My friends and I have been talking about the difference in jigging styles for years and you nailed the description perfectly. Awesome video! I'm a new subscriber now 😁
yup, and I'm not sure if this came through in the video...but you can "adjust" the fall rate by raising/lowering your rod tip. Often I'll start off free falling the jig at the end of the cast, just keeping it deep, then switch to that tight line swing as it gets shallower. Hope that makes sense!
@@CookingandFishing When keeping the rod tip tight in the beginning of the cast/retrieve, does it take less time for the jig to hit bottom since the angle that the line makes with the rod is greater? i.e: keeping the rod tip tight for 3 seconds before reeling in line during the first portion of the retrieve -> keeping the line tight for 5 seconds before reeling in line when the jig is closer to you btw do you know any jig heads 1/4 oz or 3/8 oz with 4/0 or 5/0 hooks? all the lighter jigheads ive found have tiny 2/0 or 3/0 hooks at those weights
@@idkwhattouseforname I think I understand the question, and yes the end of the retrieve will result in shorter "hang time" of the jig if you keep your timing and rod angle constant. It's not an exact science, every hop of the jig doesn't need to be the same, and moving/sloshing water has interesting implications for elongating your strike window, for instance if you're fishing out front in the wash...the more hang time at the lip of the bank the better. Probably enough material there for a new video next year lol.
@@keithmcgrath5586 Definitely. Even from shore you want to try to cast into the current. Braid floats so there's drag there as well. Straight floro might give you the best feel in deeper water...but I'm not about to spool up straight floro on my reels for fluke lol
Wow that was very good idk what else to say I’m someone who uses teasers 90% of the time but you and your cuz are really making me want to expand my technique great channel which is is why I watch every video of yours hope to see some tog videos now that fluke is coming to an end soon
Thanks!! It'll be a tough decision to chase tog or smallmouth in the Fall...but I'm sure I'll squeeze out a few trips either way lol. In fact, just typing out this response my tog muscles are twitching a bit haha
Outstanding!! Love your observational approach. Really appreciate the efforts taken to get those underwater footage, it's all so clear now. Time to go level up my pendulum cadence, lol.
You are absolutely incredible. The best fish and I’ve ever seen and thank you for your tips because I don’t understanding about fishing. Has come to me at 73 years old so anyway I did a lot of fishing in my life, but you are the man God bless.
Roger, keep this incredibly useful instructional format up, maybe write a book or 2 and you're the next john skinner! I love it. Btw, got a spanish mack in eastern ct by yak last Friday. Crazy!
Yeah, I kept it but I had to. Xrap 10 in the gills did most of the bleeding for me. I dont have a good functioning oven right now so I made ceviche and vac sealed the rest for a baking recipe or grilling. I'll see how it freezes.
It would be interesting to watch the action of a carolina rigged softbait .. In Ukraine they put the index finger on the rod blank so and put a minimum tension on the braid so they could feel the jig hitting the bottom .. Great video thanks 👍
Hey, I got to tell you this one first of all thanks for all your great information. I’m a good fluke fisherman but I always fished off of a boat for over 50 years. Never bothered with the surf but I know I’m watching all your videos. I just love them. I tried something. Maybe you can use this. I got a long, fake sandworm man I hooked that thing up and using most of your knowledge and techniques that I could possibly gather I just trolled it along the bottom and every once in a while, jig it what I thought was maybe a couple of inches off the bottom, but I made it dance, what was just phenomenal caught a lot of fluke
I fish the ocean often in 70-90’ of water. Do you still feel single jig is effective and do you need to cast and retrieve or can it be more just vertical jigging with the technique you described.
