Very excited to catch this BEAUTIFUL Easter Blue Devil Fish on the jig, due to the changing conditions, tried a variety methods of fishing and got some good fish. Slow Jigging at 30m deep, bottom bashing at 40m deep, shallow surface fishing for Sweep and Trevally, bottom fishing for Gropers with cooked Prawns.
Slow Pitch Jigging Setup
Rod: Evergreen Slow Jerker Number 6
Reel: Shimano Ocea Jigger 1500
Mainline: slow jigging braid number 2
Leader: high quality flurocarbon 22 pound
Jig: Deepliner slow jig 180g orange and blue
Bottom Bashing Setup
Rod: Alpha tackle made in Japan deckie rod for electric reel
Reel: Daiwa Tanacom Bull 500
Mainline: Premium braid number 2
Leader: high quality flurocarbon 22 pound
Hooks: 2 hooks
Sinker: 6 oz
Bait: small squid, freshly peeled banana prawns, cooked tiger prawns, freshly cut blue morwong fillet...