Slow pitch rockfishing

I ended up casting my slow pitch rod pretty well from a pier today hoping for a diamondback. Certainly not designed for casting but got it out there. 

I ended up casting my slow pitch rod pretty well from a pier today hoping for a diamondback. Certainly not designed for casting but got it out there.

What reel did you go with? I just measured the line retrieve of my Komodo 364 with 100 ft out and it was down to about 67 cm. The goal is supposed to be keep it above 75 cm. My 463 might make that. Where did you buy your lures?

I ended up casting my slow pitch rod pretty well from a pier today hoping for a diamondback. Certainly not designed for casting but got it out there.

What reel did you go with? I just measured the line retrieve of my Komodo 364 with 100 ft out and it was down to about 67 cm. The goal is supposed to be keep it above 75 cm. My 463 might make that. Where did you buy your lures?

The butterfly jugs are from amazon 4 are Shimano and 2 are reeldiculous.  My reel is a siegler sgn at 38" per crank.

I ended up casting my slow pitch rod pretty well from a pier today hoping for a diamondback. Certainly not designed for casting but got it out there.

What reel did you go with? I just measured the line retrieve of my Komodo 364 with 100 ft out and it was down to about 67 cm. The goal is supposed to be keep it above 75 cm. My 463 might make that. Where did you buy your lures?

The butterfly jugs are from amazon 4 are Shimano and 2 are reeldiculous.  My reel is a siegler sgn at 38" per crank.

I got a lighter rod and went with the Avet SXJ 6/4 LH. It has 36” retrieve but it’s not really much lighter that the Komodo 463. We’ll see how I like the lever drag though.

I ended up casting my slow pitch rod pretty well from a pier today hoping for a diamondback. Certainly not designed for casting but got it out there.

What reel did you go with? I just measured the line retrieve of my Komodo 364 with 100 ft out and it was down to about 67 cm. The goal is supposed to be keep it above 75 cm. My 463 might make that. Where did you buy your lures?

The butterfly jugs are from amazon 4 are Shimano and 2 are reeldiculous.  My reel is a siegler sgn at 38" per crank.

I got a lighter rod and went with the Avet SXJ 6/4 LH. It has 36” retrieve but it’s not really much lighter that the Komodo 463. We’ll see how I like the lever drag though.

Good choice, 3ft per crank is plenty...

You guys really are getting into this light tackle big fight system.kicks leg up

If we get into a good school of YT or smaller YFT, I'm hoping to get some with my slow pitch set-up on our 8 day trip this year.

you’ll get em for sure, I’m content with my trevala S and tranx setup. Got a teramar west coast that I need to load up on a bigger beefy tranx. Be sure to pack some aleve and salonpas lol

Andy1976 let’s see a picture of your setups when you can please? Alconite Fuji guides and carbon fiber??
 
Are they like these?
      Thx, Amos

 OK so I'm new to slow pitch and a lot of what you guys are saying is Greek to me… But I want to get a set up together. I'm thinking of the Siegler SGN paired with the tsunami trophy 7' in medium. I'll mostly be targeting lings and cabezon.....any recommendations would be appreciated.  :smt001

http://www.anglers-secrets.com/slow-jerker-or-longfall-jerker/

For me I would get the 6'8" heavy conventional

http://www.jiggingworld.com/tsunami-trophy-slow-pitch-jigging-rods/

OK so I'm new to slow pitch and a lot of what you guys are saying is Greek to me… But I want to get a set up together. I'm thinking of the Siegler SGN paired with the tsunami trophy 7' in medium. I'll mostly be targeting lings and cabezon.....any recommendations would be appreciated. 

From what I’ve read you don’t want to go too light on the rod. It’s mandatory that you fish vertical for the lure to work correctly. The more drift the more weight you need to stay vertical. So pick a rod suited to the weight you’ll need when fishing. Also take a look at the Avet SXJ 6/4 reel.

you’ll get em for sure, I’m content with my trevala S and tranx setup. Got a teramar west coast that I need to load up on a bigger beefy tranx. Be sure to pack some aleve and salonpas lol

Haha! We got into a school of 15-20lb YT on the 10 day trip I was on last October. I caught a few on the dropper loop then wanted to switch over to my slow pitch set-up, but by the time I got everything rigged up the bite had died down and I only got a quick bump on one of my drops before we moved to go hunt cows.

Field tested my Tsunami TSSPJ C 701H today.  Conditions were windy 15 mph + and fast drift.  Depth was 30 to 60 ft.  I had a 5.5 oz chrome jig with teaser shrimp fly up top.  Bouncing the jig was smooth and required less effort compared to my Phenix Inshore.  I matched it with an Abu Garcia Toro 50 with regular handles. Next time I am going to switch to a power handle on the Abu.  The rod does not cast as far but very to easy vertical jig.  No more spectra wraps on the rod tip with the acid wrap.

Rockfish season is open ......😲

Wow!

Nice haul, Mel!