Newfoundland Cod fishing jigs?
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Newfoundland Cod fishing jigs?
On TV, an hour long on the Newfies and the Cod Shareman way of life.
Very interesting. Had me wishing I could go spend a summer up there with them.
I saw them using a strange two part Jig on thier hand lines. I couldn't get a close up of it though.
I'm piticularly intested in the older Jigs from the 1800's or before.
I went to Google but found no photo's there.
Does anyone on this Board know what they use?
Do you have a photo of the assembly?
Very interesting. Had me wishing I could go spend a summer up there with them.
I saw them using a strange two part Jig on thier hand lines. I couldn't get a close up of it though.
I'm piticularly intested in the older Jigs from the 1800's or before.
I went to Google but found no photo's there.
Does anyone on this Board know what they use?
Do you have a photo of the assembly?
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Thanks a Million Dennis.
This new Jig didn't look like the Jig in the first link.
The Jig I saw in the TV special was in two parts. Each of the parts had Bright Red on it.
The upper part was about six to eight inches long and the lower part, where the Hook is, was two parts. One dangeling red Skirt looking thing and the other was the Hook.
The line was traditional. Wound on the hand line square wrapper.
Down at the end of the line, the two leaders are tied off, with a jig at the end of each leaders.
I just didn't have a good look at those jigs.
I had a Halibut long line operation in Alaska. I used Herring on 'J' hooks or Circle hooks.
Jig's were too much trouble. They caught too much 'stuff' and also wrapped around the line on the way down.
In an attmept to cheapen my operation, I took some Foam chunks, cut like parts of Halibut. Soaked them in some Herring, squished into a bucket.
Threading a line up through the smelly Foam, and letting it down to the Halibut.
I caught everything EXCEPT Halibut. That idea worked good for Cod, Crab's and all the ugly stuff down there as well. I caught one small shark using that stuff out in the blue.
None of the jigs I tried worked.
I've always been interested in the way the Cod fisherman did the long lining.
Why do thier Jigs work and ours dont?
Maybe there's some Newfies on this Board?
This new Jig didn't look like the Jig in the first link.
The Jig I saw in the TV special was in two parts. Each of the parts had Bright Red on it.
The upper part was about six to eight inches long and the lower part, where the Hook is, was two parts. One dangeling red Skirt looking thing and the other was the Hook.
The line was traditional. Wound on the hand line square wrapper.
Down at the end of the line, the two leaders are tied off, with a jig at the end of each leaders.
I just didn't have a good look at those jigs.
I had a Halibut long line operation in Alaska. I used Herring on 'J' hooks or Circle hooks.
Jig's were too much trouble. They caught too much 'stuff' and also wrapped around the line on the way down.
In an attmept to cheapen my operation, I took some Foam chunks, cut like parts of Halibut. Soaked them in some Herring, squished into a bucket.
Threading a line up through the smelly Foam, and letting it down to the Halibut.
I caught everything EXCEPT Halibut. That idea worked good for Cod, Crab's and all the ugly stuff down there as well. I caught one small shark using that stuff out in the blue.
None of the jigs I tried worked.
I've always been interested in the way the Cod fisherman did the long lining.
Why do thier Jigs work and ours dont?
Maybe there's some Newfies on this Board?
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I believe I found it!
http://www.hiliner.com/rec/jigs.htm.com/rec/jigs.htm
I couldn't post a photo, but it's like the surge worms with an extra piece of Rubber above the worm.
http://www.hiliner.com/rec/jigs.htm.com/rec/jigs.htm
I couldn't post a photo, but it's like the surge worms with an extra piece of Rubber above the worm.
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