Author Topic: jigging for cusk(burbot) (Read 25031 times)

Big Dawg · « **on:** Jan 10, 2004, 09:52 PM »

what kind of lures can u use for jigging cusk? i live in NH and would like to catch sum this year. any tips would b much appreciated
thanx and goodluck this season
Dave

shmeltz · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 10, 2004, 11:12 PM »

try a bucktail with some suckermeat bounced on the bottom

mtr · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 14, 2005, 08:13 AM »

shmeltz,

have you ever used glow in the dark jigs? i have ok success in NH on winnipesaukee with bucktails tipped with bait. choice of bait never seems to matter (cut perch, old shiners, old suckers,...). have had better luck recently with the cusk traps over the jig though.

TGF · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 14, 2005, 04:22 PM »

Glow, glow, glow.

Whiskey · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 18, 2005, 03:00 PM »

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Germ · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 24, 2005, 09:25 AM »

Id use glow also .After talking to fishermanjake last year i Switched to glow soft body lures of any sort and that doubled my Chances of catching FIsh.......so Never agin to the dead minnows just bounced Glow jigs:> tight lines!

Chris Raymond · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 24, 2005, 03:30 PM »

When I jig for burbot, I use a plain glow jighead with a piece of glow plastic and half a minnow. Burbot fishing is a lot of fun.

jhawkes2 · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 16, 2006, 02:53 PM »

I've used the Northland Airplane jigs (Green glow) tipped with smelt or shiner and have had much success... I love it... got the itch for ice fishing in '07!!!!!!

What soft bodied glow jigs are folks referring to? Very interested.

Jim

icefshninnh · « **Reply #8 on:** Nov 18, 2006, 08:22 AM »

cant be for sure but was told by a game warden in nh perch was not allowed for bait but this was a few years backmight want to check on that one that was posted about using cut perch also cray fis work very well

jhawkes2 · « **Reply #9 on:** Nov 18, 2006, 09:20 AM »

Cray fis is that like the crawcrab? Nice 1

icefshninnh · « **Reply #10 on:** Nov 18, 2006, 07:05 PM »

cray fish yes like the craw crab depending where you are from they go by a few names

rob-s · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 20, 2006, 11:05 AM »

Quote from: icefshninnh on Nov 18, 2006, 08:22 AM

cant be for sure but was told by a game warden in nh perch was not allowed for bait but this was a few years backmight want to check on that one that was posted about using cut perch also cray fis work very well

thats correct no perch in nh, also no meat on a treble hook

fish-slayer · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 22, 2006, 03:40 PM »

Something glow in the dark and some bait works every time good luck.

jabers69 · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 23, 2006, 02:18 PM »

We use just a big old piece of meat or ,smelt or large minnow ,place it on the bottom and wait .

Whiskey · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 11, 2007, 11:13 PM »

I'm hoping to get some Burbot up here

pikeslammer · « **Reply #15 on:** Aug 29, 2007, 10:20 AM »

find a big swedish pimple or a gold lead fish with like dead shiners or dead smelts and just bounce right off botom they will and willsee whats stirring up the bottom or set a regular trap with a dead sucker or smelt right on bottom thats how ive had my success

Whitefish Slayer · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 03:55 PM »

Glow Glow Glow
I was nailing them last year on a little perch glow
they would hit nothing but that
eventually one straightened the hook out on me

ChillerThriller · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 05:52 PM »

I just made an awesomely glowy burbot jig. I took a lindy max gap jig head in 3/8 size because they glow the best out of most jigs i tried and then i got some hoochie skirts (the kind used for salmon) that glow. i cut the tentacles off about 2 or 3 inches long and tied them onto the jig head. this thing glows like theres no tommorow and holds its glow really well.

lucky06 · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 25, 2007, 07:33 AM »

my favorite in the day would have to be a red devil with a minnow bounce it on the bottom and stir up the mud then lift it and jig it softly about 3" off the ground

carper34 · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 25, 2007, 03:56 PM »

whats a red devil?

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Author Topic: jigging for cusk(burbot) (Read 25031 times)

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