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Originally Posted by reason162
You don't need to use "blackfish jigs," any jig will work. Doesn't even have to be painted...they don't care about the jig. All they care about is the crab.
Curious: have you ever fished for tog with a jig? Perhaps more relevant: have you ever fished on a boat with a mix of jigger and riggers?
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Yes many times I have been around guys fishing tog with jigs... Typically in deeper water over 50 feet, wind, current, etc in late Nov intoDec.. Jigs caught some here and there, most were caught on rigs.. Never saw this killer bite on jigs personally, but by the time I usually go, the shallow water bite is dead or close to it.
I bought a few of the tog jigs, tried them last year, but the day i used them was dead for everyone.. Most guys got no keepers, and I was among that group.. I would certainly try it on a calm day in shallow water, and I am sure it would work fine. Guys fishing on LIS started using light jigs 20 years ago, in the shallow rocky, low current areas in the Sound
. I have yet to see them work very well in heavy seas, deep water, or strong currents.. I have caught tog on jigs, but that was on real jigs- Upperman bucktail type- years ago while fishing for other species, and I even caught a nice one many years ago on an AVA.... Look, I know the jigs will catch fish, but again, its simply a different way of presenting a crab.. As I said, a plain old hook with a painted 2 oz. egg sinker will do the exact same thing much cheaper.. bob
