[codkid10]

Okay this is a very late report, but i got these pictures today from my august trip to Kill Devil Hills North Carolina. I figured it gove everyone something to read. Me and my dad went out for a full day trip on the Miss Hatteras, and i brought along all my butterfly jigs. I was using a Trinidad 16 filled with 80lb braid and 15 feet of 100lb flourocarbon. My first jig was a 270g in green. I started working it the way they tell you to on the shimano website and the captain came around and told me to try really harder jerks. I did and i hooked up to a 40lb amberjack. I did not like how light the trevala was, as for the jigs i had a good pick all day on vermillion snappers, sea bass, and smaller amberjacks. Then i had a hook up that i managed to pry off the bottom but as i got it near the surface it ran under the boat and cut me off. I threw on a pink jig, and for the rest of the day i had a fish on every time i got to the bottom. I even had an amberjack hit on the way down. I had a blast

First AJ
Second AJ hit on the way down

 

[capttrav]

Nice catch. Those AJs will fight till the end. They are tough critters!!

 

[codkid10]

Yea they are, I was sitting on the butt of the travala and the forgrip was on the rail. The rest of the rod was pointing straight to the water.

 

[KILSONG]

I am impressed with AJ size caught in NC.
I talked with a Capt in NC and he told me he had a 140 lbs AJ.

AJ respond to jigs very well and they are powerful fighters.
Here are pictures of recent AJ jigging trip to NC by Randy(Anglers Proshop) and John.

 

[ckonkol]

That AJ is a beast

 

[codkid10]

Wow that puts mine to shame when was this trip im going down in april and we have a few trips planned but i wanna replace my trevala with something different

 

[KILSONG]

codkid10 wrote:
Wow that puts mine to shame when was this trip im going down in april and we have a few trips planned but i wanna replace my trevala with something different
The picture shows the right action of the rod ( I believe the rod is Hot's Wei). John really relaxed to fight the fish. It shows his experience.

This post edited by KILSONG 12:42 PM 03/13/2008

 

[Codkiller]

Thats insane!


Bob

 

[bretabaker]

AJs are so strong with their first run, much more so than tuna of the same size. a couple weekends ago, i caught many little amberjack, none over 15lbs.....they still pulled a bit of line off the reel at 20lbs of drag. pretty impressive.

 

[capttrav]

Nice AJ's Kil

Here's a pic of one my dad got last year.

 

[codkid10]

wow nice where were was this one caught and kilsong whata time fo the year were they down there

 

[capttrav]

This was a trip in Beaufort NC sometime after Halloween. I mostly use cheaper jigs as we lose alot to the Kings. This exact day this fish was caught we saw 3-4 bluefins surface in the 200-300lbs range.

 

[gmann]

KILSONG wrote:
codkid10 wrote:
Wow that puts mine to shame when was this trip im going down in april and we have a few trips planned but i wanna replace my trevala with something different
The picture shows the right action of the rod ( I believe the rod is Hot's Wei). John really relaxed to fight the fish. It shows his experience.

Kil you are right that is the Wei World 48XXH, I have the same rod. Hopefully I am going down soon. The rod is the lightest rod I have ever felt, maybe 8-9 ounces. Its like jigging with no rod just a reel

This post edited by gmann 09:16 PM 03/13/2008

 

[codkid10]

gmann when aree you going down im going tto be in kill devil hills from april 19 to 26

 

[KILSONG]

gmann wrote:

Kil you are right that is the Wei World 48XXH, I have the same rod. Hopefully I am going down soon. The rod is the lightest rod I have ever felt, maybe 8-9 ounces. Its like jigging with no rod just a reel
Yes, it was so light that you don't feel any rod weight at all.
My friend from Korea who fished on the Carribean Sea trip last June bought the rod after he saw Sami fished with the rod. He loves the rod. I asked Rodwinder to build a rod with OTI's front part(5') of 80 lbs popping blank. I plan to test the acid wrapped rod for upcoming NC trip.



This post edited by KILSONG 09:31 PM 03/13/2008

 

[Rodwinder]

Kil,

wait until you see the next rod i will be giving you to field test

i already have it....just got to build it

This post edited by Rodwinder 09:42 PM 03/13/2008

 

[KILSONG]

Rodwinder wrote:
Kil,

wait until you see the next rod i will be giving you to field test

i already have it....just got to build it
any hint ?
NC trip is a good opportunity to test my new Shimano Saragosa 18000F to the limit as big AJ and big grouper are very powerful.

 

[bretabaker]

KILSONG wrote:
Rodwinder wrote:
Kil,

wait until you see the next rod i will be giving you to field test

i already have it....just got to build it
any hint ?
NC trip is a good opportunity to test my new Shimano Saragosa 18000F to the limit as big AJ and big grouper are very powerful.

when is the trip? i want to test mine, but i think youll beat me to it

 

[KILSONG]

bretabaker wrote:


when is the trip? i want to test mine, but i think youll beat me to it
Any time if I can find a good weather. Can you fly over from Texas ?

 

[bretabaker]

I'd like to - would be a fun trip

This post edited by bretabaker 04:34 PM 03/14/2008