When there is no drift, yes. But my experience out in the ocean...under normal conditions, casting out a light single jig doesn't yield the same results as inshore. You are mostly vertical even if you cast out, and for w/e reason fluke out there seem to respond to a very heavy jig thumped on the bottom. They don't seem to want to chase up as much...you can see it here in this video I did last year: th-cam.com/video/IQkP4lM_470/w-d-xo.html And that was representative of most of my ocean trips. Sometimes I do outcatch the hi/lo jigglers, but even then the results aren't as lopsided as they are inside the bays. I've had days on the party boat inside RB where I catch more keepers than the rest of the boat combined.
Thanks for the response. I remember watching your videos on Northeast. I really enjoy the tutorials, just watching people catch fluke gets boring when your not learning anything.
One the best on TH-cam as far as feeling the jig! I fish mainly LI Sound 20’ - 30’ and I’ve tried light weight jig heads but always have to resort to a heavier jig because I have difficulty getting the jig to the bottom??? Using 15lb jbraid to 15 or 20lb flouro leader. Any suggestions? Thanks.
I'd say go incrementally lighter until you can't feel your jig anymore, and there's your current level of feel/tackle quality for that given depth/current. Also, make sure you are casting INTO the current. Wind makes light jigging very difficult...and when you're talking 1/4oz or less in 40ft or more...you're not going to feel anything but instead you'll see bottom (and strikes!) in your line. Always use a hi vis braid.
@Cooking and Fishing I'm really liking the informative type videos 👍🏻 question for you ....Do you change any part of this technique fishing off of a jetty ? ( with heavy currents) if so how ? Thanks✌🏻
Not really, you do need to be contacting bottom so use the appropriate weight, and always cast up current if possible. Sometimes that's hard to do if the jetty is crowded. Slack line/free fall definitely gets you down to the bottom quicker vs the tight line/pendulum swing. If the current is strong enough to roll your jig across the bottom...I generally just pick up slack and give it very small twitches. Then you would be fan casting to cover water right to left or left to right. Don't neglect the water that is close in to the jetty, even right along the rocks, esp on the incoming tide.
Most my fluke hit jig when I let it sit on bottom for a few seconds..ill feel the weight..wait another few seconds than...set hook...these fish will follow the jig in..
I learned a lot from your video, but could you gime some advice for striped bass, I improved on my fluke fishing following your instructions and I’m happy and thanks to your video.
Thank you anyway, I’m enjoying catching big fluk by LI, HamptonBays thanks to your video, last week I caught a 24” inches, and like 6 20 it was awesome, thank you and I keep following you.
I know this video is 3 years old, but do you think you can make another one where you stand at the shallow end of the pool to represent fishing from the shore and retrieving from deeper water to shallow water like you mentioned in this video, please?
No underwater footage anytime soon, but...just imagine the jig gliding a shorter distance and hitting the upslope sooner. There's a lot of nuance involved when jigging down or upslope - you can really control the jig's descent using your rod tip and reel to pick up line.
when you are fishing in the inlet and off of jetties, does the 1/2oz head hold bottom, i mostly deep water fluke fish but when I fish off the jetties and inlets, I am usually afraid to use anything under 1oz . Thanks
3/8 - 1/2oz with the jerk shad works well throughout the tide phases, but 5/8 - 3/4 if using grubs/paddle tails. Always cast somewhat up current and you can get away with lighter jigs. I would start with 1oz and work your way down...once you lose contact with your jig it's too light.
Intuition is often wrong lol. A light jig fished correctly trigger larger bites on average, esp in shallow inshore waters...I think that is pretty obvious by this point. Problem is it takes practice...much easier to just hang a hi/lo rig and catch shorts all day with the occasional keeper. To each their own!
@@CookingandFishing I think youtube comment section has put you on the defensive too much. :) I'm not criticizing, just clarifying definitions. I mostly only get to fish (great) lakes and ponds, does the same logic apply?
