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Jigging (yellowtail and other pelagics)

Osaka Bay タチウオ jigging uses a different setup: PE #0.8–2, leader #4–8, jig 150–200 g (as the boat specifies).

Where and when in Kansai

Sea of Japan (pelagics, mid-deep), Osaka Bay (special jigging trips), Wakayama. Mostly autumn–winter.

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Boat instructions

Tackle (the boat's instructions come first)
Jigging rod / baitcasting reel (spinning for casting) / PE #2–4 / fluorocarbon leader #12–20 / jig 200–300 g (as Osaka Bay pelagic boats specify)
main PE #2–4knotFG knot etc.fluoro leader #12–203–5mjig 200–300 gper boat (Osaka Bay pelagic boats)

1. The whole rig

Match the jig weight to the boat. Osaka Bay pelagic boats: 200–300 g, baitcasting reel.

clutch offdrop to bottomon bottom, start jerking

2. Drop

When the line stops, you are on the bottom.

one-pitch: 1 rod jerk + 1 reel turnjig hops up and downrises bit by bit10–20 m off bottom, orrepeat over the called rangetired? plain retrieve works too

3. Jerk

One rod jerk + one reel turn, repeated.

reef (rock)on a hard hitreel first 10 m hardreef dive = line breaks

4. Once hooked, reel hard

Don't let it reach the reef. The first seconds decide it.

net or gaffcaptain lands it⚠ 2 hooks; unhook with pliers

5. Landing

Watch the hooks.

ブリ in the fish guide (boats, season, eating) →

Other methods

キハダ – fukase (chum drift)Ika-metal, omorig, ウキスッテBig-game nomase / oyogase / live baitOtoshikomi (bait-catching drop) – pelagics and ヒラメNight アオリイカ (egi / tip-run)Tenbin fukase (Sea of Japan マダイ and pelagics)マダイ – tairaba (madai jig)Amaraba (アマダイ)タチウオ – tenya (weighted hook)Dōtsuki (dropper rig) – ガシラ and other rockfish, クログチOni-アジ (dōtsuki / sabiki)マダイ – hitotsu-tenya (light tenya)タチウオ – tenbin (boom arm) bait rig