Shore jigging vs halco twistys

[chokpa]

Hi Guys

I've been reading about shore jigging on a few pages and wanted to clarify something. Is it actually any different from spinning with halco twistys (and the life) from shore? The only difference i've seen are:

1. the shore jigs have a single hook at the head of the jig, usually attached with some cord. twistys have a treble at the back

2. some of the shore jigs get quite heavy (100g +)

3. the shore kigs are painted more like fish and have a shape more like a stickbait than a slice

Is anyone successfully "shore jigging" from the rocks here?

[jackiean]

I've been shore jigging for a while now with a group of my friends (8 of us), i've had success with both shore jigging and the good old halco twisty, the main difference i guess is that shore jigging works every single column of water whereas twisty's are usually just retrieved quickly under the surface. We had a massive 5 day fishing trip down at jervis bay, 4am-5pm everyday purely on lures, 2 of my mates didn't have any slow jigs but had the normal spinning metals. Throughout the trip is was obvious the slow jig were getting more hits as we usually let it hit the bottom jig and repeat, caught a good amount of snapper, kingfish and bonito whereas my mates with the metals were catching a few bonito here and there until they decided to switch over to shore jigging style/ lures! hope this helps

[Houdini]

shore jigging lures tend to flutter more than twisties/ raider type lures as they sink so can be more effective when "jigged"

you can let your twisty sink to the bottom and "jig" retrieve it but

you will most probably lose a few lures buy getting snagged on rocks doing this (single hooks may reduce this)

get to know the depth of the area you fish and count as the lure sinks to regulate the different depths you want the lure to be

as with any lure casting you can impart many different actions by using the rod and reel to jerk, twitch, pause, sink, drag and crank to name a few.

experiment until you get a bite or your arms fall off trying

 

 

[chokpa]

Beautiful! sounds like my river2sea sea rock are probably closer to slow jigs then... i might give them a try this weekend. will look into the other shapes out there

what tackle are you guys using for shore jigging? are you using specialised rods or just longer spinning rods? im gonna try on a 4-7kg 10ft spinning rod and see how i go. hope i dont snap the rod or myself in half

 

[Wellzy94]

1 hour ago, chokpa said:

Beautiful! sounds like my river2sea sea rock are probably closer to slow jigs then... i might give them a try this weekend. will look into the other shapes out there

what tackle are you guys using for shore jigging? are you using specialised rods or just longer spinning rods? im gonna try on a 4-7kg 10ft spinning rod and see how i go. hope i dont snap the rod or myself in half

 

If you're worried about breaking your rod, check the cast weight. Make sure you're not overloading your rod casting lures that are too heavy for the rod!

Cheers,

Wellzy

[Guest Guest123456789]

The shorter rods are easier do you have something around 7 foot?

[chokpa]

Yep i have a shimano raider but it can only cast up to 30g. My sea rocks are 60g so that'll be too much for it.

I recently got a kast king travel rod that i want to try out. It's technically rated at 3/4oz but based off reviews ive seen online it should handle 2oz.

Sounds like rod wise the ideal setup would be a 7ft rod that can hurl jigs up to 100g

[Regan]

halco twisties splash across/just under the surface

[DMG]

I love Halco Twisties  Gold and Chrome have had the most success with these lures for surface fish off the rocks.

Edited August 12, 2017 by DMG