@@l26wang Not at all, we just get the same question a lot. For me, a single jig is the default, yet when it comes to fluking people think it's some kind of unorthodox method, which always crack me up. The only time you should have more than 1 hook on your line is if double/triple headers are common...think sabiki rigs for herring, hi/lo seabass/porgy rigs etc, species where presentation hardly matters. And that's the crux of the matter - you want your jig to look perfect underwater. Hard to do that with the weight and water displacement of a teaser 12" above. Ditto freshwater.
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My friends and I have been talking about the difference in jigging styles for years and you nailed the description perfectly. Awesome video! I'm a new subscriber now 😁
thanks!
Makes a lot of sense. Helps keep you "in touch" with the jig also.
yup, and I'm not sure if this came through in the video...but you can "adjust" the fall rate by raising/lowering your rod tip. Often I'll start off free falling the jig at the end of the cast, just keeping it deep, then switch to that tight line swing as it gets shallower. Hope that makes sense!
@@CookingandFishing When keeping the rod tip tight in the beginning of the cast/retrieve, does it take less time for the jig to hit bottom since the angle that the line makes with the rod is greater?
i.e: keeping the rod tip tight for 3 seconds before reeling in line during the first portion of the retrieve -> keeping the line tight for 5 seconds before reeling in line when the jig is closer to you
btw do you know any jig heads 1/4 oz or 3/8 oz with 4/0 or 5/0 hooks? all the lighter jigheads ive found have tiny 2/0 or 3/0 hooks at those weights
@@idkwhattouseforname I think I understand the question, and yes the end of the retrieve will result in shorter "hang time" of the jig if you keep your timing and rod angle constant. It's not an exact science, every hop of the jig doesn't need to be the same, and moving/sloshing water has interesting implications for elongating your strike window, for instance if you're fishing out front in the wash...the more hang time at the lip of the bank the better. Probably enough material there for a new video next year lol.
Your attention to detail is amazing man
OCD can be quite useful when it comes to fishing lol
@@CookingandFishing lol I thought my OCD was pretty bad. But your on a whole new level! Great stuff 👍
Couldn't agree more!
Most important question: how many times did you proof read your comment before posting? Haha!
Awesome video Roger. Nice to see what you Marc and I talk about all the time in action
Something i also thought about. I’m assuming current changes fall rate/how the jig falls. Thoughts?
Yo man. It was your optimism in our early season outing that changed everything.
@@keithmcgrath5586 Definitely. Even from shore you want to try to cast into the current. Braid floats so there's drag there as well. Straight floro might give you the best feel in deeper water...but I'm not about to spool up straight floro on my reels for fluke lol
The mysteries of fishing! You can never learn them all! Thanks for the tips. I've always struggled with jigs.
It's a life long process for sure, even something as elementary as a jig. Thanks for watching!
I just bought a labrax and the first fish I caught on it was a fluke! I used this technique to catch it today.
Thanks for these vids.
That's awesome!
A well presented study, cheers Roger.
Thanks!
Wow that was very good idk what else to say I’m someone who uses teasers 90% of the time but you and your cuz are really making me want to expand my technique great channel which is is why I watch every video of yours hope to see some tog videos now that fluke is coming to an end soon
Thanks!! It'll be a tough decision to chase tog or smallmouth in the Fall...but I'm sure I'll squeeze out a few trips either way lol. In fact, just typing out this response my tog muscles are twitching a bit haha
Dude what you better target tog this fall I’ll be pist if I don’t see you make at least a few 😤
Excellent footage
Outstanding!! Love your observational approach. Really appreciate the efforts taken to get those underwater footage, it's all so clear now. Time to go level up my pendulum cadence, lol.
lol thanks mang! That mullet roll on the pendulum was surprising.
@@CookingandFishing definitely good action on the mullet. Now you gotta do a video on the rest of gulp profiles lol
Dingthings Fishing light leader too!
@@shore-moneyfishing1939 right, 15 lb test and a loop knot!
I like these. Informative. Ty.more cooking of what you catch please! I like your recipes!
haha thanks! Hopefully we find some time to film a few catch and cooks...I haven't picked up my knife in a long time!
