Actually sent you a message last week on this exact subject! Thanks a lot for this step by step video and all the other awesome how to vids! Keep them commin!!
If you are in a high current situation, do it just like the video shows. Once you attach the buoy, keep letting it out slowly and pis it back about 400-500 feet from the boat so you push that line away from your tip line. Many people are unaware that the jug line winds up close to being under the boat and the tip line is much further passed the bow. We always fish two lines because it really helps increase your chances but I understand that if the two tangle it’s a costly nightmare. Good luck!
Yes. That is the easiest way starting out. You could deploy the jug first and the turn into the current and drop the tip but the easiest way it to deploy the tip and then let go of the jug.
@yellowfin6183 I have never tried to do night time swordfish trips just because it’s so exhausting to be out there all night when we can catch them in the day time. It is a completely different fishery because at night the fish are rising towards the surface following the bait. Ultimately there would have to be fish there to catch them either day or night which is rolling the dice but here in SE Florida we have pretty good luck in the daytime. Are you located here in SE Florida? Have you tried daytime fishing?
I might have to try it one time then. We do pretty well in the daytime but I would imagine at night it would be easier in the sense that the fish are much higher in the water column and there are less boats.
Sorry, I'm a little confused. Do you deploy your tipnrod first, then jug rod? At 9:18 In the diagram. Assuming you are pointing south and moving south at a speed SLOWER than the current. Won't the line have a more linear big belly in it between the jug or tip rod and the weight? It's not a strait line going deep then curving...correct? Could you help yourself by running a slightly heavier weight on the jug rod to take out some of that belly?
Yes, drop the tip first. Remember you are facing south, bumping the boat in and out of gear to stem the current but you are still moving north. Depending on the speed of the current, will depend on the scope of the line
Can you clarify this for me- If your vessel is facing South, and you're stemming the current with the gear bumps.. I get that you're still slowly moving north- but why in your diagram; do your baits run south under your boat instead of north with the current direction? Do the deep water currents always move one-way as opposed to surface currents off the atlantic coast in deeper waters?
Because the boat is moving north so you are dragging the baits like if you were trolling. Remember you are still moving north. The only thing you are doing with the motors is slowing down the speed that you are moving north. The Gulf Stream is a top water current that’s faster than the bottom current so the boat is moving faster than the baits are.
You really want to fish it at a different depth so that you can target fish in a different part of the water column. If they were both at the same depth, the buoy rod and the tip rod are targeting the same fish. There really isn’t a magic number of how many more feet off the bottom you should fish the buoy rod but, I myself like to fish the buoy rod anywhere from 200-400 feet off the bottom.
thank you that worked last time out for me. know tip rod out jug rod out bring tip rod up bite, check bait, what ever can you deploy tip rod with out pooling jug rod I thing that would be a good video
So you can raise the tip rod without clearing the jug rod and you can deploy it again while leaving the jug rod out but you have to drop it very slowly the same way the video shows dropping the jug rod. If you get a fish on the tip rod though I would recommend clearing the jug rod because you will need to maneuver the boat and you also want to ensure the fish doesn’t tangle around the other braided line.
your tip is down you are fishing facing south now you deploy your jug rod power the boat south so you are dragging your tip rod to a point is that correct
You will be stemming the current facing south by bumping the motor in and out of gear and as you deploy the jug rod from your stern, the current, which is flowing north is taking your line away from the boat. You will continue to let the jug line out very slowly and continue the process of stemming the current as you would normally fish the tip rod. The tip rod needs to be set, hit the bottom and come up 100ft so you are fishing the tip rod then you will deploy the jug. You will have little maneuverability if you have outboard motors while you are deploying the second line until you place the buoy on it and create distance between the line and the boat. This is why you will want to have the tip rod set first so you do t have to turn
Thank you.... you are the number #1 I learn a lot of things with you. The swordfish 101 is amazing explanation thank you Capitan
You are very welcome. Thanks for the support!
Thank you for these great instructional videos.
Glad you like them! Thanks for the support!
Actually sent you a message last week on this exact subject!
Thanks a lot for this step by step video and all the other awesome how to vids! Keep them commin!!
Thank you for the support! Good luck on your next swordfish trip!
