![]() Slow pitch isn’t just for bottom dwellers, oceanic speedsters can’t help themselves Hamachi crossover carbon jig rod loaded up in the shallows, note the rod butt tucked under the armpit But the fun doesn’t stop there, with Dogtooth tuna, yellowtail kings, GT’s, mackerel and other fast moving bullets of the ocean readily nailing slow pitch jigs. But now these delicious fish are dedicated targets with Slow Pitch Jigging. Groupers, cod, snapper, trout and other bottom fish are hard targets for a conventional style of jigging. Slow pitch jigging has achieved tremendous results with all kinds of fish. ![]() Great selection of Hamachi jigs ideal for slow pitch jigging in 10 to 50 meters The lumo underside on jigs, like Hawaiian Island Ninja’s, are great for slow pitch on a night fishing expedition Slow pitch is also very effective on schools of snapper sitting off the bottom in “sleep mode”, using depth finder style braid (colour changes every 10 meters), drop the jig to the bottom count the colours back on to the reel until the jig is in the strike zone and slow pitch away! How many times have you found what looks like home run school and cranked away with high speed and the only thing you’ve returned to the dock with is a sore arm? the fish see a fluttering jig, think about it … that is a wounded and dying baitfish every time. Say from 45 degrees to my left pivoting for the next pitch anywhere up to 45 degrees to my right, or series of 4 or 5 pitches to cover the same arc, but no matter what action or direction you choose, remember to keep the rod parallel to the water!ĭon’t be quick to pick up the slackline, most of your strikes with slow pitch, with the fish hitting on the drop…. Personally, I mix it up- no set pattern as the aim is to imitate a natural lunging movement of the lure, with significant action to either side. Then work out your rod action keeping it parallel to the water, lunge it straight out from yourself up to 45 degrees either side of you. Pitches range from a ¼ handle crank to a full rotation of the handle, two factors come into play here as to what you use, the gear ratio of the reel, a ¼ turn on a 7:1 reel will have far more movement than a ¼ turn on 3.5:1 reel, personally I use reels around 5 to 6 to 1 this allows plenty of speed for jigging without making the reel to fast that it risks stripping the gears on big fish. Yellowtail Kingfish are a prime target for slow pitch jiggingįirstly the reel. Where many fishers go wrong is they jig the rod up and down, the art is to actually push the rod away from you keeping it parallel to the water to create the rod load and the irresistible action in the jig. It is a medium to fast crank in a slow tempo or rhythm, around 1 pitch per second, a tempo that is very slow compared to the conventional style of jigging. Hawaiian Island Designs make the absolutely perfect selection of jigs in their sub 150gram size Ninja’s for this Either way, that spells “breakfast” to any predator in the sea. The law of the jungle (or the seas in this case) see the small and the weak as an easy meal, and a slow pitch jig aims to imitate these, mimicking the crippled movement of a wounded baitfish or the stop-start darting of a terrified one looking for the nearest cover. Hawaiian Islands designs Ninja jigs are a multi-use run off the centre ring they are a deadly slow pitch and off the front tow eye they convert to an irresistible high speed offering It doesn’t matter how tough an egg you are, several hours of high-speed mechanical jigging, especially in the heat of our Australian climate, is hugely draining.īut if you’re looking for some more relaxing options, seeking to entice many of the slower moving bottom dwellers from the grouper and cod families right through to classic inshore freezer fillers like snapper, or even fish that aren’t in feed mode, then slow pitch jigging could be for you. In certain situations high-speed jigging is not only my preferred option, it’s the only option, BUT a day of high-speed jigging is tough on the body, particularly deep water with big jigs say 300gm to 600gm’s- wow you feel it the next day. They have the perfect stiffness and ultra-fast recovery of these new hi-tech rods, the rods in the Hamachi range I personally prefer being the Zenku 7’ and 6’2 in PE1-3 and 0.5-3 and the 6′ XOS GT’n’Doggie PE1-3 or 2-4 with these ultra-fast rods proving to be my main weapons of choice. Slow pitch jigging has spread around the globe like wildfire in the last few years.įirst developed by Norihiro Sato in Japan, many variations exist now, some great and others, well, maybe slightly less so …… personally I favour Sato’s method with rods from Hamachi’s Zenku or XOS Gt’n’Doggie range with high super carbon content.
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