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Title: jaw jackers
Post by: dperch on Jan 03, 2014, 05:32 PM
Does anybody use these for burbot?
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: Whopper Stopper on Jan 04, 2014, 07:26 AM
If legal no reason it wouldn't work.

           WS
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: Idahogator on Jan 04, 2014, 10:42 AM
You might consider using line with little or no stretch.      ;)2
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: mt.redneck on Feb 15, 2014, 11:27 PM
Tried it for the first time last night. Had three bites and hooked one, thinking about using a bobbed rig with it so I can add a little slack between the bobbed and trip mechanism to maybe let the fish get a better hold on the bait before the nice tripping sound gets ya all excited   ;D
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: Whopper Stopper on Feb 16, 2014, 05:18 AM
Thinking about using a bobbed rig with it so I can add a little slack between the bobbed and trip mechanism to maybe let the fish get a better hold on the bait before the nice tripping sound gets ya all excited   ;D

This sounds like a good idea.

          WS
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: prospector on Jan 07, 2017, 09:59 PM
Tried it for the first time last night. Had three bites and hooked one, thinking about using a bobbed rig with it so I can add a little slack between the bobbed and trip mechanism to maybe let the fish get a better hold on the bait before the nice tripping sound gets ya all excited   ;D
I know this is an old thread but how did this trick work for you? Might try it on the gorge in a couple of weeks. Usually I just use my Jaw jackers as rod holders for the burbs.
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: mt.redneck on Jan 08, 2017, 12:47 AM
I never got around to trying it. Have to mess with how much tension to pot on the trigger but once figured out it should work well
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: trout hounder on Jan 11, 2017, 10:34 PM
Just turn the tension on the jacker up and give some slack whacks them everytime
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: IrishnId on Feb 25, 2017, 08:13 PM
I used a single jaw jacker on Font a week ago. I set the tension just a little bit heavier than I do for trout and nailed one in 70' of water, a foot off the bottom. I will be setting more Jawjackers next time I'm fishing for the ling.
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: StevenB on Mar 08, 2018, 08:42 PM
In my set up, I forgot all about my jacker sitting next to me until I heard the snap, reeled in a nice one, we call the cusk here in Maine
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: pesca87 on Mar 30, 2019, 04:29 PM
Dont see why not? Too much setup time for me.
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: Greasepig on Mar 31, 2019, 04:48 PM
Ill set up two of my homemade jawjackers when im hole hoping with a little slack. Put catfishing bells on the rods. Work great to help find the depth they are active in
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: ribak on Jan 06, 2024, 08:05 PM
Does anybody use these for burbot?

Used JJ with jigging base right off the bottom with great result. Outfished my partners who manually jigged.
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: shawno on Jan 13, 2024, 09:23 PM
Yep, use them all the time up here in SK to catch lawyers. I set them up with medium tension on the JJ and run a fluorocarbon leader with a #8 or #10 treble hook loaded up with frozen minnows or tulabi chunks or pike belly.  Usually right on the bottom or 6inches off. Good Luck!
Title: Re: jaw jackers
Post by: panfishman13 on Feb 02, 2024, 04:38 PM
Just placed second in a burbot tournament in Wyoming using primarily jawjackers and jigging jawjackers for our dead rods. Caught nearly 1/3 of our 170 fish total just on the jigging jackers. Jigging was still more effective, but if we didn’t have the jackers out, we wouldn’t have done nearly as well.