Thanks- I’m going to give it a try. I’ve been terrified to deploy a jug rod 😂 I gotta just do it
If you are in a high current situation, do it just like the video shows. Once you attach the buoy, keep letting it out slowly and pis it back about 400-500 feet from the boat so you push that line away from your tip line. Many people are unaware that the jug line winds up close to being under the boat and the tip line is much further passed the bow. We always fish two lines because it really helps increase your chances but I understand that if the two tangle it’s a costly nightmare.
Good luck!
Amazing job explaining all of this! Super informative. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi cap
So you deploy the buoy after tip rod is all set and fishing thanks
Yes. That is the easiest way starting out. You could deploy the jug first and the turn into the current and drop the tip but the easiest way it to deploy the tip and then let go of the jug.
@@pescatarianfishing thanks cap one unrelated question is night time sword fishing still worth doing is it a dependable trip
@yellowfin6183 I have never tried to do night time swordfish trips just because it’s so exhausting to be out there all night when we can catch them in the day time. It is a completely different fishery because at night the fish are rising towards the surface following the bait.
Ultimately there would have to be fish there to catch them either day or night which is rolling the dice but here in SE Florida we have pretty good luck in the daytime.
Are you located here in SE Florida? Have you tried daytime fishing?
@@pescatarianfishing yes I have years ago we used too fish at night a lot and caught them consistently…
I might have to try it one time then. We do pretty well in the daytime but I would imagine at night it would be easier in the sense that the fish are much higher in the water column and there are less boats.
Sorry, I'm a little confused. Do you deploy your tipnrod first, then jug rod?
At 9:18 In the diagram. Assuming you are pointing south and moving south at a speed SLOWER than the current. Won't the line have a more linear big belly in it between the jug or tip rod and the weight? It's not a strait line going deep then curving...correct?
Could you help yourself by running a slightly heavier weight on the jug rod to take out some of that belly?
Yes, drop the tip first. Remember you are facing south, bumping the boat in and out of gear to stem the current but you are still moving north.
Depending on the speed of the current, will depend on the scope of the line
@@pescatarianfishing Thanks! What weight in Lbs do you recommend for S. FLA?
That will depend on the speed of the gulfstream. We use anywhere from 8-12 pounds of lead. I like to use a heavier lead on the jug.
Can you clarify this for me- If your vessel is facing South, and you're stemming the current with the gear bumps.. I get that you're still slowly moving north- but why in your diagram; do your baits run south under your boat instead of north with the current direction? Do the deep water currents always move one-way as opposed to surface currents off the atlantic coast in deeper waters?
Because the boat is moving north so you are dragging the baits like if you were trolling. Remember you are still moving north. The only thing you are doing with the motors is slowing down the speed that you are moving north.
The Gulf Stream is a top water current that’s faster than the bottom current so the boat is moving faster than the baits are.
Is the buoy bait fished shallower than the tip rod bait? If so by how much? If tip rod bait is at 1500' should buoy be at 1200-1400?
Thanks
You really want to fish it at a different depth so that you can target fish in a different part of the water column.
If they were both at the same depth, the buoy rod and the tip rod are targeting the same fish.
There really isn’t a magic number of how many more feet off the bottom you should fish the buoy rod but, I myself like to fish the buoy rod anywhere from 200-400 feet off the bottom.
thank you that worked last time out for me. know tip rod out jug rod out bring tip rod up bite, check bait, what ever can you deploy tip rod with out pooling jug rod I thing that would be a good video
So you can raise the tip rod without clearing the jug rod and you can deploy it again while leaving the jug rod out but you have to drop it very slowly the same way the video shows dropping the jug rod.
If you get a fish on the tip rod though I would recommend clearing the jug rod because you will need to maneuver the boat and you also want to ensure the fish doesn’t tangle around the other braided line.
your tip is down you are fishing facing south now you deploy your jug rod power the boat south so you are dragging your tip rod to a point is that correct
You will be stemming the current facing south by bumping the motor in and out of gear and as you deploy the jug rod from your stern, the current, which is flowing north is taking your line away from the boat. You will continue to let the jug line out very slowly and continue the process of stemming the current as you would normally fish the tip rod.
The tip rod needs to be set, hit the bottom and come up 100ft so you are fishing the tip rod then you will deploy the jug. You will have little maneuverability if you have outboard motors while you are deploying the second line until you place the buoy on it and create distance between the line and the boat. This is why you will want to have the tip rod set first so you do t have to turn
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