@@CookingandFishing quit slackin'
You are absolutely incredible. The best fish and I’ve ever seen and thank you for your tips because I don’t understanding about fishing. Has come to me at 73 years old so anyway I did a lot of fishing in my life, but you are the man God bless.
Haha thank you!!!
@@CookingandFishing although I would like to know the best rod and reel to use for the Shaw fishing that you do without spending a ton of money
@@georgeniebergall7074 Here's a couple of budget combos I reviewed - th-cam.com/video/649n3fyPvOM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/rHSXAajQfoI/w-d-xo.html
It's very interesting. I learned a lot. Thank you for your valuable information😊
Thank you
Roger, keep this incredibly useful instructional format up, maybe write a book or 2 and you're the next john skinner! I love it. Btw, got a spanish mack in eastern ct by yak last Friday. Crazy!
Haha thanks! and damn those spaniards are everwhere!! Did you keep it?
Yeah, I kept it but I had to. Xrap 10 in the gills did most of the bleeding for me. I dont have a good functioning oven right now so I made ceviche and vac sealed the rest for a baking recipe or grilling. I'll see how it freezes.
@@danielweise8516 Nice! Should be delicious
I like that pendulum kid.
It would be interesting to watch the action of a carolina rigged softbait ..
In Ukraine they put the index finger on the rod blank so and put a minimum tension on the braid so they could feel the jig hitting the bottom ..
Great video thanks 👍
Good stuff!!!
Please,more cooking also...
Haha thanks!
Thanks for this info!
YVW! Check out the newest videos and I have a virtual course that goes into single jigging in granular detail :)
Hey, I got to tell you this one first of all thanks for all your great information. I’m a good fluke fisherman but I always fished off of a boat for over 50 years. Never bothered with the surf but I know I’m watching all your videos. I just love them. I tried something. Maybe you can use this. I got a long, fake sandworm man I hooked that thing up and using most of your knowledge and techniques that I could possibly gather I just trolled it along the bottom and every once in a while, jig it what I thought was maybe a couple of inches off the bottom, but I made it dance, what was just phenomenal caught a lot of fluke
Thank you for this interesting info🤝
Never thought about it.
I will check it 👍
This is a great demo!!!
thanks!
Love it !!!
thanks!
Ok ok I went out 1st time trying this technique, no kidding on the 1st cast caught a fluke lol
lol nice!!
I fish the ocean often in 70-90’ of water. Do you still feel single jig is effective and do you need to cast and retrieve or can it be more just vertical jigging with the technique you described.
When there is no drift, yes. But my experience out in the ocean...under normal conditions, casting out a light single jig doesn't yield the same results as inshore. You are mostly vertical even if you cast out, and for w/e reason fluke out there seem to respond to a very heavy jig thumped on the bottom. They don't seem to want to chase up as much...you can see it here in this video I did last year: th-cam.com/video/IQkP4lM_470/w-d-xo.html
And that was representative of most of my ocean trips. Sometimes I do outcatch the hi/lo jigglers, but even then the results aren't as lopsided as they are inside the bays. I've had days on the party boat inside RB where I catch more keepers than the rest of the boat combined.
Thanks for the response. I remember watching your videos on Northeast. I really enjoy the tutorials, just watching people catch fluke gets boring when your not learning anything.
One the best on TH-cam as far as feeling the jig! I fish mainly LI Sound 20’ - 30’ and I’ve tried light weight jig heads but always have to resort to a heavier jig because I have difficulty getting the jig to the bottom???
Using 15lb jbraid to 15 or 20lb flouro leader.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
I'd say go incrementally lighter until you can't feel your jig anymore, and there's your current level of feel/tackle quality for that given depth/current. Also, make sure you are casting INTO the current. Wind makes light jigging very difficult...and when you're talking 1/4oz or less in 40ft or more...you're not going to feel anything but instead you'll see bottom (and strikes!) in your line. Always use a hi vis braid.
