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Got Stripers · 08-28-2000, 11:48 AM

We caught the Cod on smiling bills white bucktails, only because I hadn't planned on any Cod fishing and that was all I had on the boat. They worked great thou and we tipped them with small strips of mackeral skin with some meat on it, only because a had a couple frozen mackeral on board. We were fishing around 70 foot of water and basically just idling around with my depthfinder on high sensitivity. I was looking for bigger cod right on the bottom and each time I spotted one, I would flip around or hit reverse to hold close. Almost every time we did this we ended up with a bigger cod. If we fished blind drifts we caught smaller cod, but motoring around using the depth finder was definately the better approach for the bigger fish.

We fished them on 7 foot medium Lamiglass custom rods, which are on the light side for typical Cod jigging, but the 30# spiderwire really transmitted the hits nicely. Anyone watching us wouldn't even know we were jigging for Cod, because we were not using the typical hard rip/fall jigging approach. I doubt I jigged more than 6-12 inches off the bottom and did so with just a slow lift fall, no hard jerks. Worked like a charm, so I'd recommend that if you want to target some bigger Cod.

Good luck and tight lines.

08-28-2000, 11:48 AM	#8
Got Stripers Ledge Runner Baits iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea. Posts: 8,615	RE:Sometimes They Surprise You We caught the Cod on smiling bills white bucktails, only because I hadn't planned on any Cod fishing and that was all I had on the boat. They worked great thou and we tipped them with small strips of mackeral skin with some meat on it, only because a had a couple frozen mackeral on board. We were fishing around 70 foot of water and basically just idling around with my depthfinder on high sensitivity. I was looking for bigger cod right on the bottom and each time I spotted one, I would flip around or hit reverse to hold close. Almost every time we did this we ended up with a bigger cod. If we fished blind drifts we caught smaller cod, but motoring around using the depth finder was definately the better approach for the bigger fish. We fished them on 7 foot medium Lamiglass custom rods, which are on the light side for typical Cod jigging, but the 30# spiderwire really transmitted the hits nicely. Anyone watching us wouldn't even know we were jigging for Cod, because we were not using the typical hard rip/fall jigging approach. I doubt I jigged more than 6-12 inches off the bottom and did so with just a slow lift fall, no hard jerks. Worked like a charm, so I'd recommend that if you want to target some bigger Cod. Good luck and tight lines.