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It turned out to be great weather for us on the codding grounds. Along with the outstanding conditions the fish cooperated with us and decided to bite. The hot ticket for most of the guys was a heavy diamond jig or Jax jig on the bottom and one baited hook or shrimp fly above it. Most of the time we would "sweeten" the jig with a small strip of squid or strip bait. The key word here is small. A small strip, instead of a big hunk of flesh clogging up the gap of the treble, allows for the jig to sink quickly. In one of the pictures you will notice a jig hanging out of the mouth of a lingcod, that is our new SHOGUN jig from Salas lures. So far the heavy models have been working on yellowtial and great on the cods, it sort of looks and is shaped like the old Holiday Special, one of my favorite vertical jigs.

Big Fish Happen,
Bruce A. Smith