

Not anymore for Benny and his fellow slow-pitch jiggers. Prepwork to catch and/or purchase baits, and then load and transportīait coolers. These long-range trips have historically been aĭead bait bottom fishing affair that required a significant amount of They are not actively feeding and sometimes even during the lull of theĭay when other guys around me fishing live or dead bait are not gettingīenny has honed his jigging skills on numerous multi-day bottomįishing trips to the Dry Tortugas and beyond aboard the Yankee Captain Tortugas for several years and has thus far caught more than 70ĭifferent species on slow-pitch jigs, including golden tilefish,īlackfin tuna, African pompano, mutton snapper, scamp grouper and evenĪccording to Benny, "Slow-pitch jigs trigger a reaction Pioneering the art of slow-pitch jigging in South Florida and the Dry One Florida angler having quite a bit of success with slow-pitch Vulnerable prey with a fluttering, falling action. Slow-pitch jigs mimic wounded, injured or Slow-pitch jigs might be dropped to the bottom and jigged repeatedly no For bottom-oriented species, such as snapper and grouper, Slow-pitch jigs might be dropped and jigged where fish are marked on These jigsĪre continuously and methodically jigged at a specific depth zone where Less labor intensive, and is more of a targeted presentation. Lastly, the speed jig is generally not in a fish's strikeĬonversely, slow-pitch jigging, by definition, is slow, relaxed, Speed-jigging is very effectiveįor tunas, amberjacks, wahoo and others. The goal is to make it appear that the jig isĪttempting to flee from predator fish. The surface, then retrieved vertically very quickly along withĬontinuous rod pumping. The slow-pitch technique, the more recent of the two, warrants a closerĪ quick review: In speed jigging, the lure is dropped deep below Sato, may resemble speed-jigging in some respects, but is totallyīoth methods have proven very useful for Florida ocean waters, but Slow-pitch jigging, a system developed by Japanese angler Norihiro With the introduction of the Butterfly Jig series. Technique of Japanese origin popularized by Shimano some 13 years ago Most Florida offshore anglers are familiar with speed jigging, a APA style: A Pitch for Slow-Pitch Jigging: Gear and techniques for triggering strikes in the water column.A Pitch for Slow-Pitch Jigging: Gear and techniques for triggering strikes in the water column." Retrieved from
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MLA style: "A Pitch for Slow-Pitch Jigging: Gear and techniques for triggering strikes in the water column." The Free Library.
