Welcome to my channel which is all about fishing in New Zealand from my Jetski or Boat, and my journey to master fishing with lures such as Slow Pitch Jigging, Softbaiting, Stickbaiting, and Egi for Squid.
Currently I'm focussing on making Slow Pitch Jigging and Super Light Jigging guides.
Previous guides I've made are for Jet Ski fishing such as how to anchor your ski at the beach, using a sea anchor to slow down the drift speed, what's the best tackle storage for use on the ski, what to wear to stay warm in the winter and much more.
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I’m trying to figure out the jigging business. The biggest problem I seem to have is dealing with the current. There’s always current where I fish and I find it impossible to keep the jig vertical. Does anyone have any pointers for me please?
thanks Davo! doesn't look like there was much in the way of coral, more rocky reef? (never been to the cook islands but have some qantas points and was tossing up there or going back to fiji)
Oooofffff making my raro and Aitutaki vids look sub par now 🤣🤙 awesome video mate so interesting watching someone go to the same place and edit/film a completely different experience eh brilliant stuff and outstanding footage
Incredible footage mate, those eagle rays are crazy!! Can't believe you got so close 😅😐 also those sea scooters are an absolute game changer!! Will definitely hire some when Jinny & I go back. Hard luck about not going fishing tho. You're obviously not as mental as me for taking my own fishing gear when we went land based 😂
I really should of taken some fishing gear, but then do I pack light or heavy, would probably end up packing it all like you 😂. And yeah totally rate the sea scooters, get around so fast and not even tired after an hour in the water. Thanks for watching bro!
I’ve gone through a bit of a binge on your channel tonight and have learnt a lot! How can I get in contact with you? It looks like you’re based in Auckland and would love some guidance!
@@FishoDavo I absolutely will my friend! When you have time I’m getting conflicting info when to use a swivel for slow pitch lures in forums I read. I’m trying to perfect my slow pitch technique which you video helped tremendously. Is there certain spj jigs that work better with a swivel? Or all or none? lol sorry for all the questions it just gets a little confusing. Thank you in advance!
@michaeljaworski3221 I find swivel is personal preference, I don't think there's any major issue with using it. For me I use swivel on spin reel SPJ setup to help reduce line twist, and on overhead I don't use swivel but I wouldn't be against it either.
@@FishoDavo thank you for clearing that up for me. I appreciate you taking the time to get back me and thank you for your videos I learned so much from them!!
Hey there, i have a question about using a baitcaster for spj. Should i tighten the tension knob or let it be as loose as possible to get the best action in spj? I usually fish at depths of 60-120m using jigs ranging from 80-200g.
@rc3443 I think the newer models don't have those hatches anymore. Can't glue it up as the batteries are in that spot and need to open the hatch to charge the batteries
Had that happen on my Honda. Rough conditions trolling made it harder to detect but my ski was gradually sitting deeper into the water. More water in footwells, back sitting lower. Hard to tell when it’s gradual. Unbeknown to me a plain metal cooling system hose clamp under the engine ( all the rest were stainless steel) had finally broke and the hose came off. So as long as that engine was running the hull was filling with water. The hair standing on end feeling that something is wrong but you don’t know what it is. Followed my gut feeling and got back quick as I could breaking all speed limits never taking my hand off the throttle until back at ramp. Pull out on trailer, have quick look under seat and water at top of battery. Took me ages to find the problem. Had to use a mirror eventually to see what was underneath the engine. One rusted broken metal hose clamp hidden under engine. You can imagine my thoughts being a Honda, which I trusted for my first ski. You could hardly set a better trap for your enemies.
Anything can happen on the water, so always go through a safety checklist before hitting the water, and also after launch, but before departure. If this happened to me, I'd probably be poop-chumming on the ride back.
Hey mate I was looking into the XXUL. I'm a landbased fisho and curious as to what sort of distances you'd be able to cast with the XXUL. Unsure if that aspect of the rod was something you were looking at as this vid is boat based but if you know or can put me in the right direction to suss that'd be appreciated. Tight lines
Hey there, I'm no expert here but can help ask around, what lure weight are you planning to cast, what distance, and size/species of fish? Is it salt or fresh water?
@FishoDavo so was hoping to get something that might suit on the lower end of jig size 1/20 to 1/32 and on the heavier end if I can cast those 7 gram slugs I'd be happy if it cast 10 grams even better but that increase in range at that end might compromise tge lower end. More wanted to fish finesse for whiting, red fin, bream, EP, bass, mullet and even salmon pinkies. I know you can't have everything in a rod but main goal is finessing placcies and also being landbased a rod that'd maximise that casting distance when fishing the light end of things (and honestly I don't know what's par for the course in that sense )
@@FishoDavo thanks for responding! we vertical jigged for tuna but we usually do reef/ bottom fishing. we used a spinner for tuna and going to try a spinner for slow pitch/ snappers! thanks again!
IMHO: If you've had the ski for a while, you should have known there was something off. At that point, you should’ve ridden close to shore and tried to fix it
Thanks bro! The rod is an Ocean's Legacy Elementus PE1.5, can find it at Hunting & Fishing, Land & Sea, Yeehaa. Reel is a Kohga IC, I don't think NZ stocks it, I brought mine from Japan
A flipped PWC won't sink because its hull is designed to float even if it takes on water, stop get off, shut hatch and stop making sunk videos. if you are to scared to get off you should not own a PWC.
If the front buoyancy keeps the ski from sinking its still going to be 70% underwater with the whole back underwater, what happened in this video is much better than that option
