried all diff baits as well and they only wanted the clam. Will def try again though in the future. May have been the size of the fish as they were mostly smalls with only a handful of keepers.

Get on one of the Offshore trips this upcoming Season. I used a 8oz Gold Hammered jig last year. I caught 12 jumbo's last year onthe jig itself. Fun to catch on the jig.

[PeteyHD]

I caught my full limit of Seabass on an offshore trip last year on the Voyager. I was using a flat sided Shimano butterfly jig and just short snappy jerks on the bottom. I found that the fish need to a little thicker on the offshore trips for the jig to produce and the larger fish were only hitting the jigs. I'm talking those fat Seabass up to 4 pounds and nothing under 2lbs on the jig period!

Inshore I use an ava 27 or smaller with a trevel hook and long sweeps work best. The fish definitely need to be in the mood for the jig.

Pete

[bunker dunker]

Fished A Ns Pb Out Of Point On Sunday.a Plain Ava27 Was The Ticket.i Had 25-30 Sea Bass Only Keeping My Limit.i Had More Keepers On The Jig Than The Boat Had On Clams.flip It Out And Just Work It Back At A
Slow Pace.