Cheers Dave! I tend to mix it up. The jigs have been good recently for me. We are starting to see the fast jigging with knife jigs getting better results in the deeper water too. The Slow Elements PE2 is awesome! Perfect with my Ocea 1500HG, but now am also starting to carry a Lexa 400 I picked up in Singapore with my old Grappler PE4 Jig rod. That will also be seen in future videos with the knife jigs! Gotta say so far the Ocea feels like a better reel, but the Lexa specs say more drag...we shall see.
Thanks again for another great video. Your informative videos meant I finally got the nav lights and long range tank from shoreline and went offshore on the weekend. Got a couple of snapper so I was stoked. The extra fuel gave me peace of mind. I did try FAD 15 and there were lots of mahi mahi but they were only interested in live bait.
Good to hear James! Yes going out wide off Moreton you really need that extra fuel plus the earlier start to take advantage of the day due to the big travel distances. I'm sure you'll get some better days on the FADs. I had a fish off the FADs at Mooloolaba this week and caught one 80cm model early but that was it for the day for me despite trying for hours. I had them grab the live bait a couple times and seemed to be playing with me- they'd spit the bait out without getting hooked up . This happened on several occasions. They seemed to take pride in killing the bait! So some days even live bait doesn't help. But then some days you can throw anything in the water and they'd take it. In fact on the day of this video Shayne caught four Mahi at FAD 15 on half pilchards. I think the charters had been going there most of the week when we went out on this Saturday and we had heard they had been bagging out (like 40 fish per boat). Mostly under 70cm though.
@@johannesvanhoek9080 Thanks very much! We do our best to be safe out there and don't take necessary risks. The prep before most offshore trips is sometimes like 2 hrs the day before!
Hi Paul. I was just wondering are you guys timing your bar crossings with slack tide when you are heading out and back in. Or just going early morning. Loving your videos
Thanks! We don’t really worry too much about the tides unless there’s a big swell on the bar. It’s 90% of the time fine for skis. When there’s anything over around 1.5m swell it can get nasty, so we generally don’t cross at 2hr either side of low unless the tidal difference is very small ( less current against swell). Wind can add another factor so early starts always the go before the breeze gets onshore. Predominant wind direction at night is offshore which flattens out the swell most of the time. In winter, if a westerly is stronger than 10 knots, the bar can be flat but offshore can have steep short swell that gets you very wet!
Your welcome bro..yup..Someday I will invest in a new jetski..I prefer the Yamaha WaveRunner more than others...same like you. I wish you all the best..😊
Fluorocarbon leaders are the desired material, especially if fishing for snapper. They have pretty good eyes and easily spooked. I tend to just use around 2-3m of leader. I'll use more leader if I'm fishing for big mackerel or wahoo and probably not use fluorocarbon at all it doesn't have the stretch and shock resistance of mono. I rarely have a break off (unless I get sharked) and it's because I use a "double" on the braid line and then an Albright knot to the leader. I am not good enough yet to tie FG knots consistently on the ski, so tend to just go to Albright. They still go through the guides and give me confidence they will hold when pulling on the big fish.
Thanks for your feedback man i appreciate that alot if im fishing big amberjack what do you prefer the strength of flourocarbon must be 30 40 50 LB? And im talking about 40lb amberjacks
Cheers. Yes you get good and bad days, both weather wise and fish wise. And then days where it starts off bad but comes good. My friends and I have a fair amount of experience in the sea and with the weather- I grew up surfing, diving, sailing, then windsurfing in waves, so I think I have a better than average read on the conditions when I study the weather. But we also have so many tools at hand in our smartphones these days that it is harder to get caught out! As I always say, if it was always good (weather and fishing), we'd get bored! Thanks for watching and commenting.
So exciting to see you doing slow pitch jigging Paul, and on the Slow Element too!
Cheers Dave! I tend to mix it up. The jigs have been good recently for me. We are starting to see the fast jigging with knife jigs getting better results in the deeper water too. The Slow Elements PE2 is awesome! Perfect with my Ocea 1500HG, but now am also starting to carry a Lexa 400 I picked up in Singapore with my old Grappler PE4 Jig rod. That will also be seen in future videos with the knife jigs! Gotta say so far the Ocea feels like a better reel, but the Lexa specs say more drag...we shall see.
