New to offshore - Kiting experience
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:20 am
Hi,
I'm very new to offshore. Been reading and preparing my tackles for local offshore trip. Just few weeks ago i managed to find time to join a local offshore trip at southern. Being a newbie, I prepared 2 setup: micro jigging with jigs up to 30g and spinning 1000 reel(pe 0.4), and a light jigging setup with jigs (and tenya/madai) up to 120g and spinning c3000 reel(pe 1).
I'm pretty sure the current and wind was very strong that day even i'm very new to offshore. Guys who were playing baiting none have their sinker vertically down. Everything is "flying"... I brought some Slowfall jigs and obviously those are far far away before it can reach the bottom. actually, i don't think they ever reached the bottom...
My questions is, in such situation, what will you do?
1. continue to play the heaviest jigs despite the jigs are not touching the bottom, and hope something bite? I'm not sure if it even make sense, or productive to slowfall when you line is not even vertical...
2. just do micro and cast against the wind/current, and jig back on mid/top column of the water hoping for some sagai/etc to bite?
3. i even did ajing (which I've never tried before on offshore). but just have no idea how to play it. I'm just slowly twitching, letting go more lines, twitching, lines, retrieved, re-cast, etc. Just feel that it's most probably at the almost top of the water with it's light weight and strong current... Will anything bite when the lure is so high up? Btw, i'm using a jighead that's pointed at its bottom and front, suppose to assist in bringing the lure down.
Offshore is not cheap, in terms of $ and time. Hope to get more knowledge from fellow anglers here before i go out there again and give my ebst shot.
Please feel free to comment.
Thanks.
I'm very new to offshore. Been reading and preparing my tackles for local offshore trip. Just few weeks ago i managed to find time to join a local offshore trip at southern. Being a newbie, I prepared 2 setup: micro jigging with jigs up to 30g and spinning 1000 reel(pe 0.4), and a light jigging setup with jigs (and tenya/madai) up to 120g and spinning c3000 reel(pe 1).
I'm pretty sure the current and wind was very strong that day even i'm very new to offshore. Guys who were playing baiting none have their sinker vertically down. Everything is "flying"... I brought some Slowfall jigs and obviously those are far far away before it can reach the bottom. actually, i don't think they ever reached the bottom...
My questions is, in such situation, what will you do?
1. continue to play the heaviest jigs despite the jigs are not touching the bottom, and hope something bite? I'm not sure if it even make sense, or productive to slowfall when you line is not even vertical...
2. just do micro and cast against the wind/current, and jig back on mid/top column of the water hoping for some sagai/etc to bite?
3. i even did ajing (which I've never tried before on offshore). but just have no idea how to play it. I'm just slowly twitching, letting go more lines, twitching, lines, retrieved, re-cast, etc. Just feel that it's most probably at the almost top of the water with it's light weight and strong current... Will anything bite when the lure is so high up? Btw, i'm using a jighead that's pointed at its bottom and front, suppose to assist in bringing the lure down.
Offshore is not cheap, in terms of $ and time. Hope to get more knowledge from fellow anglers here before i go out there again and give my ebst shot.
Please feel free to comment.
Thanks.