JB Lures Pequod
A 30cm trolling skirt from JB Lures, neutral for the shallow water column typically run in purple.
At a glance
- Type
- Trolling skirt
- Shape
- skirt
- Length
- 30 cm
- Action
- neutral
- Pattern
- two-tone
- UV reactive
- No
- Glow
- No
- Rattle
- No
- Scented
- No
How to fish it
Trolled offshore at 7.5–9 knots in a five-to-seven-rod spread. Position depends on size: smaller heads (under 9 inches) run on the long corner or shotgun positions, larger heads on the long rigger or short rigger. The bubble trail is the trigger — if the lure pops out of the water cleanly without smoking it's either too small for the wash or rigged too high; let it settle into a consistent bubble chain before committing to that position.
Set deployment off the EAC convergence fronts, the western edges of warm-core eddies, and any sharp colour changes. Pelagic targets like Marlin, Tuna push bait against these temperature walls, and your spread converts the trolling work into strikes by being where the food chain compresses. Look for sub-1°C SST changes inside 5km — those are the front lanes.
Speed by species: 6.5–7.5kn for marlin and slow-pulling tuna; 8–9kn for mahi-mahi and wahoo; bumping to 10kn briefly when wahoo are sniffing but won't commit. If you mark bait but no strikes, drop a knot before changing colours — speed shifts are usually more productive.
Rigging matters more than colour selection: a single Mustad Southern & Tuna 11/0 or twin 9/0 setup, 200–600lb mono leader sized to species, and a pre-rigged ballyhoo or strip bait under the skirt. Run a teaser short (10–15m) to bring fish up before they hit the lures.
Rigging
- Leader
- 200–600 lb mono, sized to species (200lb mahi/wahoo, 400lb for marlin)
- Braid / mainline
- 50–80 lb mono on overhead reels; PE10+ for stand-up gear
- Hooks
- Single 11/0 Mustad S&T or twin 9/0 chain rigged inside the skirt
- Bait
- Pre-rigged ballyhoo, garfish, or strip bait under the skirt
- Troll speed
- 6.5–9 knots — start at 7.5kn and adjust to bubble trail
- Spread position
- Long corner / shotgun for small heads; long rigger for large heads
Reading BiteCast for this lure
When this lure is in your spread, BiteCast's data layers tell you when + where to deploy it. The most relevant layers for offshore trolling:
- SST (sea-surface temperature) →
Filter for the target species' preferred SST band, then troll the eddy + front edges within that band. Sub-1°C changes inside 5km are the lanes.
- Altimetry + Eddies →
Warm-core eddy edges + convergence fronts are prime offshore lanes. Run this lure on the western edge of warm-core eddies where bait piles against the temperature wall.
- Thermocline (MLD + Th-Depth + Th-Wall) →
Skirts run on the surface — they don't dive. Th-Depth + Th-Wall tell you where predators are staged below: sharp wall + shallow MLD = compressed bait pinned in the upper column with predators ambushing upward into your spread. When Th-Depth gets deep, complement the skirts with a diving lure or downrigger-rigged bait to actually reach the staging zone.
- Subsurface temperature →
Confirm what fish are seeing at trolling depth; pair with SST to identify front structure that extends below the surface.
- Chlorophyll →
The green/blue boundary is the food-chain front — fish concentrate on the edge, not the dense bloom interior.
Best months in AU
Trolling skirts work the AU pelagic season — late spring through autumn for marlin and mahi, with wahoo extending into early winter on the EAC mainstream.
General guidance for southern + central AU; tropical north runs warm-water species year-round.
Where it shines in Australia
- Sydney Offshore (Browns / Banks)— EAC convergence + warm-core eddies push tuna and marlin within range Nov–May
- South-East Queensland (Gold Coast canyons)— Black + blue marlin, mahi-mahi, and yellowfin on the EAC mainstream Nov–April
- Far North QLD shelf— Year-round wahoo, mackerel, and dogtooth tuna over the GBR shelf and outer reef
Target AU species
About JB Lures
AU game fishing skirts. Swim 5.5–9.5 kn — versatile speed range.
Origin: Made in Australia
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Larger AU game skirt; long-rigger lure for big marlin.
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