A very detailed report on new world class jigging-popping tackle on the 55 Hooked Up II

2009-06-20

We have invested in two of Accurate’s BX2 600’s reels that are their newest introduction of light weight but super powerful dedicated conventional jigging reels that may just be the finest available in the world today for jigging bigger tuna and other powerful game fish. For those that prefer spinning tackle we will have possibly the world’s best spinning reel made today with Shimano's Stella 20000 SW along with two Shimano mid-grade Saragosa 18000 F spinners. We will compliment these world class reels with two Penn 300 Torques, Penn 16 SVX and Shimano Tiagra 16’s all loaded with the best spectra lines available in 60, 80,100lb tests. We have opted to use Jerry Brown Hollow Core Spectra Basil from Basil at BHP Tackle on our conventional reels with short 100 mono top shots which we prefer when jigging. In traditional 20-30 fathom Bluefin jigging we do not require the color coded dedicated solid core spectra since our customers can watch from the cockpit while they drop their jigs down to the exact depth the tuna are holding real time on our 40 inch flat screen TV in the salon when we pipe down to the TV exactly what we see on our commercial high end digital fish finder. It really is an awesome capability to watch your jigs on TV and literally hit the tuna in the head with them. All other lines are color coded solid core spectra from top line suppliers such as Diawa and OTI, plus we use 80 lb Tuff Stuff on one of our reels where we feel it provides the properties we are looking for. This season we will have a world class assortment of all custom advanced jigging rods to match our reels that are all capable of beating tuna up to 200 lbs if any angler is lucky enough to hook into one this big. These new rods are some of the most powerful but lightest Jigging rods built in the world today and everyone will be totally amazed when they pick up one of these rods. They feel more like they were made for Sea Bass but are capable of handling 200 lb Tuna and 300 lb Blue Marlin as was caught recently in Panama by a jigging pro. They are nothing short of amazing. We have had our custom rods made on Japanese manufactured Jigging Master blanks. We also have OTI middle of the road light weight jigging rods we got from Paul at JPR Custom Rods locally that should serve us quite well on the average size tuna in the 100-150 lb range. Paul is also in the process of making us a new spinning rod to match up to our new Shimano Stella 20000 SW which we should have shortly. I believe this also is based on a Jigging Master 600 gram blank designed to handle super big Bluefins. Last but not least we now have a new Super Seeker Hercules 7'4" Rod used to throw poppers to tuna which we will match up with a Shimano spinner capable of handling 150 lb tuna or most anything else that might eat a jig or popper in our local waters. It looks like I need to talk to Paul at JPR Custom Rods about the new OTI popping rods as I really do like the OTI rods that I currently have. We have various different rod lengths from 4 foot 8 inches that the pros prefer to more charter boat friendly ones up to 5 foot 6 inches plus the long popping rod to cast for tuna when they are boiling on the surface. This tackle is close to the best that can be found in the world today for serious jigging of 125 lb. plus tuna and other super powerful big game fish. You will not find any better dedicated jigging tackle on any charter boat anywhere. This new top end tackle will provide our customers with the opportunity to jig with the some of the newest, most powerful light weight tackle money can buy that is capable of handling 200 lb Bluefin tuna. Again most anglers will find this tackle nothing short of amazing especially compared to the standard, multipurpose tackle that many boats currently use for chunking, jigging and trolling. This new dedicated tackle is so much lighter than standard all round tackle and it really does help prevent fatigue which I feel is the number one enemy when working a jig over a prolonged period. We will also have upward of 60 higher quality jigs and poppers of many different styles, weights, colors and shapes which should cover just about any jigging situation we will ever encounter this coming season. We are also quite pleased to have some of the top jiggers on the East Coast joining us as guest instructors to help our customers learn more detailed information about jigging techniques and all the new tackle on the market today. If you book us in advance we can arrange having one our guest instructors on board for your trip and that does include Mr. Jigging master himself Kil Song along with others.

This is a copied from a post from earlier this year from Kil that motivated me to purchase the new Accurate BX2 600 conventional and the Shimano Stella 20000 SW plus Saragosa 18000 F spinner’s reels from Kil Song’s Jigging World:

It is my personal observation that no other reels will be close to the new Accurate BX2 600's, which is equivalent to 665 two-speed, for tuna jigging.
It is close to an ultimate tuna jigging reel I have been looking for.
They give up the round knob which is used for 665 two-speed and use power angled handle as they use for B2 30/50.