Rigging a Slug-Go on a Jighead

Jeff Miller of Canal Bait and Tackle and BoatingLocal's Tom Richardson demonstrate how to rig a soft-plastic bait tail on a jighead for working deep water in New England. Check out the full article and others at boatinglocal.com

[@Augustus302]

what knife is that

[@iphone3gsdivine]

Do you always fish unpainted lead heads??

[@JoeyT80]

Yes we do.

[@crucifyrobinhood]

Seems kind of silly to put 5 oz's of lead on a finesse bait. Here on the west coast we use split tail or curly tail heavy jigs for deep water Lingcod and Halibut. I have yet to find a more effective finesse bait than a properly weighted or un-weighted sluggo. Pieces of 16d nails, cut narrower than the width of the slugs tail, inserted perpendicular to the centerline give weight without ruining the action. A properly tail heavy slug will work away from the rod tip on the fall. This lets you keep your lure in the strike zone longer. Twitching the slug still gives the walking action, twitch and slack to imitate injured prey. Try a white slug on Salmonids that hang out near piers at dusk. The fish come in for the squid that gather under dock lights. Check your regs, fishing after dark or near lighted structures may be illegal in your area. If you can get away with it, it will curl your toes when a school of Sea-Run Cutthroat trout slash through a ball of squid and mistake your slug for one! I REALLY pissed off the Korean squid jiggers the first time I tried this method.

[@crucifyrobinhood]

chunk norris Thanks fer the learnin, chunk. I feel informed widdout bein' corrected. Diggit. I'm not too hip to your canal but I can dig yer 5 knots in 30' o' water. Frickkin' slugs can do anything, eh?