Thanks again for another great video. Your informative videos meant I finally got the nav lights and long range tank from shoreline and went offshore on the weekend. Got a couple of snapper so I was stoked. The extra fuel gave me peace of mind. I did try FAD 15 and there were lots of mahi mahi but they were only interested in live bait.
Good to hear James! Yes going out wide off Moreton you really need that extra fuel plus the earlier start to take advantage of the day due to the big travel distances. I'm sure you'll get some better days on the FADs. I had a fish off the FADs at Mooloolaba this week and caught one 80cm model early but that was it for the day for me despite trying for hours. I had them grab the live bait a couple times and seemed to be playing with me- they'd spit the bait out without getting hooked up . This happened on several occasions. They seemed to take pride in killing the bait! So some days even live bait doesn't help. But then some days you can throw anything in the water and they'd take it. In fact on the day of this video Shayne caught four Mahi at FAD 15 on half pilchards. I think the charters had been going there most of the week when we went out on this Saturday and we had heard they had been bagging out (like 40 fish per boat). Mostly under 70cm though.
Great video , nice amberjack and snappers 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Emillio!
Loved the double amberjack hookup.
Cheers Steve!
Beautiful water and cool video , take care and be safe 😎
@@johannesvanhoek9080 Thanks very much! We do our best to be safe out there and don't take necessary risks. The prep before most offshore trips is sometimes like 2 hrs the day before!
Awesome video mate, 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Hi Paul. I was just wondering are you guys timing your bar crossings with slack tide when you are heading out and back in. Or just going early morning. Loving your videos
Thanks! We don’t really worry too much about the tides unless there’s a big swell on the bar. It’s 90% of the time fine for skis. When there’s anything over around 1.5m swell it can get nasty, so we generally don’t cross at 2hr either side of low unless the tidal difference is very small ( less current against swell). Wind can add another factor so early starts always the go before the breeze gets onshore. Predominant wind direction at night is offshore which flattens out the swell most of the time. In winter, if a westerly is stronger than 10 knots, the bar can be flat but offshore can have steep short swell that gets you very wet!
@@Jetcast thanks heaps for the info Paul. That’s great knowledge to know
Wow.. nice amberjack and snappers..congrats..I enjoyed it so much..I'm wondering if I should buy a jetski like you..😅done subs 😊
Thanks for becoming a follower! Do the jetski fishing thing… it’s been a great journey for me.
Your welcome bro..yup..Someday I will invest in a new jetski..I prefer the Yamaha WaveRunner more than others...same like you. I wish you all the best..😊
thanks again @@barracudasan
Nice Ambo mate they fight hard hey
Yeah I think I forgot how hard! :)
Good job man its honor to follow your channel im new for jigging i’d like to know how much could i use fc leader on these big boys ?
Fluorocarbon leaders are the desired material, especially if fishing for snapper. They have pretty good eyes and easily spooked. I tend to just use around 2-3m of leader. I'll use more leader if I'm fishing for big mackerel or wahoo and probably not use fluorocarbon at all it doesn't have the stretch and shock resistance of mono. I rarely have a break off (unless I get sharked) and it's because I use a "double" on the braid line and then an Albright knot to the leader. I am not good enough yet to tie FG knots consistently on the ski, so tend to just go to Albright. They still go through the guides and give me confidence they will hold when pulling on the big fish.
Thanks for your feedback man i appreciate that alot if im fishing big amberjack what do you prefer the strength of flourocarbon must be 30 40 50 LB? And im talking about 40lb amberjacks
@rashidsaadi7584 definitely 50lb or more! I’d even go to 80 for a 40lb AJ!
@@Jetcast thanks man ❤️❤️❤️i appreciate you for sharing your knowledge god bless you im speaking to you from lebanon ❤️❤️❤️
@@rashidsaadi7584 Great to have a subscriber form there! Hope you're keeping safe!.
Top class production as per usual Paul, great effort and appreciated.
Amazing watching conditions change, a reminder that the sea is not to mess with.
Cheers. Yes you get good and bad days, both weather wise and fish wise. And then days where it starts off bad but comes good. My friends and I have a fair amount of experience in the sea and with the weather- I grew up surfing, diving, sailing, then windsurfing in waves, so I think I have a better than average read on the conditions when I study the weather. But we also have so many tools at hand in our smartphones these days that it is harder to get caught out! As I always say, if it was always good (weather and fishing), we'd get bored! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Al Gore-Ithm
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video.