Pippen - Thanks for the response. I'll watch to see if others add in. One thing nice (assuming the season is open) about jigging is that it does double duty - Springs and bottom fish. I was on a large charter (15 people on the boat?) out of Ucluelet a few years ago and they used metal sand lance jigs for the whole boat. All of the charter guys I've heard about down off the Washington coast use cut plugs and basically let everybody mooch along. The jigs worked great for salmon and halibut and I've caught lots of rockfish and lings also. I've tried to find the "guy in Port Alberni" who made the jigs for them so I can buy a box. They were white and green and pretty "bendable". I would like to find something that is a bit cheaper than the standard Point Wilson Darts or equivalent. I bought a handfull when I was there but haven't found them since.
Like I said in one of my earlier messages, I'm set up with dual downriggers and have used cut plug or whole herring/anchovies all my life so I kind of migrate to that technique out of "comfort". I don't keep a good log but I think that jigging is at LEAST as effective as trolling at least for springs. Coho are a little different although buzz bombing works great there. To me, mooching is drifting slowly, usually with a cut plug or whole bait on a sinker and occasionally giving it a little action. The metal jigs are more of a "drop it down to the bait (or bottom) and then move it vertically" through the water column (different depths as conditions indicate).
Anyway, thanks for the thoughts and we'll see if BigJay or others answer.
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