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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Bucktail on November 01, 2007, 09:43:19 PM
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I got on the Gambler out of Point Pleasant today for their first striper jigging trip of the season. I had my Butterfly set-up ready to catch my first striper with this method.
We took a fairly long ride north along the beach, until we stopped in an area where the birds were diving. All morning long we had bluefish, bluefish and more bluefish up to about 10 lbs. I had to change up my tactics a little bit. I took off my Shimano Butterfly jig and replaced it with a much cheaper knock-off brand and added a tail hook for those gators. I was glad I did too, since those choppers really beat the heck out of those jigs. Plus I had a couple of them bit off as well. Oh well! Better to lose a couple $5 jigs than the $20 jigs! ;D
By the afternoon it seemed that it was going to be all bluefish for me. But with about 1/2 hour left in the trip, BANG! I nailed my first stripe on the butterfly! Not a giant, but a respectable 12lb. fish! It definitely felt good to finally snag one on this technique. And since the jigging season has just begun there should (hopefully) be many more before the season's done.
So the final score for the entire boat was a bunch of blues and 4 keeper stripers. With the pool winner going 17lbs. It should only get better from here!
-Bob
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Awesome job with the jigging. t^
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Good job Bob. Nice to see you got your butterfly jigging off to a respectable start. t^
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Good Job, personally I love jigging the best grtn
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nice report I'd like to hear more about those butterfly jigs. they are kinda pricey but they are suppossed to get the fish.
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Nice Job Bob t^
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Great to hear you are getting use to the new jigs. Good Job.
Happy Catching
Paul
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Great job!..Congrats on the nice Bass! w00t
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nice report I'd like to hear more about those butterfly jigs. they are kinda pricey but they are suppossed to get the fish.
They are something I just started playing around with this season. It is definitely a fun way to fish. If you'd like to learn more about it, PM me and I'll direct you to some good information.
-Bob
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http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimanobutterflyjigs.html
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Great link, thanks. t^