Cooking and Fishing Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely give it a try!
@Cooking and Fishing I'm really liking the informative type videos 👍🏻 question for you ....Do you change any part of this technique fishing off of a jetty ? ( with heavy currents) if so how ? Thanks✌🏻
Not really, you do need to be contacting bottom so use the appropriate weight, and always cast up current if possible. Sometimes that's hard to do if the jetty is crowded. Slack line/free fall definitely gets you down to the bottom quicker vs the tight line/pendulum swing. If the current is strong enough to roll your jig across the bottom...I generally just pick up slack and give it very small twitches. Then you would be fan casting to cover water right to left or left to right. Don't neglect the water that is close in to the jetty, even right along the rocks, esp on the incoming tide.
Most my fluke hit jig when I let it sit on bottom for a few seconds..ill feel the weight..wait another few seconds than...set hook...these fish will follow the jig in..
Please don't do that lol...when you feel the bite, reel down and set the hook. Don't let shorts swallow your jig.
I learned a lot from your video, but could you gime some advice for striped bass, I improved on my fluke fishing following your instructions and I’m happy and thanks to your video.
Thanks! Unfortunately neither of us are too interested in striper fishing.
Thank you anyway, I’m enjoying catching big fluk by LI, HamptonBays thanks to your video, last week I caught a 24” inches, and like 6 20 it was awesome, thank you and I keep following you.
So how u do the pendulum?
I know this video is 3 years old, but do you think you can make another one where you stand at the shallow end of the pool to represent fishing from the shore and retrieving from deeper water to shallow water like you mentioned in this video, please?
No underwater footage anytime soon, but...just imagine the jig gliding a shorter distance and hitting the upslope sooner. There's a lot of nuance involved when jigging down or upslope - you can really control the jig's descent using your rod tip and reel to pick up line.
when you are fishing in the inlet and off of jetties, does the 1/2oz head hold bottom, i mostly deep water fluke fish but when I fish off the jetties and inlets, I am usually afraid to use anything under 1oz . Thanks
3/8 - 1/2oz with the jerk shad works well throughout the tide phases, but 5/8 - 3/4 if using grubs/paddle tails. Always cast somewhat up current and you can get away with lighter jigs. I would start with 1oz and work your way down...once you lose contact with your jig it's too light.
How long is your leader roughly?
Either 8-9ft (with the connection knot between reel and stripper guide), or 3-4ft and the knot is outside the rod tip entirely.
nice video, what do you think of dropshotting ?
meh - lol
Does "Single Jig" refer to only having one hook on the line? Why not have more than 1 hook? Intuition is that improves odds.
Intuition is often wrong lol. A light jig fished correctly trigger larger bites on average, esp in shallow inshore waters...I think that is pretty obvious by this point. Problem is it takes practice...much easier to just hang a hi/lo rig and catch shorts all day with the occasional keeper. To each their own!
@@CookingandFishing I think youtube comment section has put you on the defensive too much. :) I'm not criticizing, just clarifying definitions.
I mostly only get to fish (great) lakes and ponds, does the same logic apply?
@@l26wang Not at all, we just get the same question a lot. For me, a single jig is the default, yet when it comes to fluking people think it's some kind of unorthodox method, which always crack me up. The only time you should have more than 1 hook on your line is if double/triple headers are common...think sabiki rigs for herring, hi/lo seabass/porgy rigs etc, species where presentation hardly matters. And that's the crux of the matter - you want your jig to look perfect underwater. Hard to do that with the weight and water displacement of a teaser 12" above. Ditto freshwater.
Cooking and Fishing for fresh water do you use Texas rig or similar to keep weeds at bay?
Sure, you can also drop in baits along weedlines and edges/pockets. Freshwater fishing is a whole universe unto itself!
TLDR: Dont use SQUID