KurauKing's Fishing Journal

Jigging in Bintulu, Sarawak requires lots of stamina and endurance. It’s not for the soft hearted anglers. Jigging in the South China Sea waters with waves ranging from 2M-3M is no fun especially for anglers that will get sea-sick easily. This is what we encounter on this voyage, high waves and strong wind with rain on a fiber speed boat. We was caught in a storm at 4am with strong wind. The speed boat was roofless and we got nowhere to shelter. All of us  on board the boat endures the coldness of the blowing winds in our soaked attires without raincoats whatsover. The rain poured on us for a good 3 hours but we survived. Once the rain stopped, we started jigging again…that’s the spirit of Bintulu Jiggers…!!!

The moment the storm resided and the rain stopped, we resume fishing…

Most anglers believe that they know all about jigs. But, that’s just not so. Jigging basics may seem simple enough and mastering the fundamental of jigging technique can mean the difference between catching fish and not. Thanks to Edel(Seadel Tuna) our Jigging Sifu from Bintulu for showing us the correct technique to jig at Bintulu waters. He taught us to visualize our jigs. He told us to imagine where our jigs is in the water and what it looks like to the fish we are targeting. He told us jigging at different level will get different fish and true enough, we managed to get different fish at different level.

Mackeral at Horizontal Top Water Jigging…

Trevally at Horizontal Mid Water Jigging…using the Seahawk ‘Big Strike’ Tournament Grade Metal Jigs…

Groupers and Snappers at Horizontal Bottom Level Jigging…

The Seahawk ‘Big Strike’ Tournament Grade Metal Jigs are very effective, esp at Bintulu waters…

This Seahawk ‘Big Strike’ Jig can be bend into a ‘S’ shape like a red eye sardine jig…

Seadel Tuna, our Jigging Master from Bintulu with his golden snapper caught using Horizontal Bottom Jigging style…

Once again, i would like to take this opportunity to thank TCE Sports for sponsoring us some Fins Braided Lines, Chikara Shock Leader Line, Seahawk ‘Big Strike’ Tournament Grade Metal Jigs and some Team Seahawk T Shirt and Caps.

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