Guest Post: Stepping Up To Jig Fishing
- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / January 5, 2015
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at 7:32 am
Love this article, thanks for sharing.
at 10:26 am
Hey Joe & Rena – Great story. Just moved here a year ago from AZ. and I’m totally hooked!! I’ve been getting as much gear as I can afford and reading everything I can. But, so much information must just be learned. So, I have a question regarding this story. I see you were on a boat, so were you fishing for the same catch as the live bait group? Or, were you just completly doing your own thing? I guess what is confusing is that if the boat is set up to fish for Rock Fish as the target fish, then it is usually unlikely to try to target something else like cod or halibut on my own. Would you agree? Also, can you elaborate on the technique you were using for the jigging?
at 10:50 am
Rick,
Thanks for stopping by. As a general rule, jigs and other artificial lures should be employed to attract the same target fish that the bait fishermen are going after. Usually though, you’re trying to score a better grade of fish thru a combination of offering a bigger profile of bait and/or more aggressive fish to attack a moving jig. For that scenario of rockfishing, the idea is to use a jig to score ling cod or nicer reds/chucks. You want to do it when the jig is heavy enough to touch bottom (depth and current are conducive to getting down), otherwise, it’s not going to work. In general, I cast against the drift, let the jig touch bottom, reel up a bit quickly, let it flutter back down and repeat all the way back to the boat. Good luck!
at 2:07 pm
Hey Joe,
Thanks for sharing. i appreciate it! Hope to run into sometime. Tight Lines!
at 4:46 pm
Co gratulations on your successful jig fishing. Being able to catch fish on a jig is a mark of a true angler.
at 4:32 pm
I am acustomed to using shrimp or mullet when I’m saltwater fishing. This summer I went out on a head boat and we used jigs and I dont think I’m going back to fresh bait.