Posts Tagged ‘jigs’
Barnegat Fishin’ Hole Custom Tackle
Saturday, January 30th, 2010We are pleased to announce the launch of our custom and hard to find tackle line. Currently we offer butterfly jigs, assist hooks and Kevlar assist cord.
I have always taken great pride in creating jigs and rigs myself that not only looked good but continually catch fish. I have been told numerous times that I should sell the tackle that I’ve been making for myself and friends. After a few years of hearing it over and over I have decided to offer some of my creations for sale here.
The butterfly jigs are all hand poured, individually dipped in powder paint and then baked at 3oo degrees for forty-five minutes to harden the finish. Butter fly jigs are offered in six colors and five sizes from 2 to 9 ounces.
Assist hooks start with heavy duty, 4x strong Gamakatsu live bait hooks which are then hand tied with Tuf-Line Kevlar assist cord in 200, 300, 500 or 700 pound test (depending on the size of the hook). We offer four sizes of hook in 5/0, 7/0, 9/0 and 11/0 with three leash lengths-short, medium and long.
We are also thrilled to announce that we are stocking Tuf-Line Kevlar Assist Cord. Available in 200, 300, 500 and 700 pound test we offer handy packs of 10 or 25 feet or 100 and 300 foot spools.
Keep checking back as we will be adding more products that we use every season like our custom shark rigs which will feature Lindgren-Pitman circle hooks, 2′ of 49 strand cable, premium ball bearing swivels and 530 pound Momoi Extra Hard wind-on leaders.
Back-to-back BFT
Sunday, August 16th, 2009Saturday we headed out on my boat to the mud hole. Hit several spots, Humpty Dumpty, 20 fathom slough, Little Italy, Monster Ledge, Slough and some other lumps. Water was not as charted, it was cold, dirty and gray. Had some bait balls, porpoise and had a hard time picking through the monster bluefish to find an under fish. We finally came tight on a small 33 inch, 27.1 pound dressed under fish. After a while of no other knockdowns we ran down to Barnegat Ridge after talking to Bri-Time to try and get into the bonito bite and got there at the end of it and only came up with a falsie. Decided to go in Barnegat and run up the inside…should have gone all the way back up to Squan…outside was like a lake and bay was a washing machine.
Sunday shoved off on the 35′ Bertram at 2:30 headed to the Atlantic Princess area. Stopped 1.2 miles short of our numbers just before first light due to breaking skippies, BFT and spraying bait. Immediately dropped one of my ‘Dragon Fly’ colored jigs down on a 50, clipped it the outrigger, before I could grab my jigging rod with another jig that rod went off. Grabbed the rod, fought the fish for about 10 minutes and the hook pulled. Moved back on that spot, had good marks again got the rods set and chunks going. But for the next two hours it was just catch and release skippies. Once there was enough light to see down in the water we did see BFT cruising below the skippies but they had lock jaw. We tried all different kinds of jigs, sardines, peanuts, squid, different plastic baits…nothing. Two hours after the first fish we get another hookup, same rod, same jig. Ryan (the owner of the boat) had come down off the bridge to go to the bathroom and get a sandwich said hey, this line release from the rigger clip. Funny thing was, fish didn’t take line right away. He went to reset it and as he was putting it back into the clip, fish took off. This little guy was feisty and we had to move the boat a few times as he kept running under it. Fish came to gaff rather quickly though and it turned out to be a 34 inch, 33 pound fish and Ryan’s first BFT and first tuna on his boat. We moved back on our spot but again continued with the skippies and that was it. We did see some bigger fish under them throughout the rest of the trip and a few boats around us hooked up but that was it for us. Trolled a little around the fleet without a touch and then headed in at noon. Back at the dock at 2:30.
Fluking picks up
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Went out Sunday with Mark, Wayne and Mike. Had a blast, first time I have ever been out with Mike…he his hilarious. Always a good time at the marina with Mike around and now he is certainly welcome as a crew member anytime.
Decided to stick close to home in case the storms rolled through early so we headed to the Axel Carlson. Tried a few wrecks I haven’t fished in a while and had a slow pick at short fluke and sea bass until a couple of dive boats showed up, at which point I decided to move to other structure.
On our first drift on some rubble I boated my personal best summer flounder, it measured out at 24″ and 5 lbs 6 3/4 ounces.
We continued to take the same drift and put a few more fish in the boat, fish were either shorts or over 20″. We also continued to pick away at short and keeper sea bass.
Conditions were great, flat seas, light breeze and warm water for a change. Temps ranged from 71.4 to 74.3. Throughout the day we had bunker flipping and occasionally being harassed by something. A couple times there were slicks around the flipping bunker so we suspect that blues are starting to make a showing. We mainly fished water 80′ in depth and I used a 2 ounce bucktail all day while others used 3 or 4 ounce ball jigs and bucktails. All the bigger fish hit bucktails or ball jigs and spearing seemed to be the preferred bait. Didn’t get even a tap on peanut bunker or squid heads. Also tried the Hogy Squid and caught a few skates but nothing else. This was in one of our first spots so I will definitely try it again for fluking with the 7″ bait. I think it will be a good addition to our lure selection for other species as well including, striped bass, offshore wreck fishing, tile fish, tuna and maybe even as a trolling lure.
Headed in around 11 and got the boat and gear cleaned with time for a beer before the storms stated rolling through. Got some pretty high winds up to 46 knots and near horizontal rain for a while. And some pretty big lightening strikes as well.
Flounder season approaches
Thursday, March 20th, 2008There is a lot of buzz around here the past few days. I have been preparing rods, reels, jigs, rigs, sinkers, and list goes on. It is only a few short days till the opening of Winter Flounder for 2008. I have for many years fished opening day and am sad to say this year I will not be due to family obligations and the Easter Holiday.
In seasons past I have also typically caught a fish over four pounds on opening day and hope I can continue that tradition fishing the day after the official opener. if you are out on Monday the 24th give me a shout, will be glad to share real time reports.
Sinker Party
Sunday, March 4th, 2007We had a smaller turnout and only molded between five and six hundred pounds of lead. Last year we molded about nine hundred pounds. I guess most fished less last season and did not need to replenish their inventory. I recently purchased snag molds and they worked out great. It seemed to be more popular than we thought and we ran out of hooks fast. The smaller spire point molds that I got did not work well. It seemed that the holes to pour the lead into were way too small. I have already milled them out a little and hopefully this will fix the incomplete pouring issues. It definitely was not a cold mold issue but more of a flow issue so that should be all fixed. We did get a handful of the smaller 1 ounce ones made and they look like they will be great for river and bay fishing or pitching to surface busting fish. Now it is on to painting, curing and tying all of them. That should keep me busy till fluke season starts this year even though it is much later.
Get Jiggy With it!
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006Started to tie up a few of the jigs. With all the materials I have laying around in my office I could not believe I did not have the correct size eyes for the Spro bucktail jigs. I had larger and smaller but not the right ones.