what is saltwater jig fishing?

Answer 1

All good answers!
Jig fishing is a way of or style used to fish!
Styles of lure used to be jigged as in a jig,spoon or just a lure made to imitate a dieing fluttering bait fish!
Way to jig a lure- drop lure down and lifting rod up and letting lure fall to look like a wounded or injured prey fish!To use a dropper rig and bounce"jig" off the bottom while anchored or drifting!
Jigs can be trolled,cast n retieved,dropped and jigged but to jig fish can mean either of the 2 things I have mentioned!
We jig a knocker or dropper rig for red snapper and groupers in deep water which is just bouncing"jigging" a bait.

Answer 2

Jig fishing is when you JIG the fishing pole up and down, usually on a boat. You almost always jig with a lure, such as a Diamond Jig, or any other shiny lure. Mackerel are often jigged for, as well as striped bass and bluefish. You have to let the jig hit the bottom, then you reel it up a few feet. Then you start moving the pole up and down. If no fish, reel a few turns, then start jigging again. Jigging is effective to find out what depth the fish are at.

Answer 3

Saltwater Fishing with a Jig which is a fancy lure.

Somewhere along the way one of the most versatile fishing lures ever devised received the name "jig". Probably either because the molds they are made from or the mechanism used to hold them while they are being tied, are called jigs. Either way the term has come to mean a particular style of fishing with a particular type of lure - fishing with a jig.

Answer 4

Off Southern California, a "jig" is a metal lure, roughly diamond shaped, ranging from around four to seven inches long. Most are painted various colors, some are chrome plated. There are three main classes of jigs -- the bottom fishing jigs, which are solid lead; the yoyo jigs, which are made of zinc; and the surface jigs, made of aluminum. Despite the metal used, using any of these is often called "fishing the iron."

The bottom jigs (weighing 4-16 ounces or so) are used for rockfish and lingcod. You simply drop them to the bottom over reefs in 100-400+ feet of water, and work them up and down. Sometimes you might have to hang a piece of fish on the hook to coax bites, but most of the time that will just attract smaller fish.

The yoyo jigs (4-8 ounces or so) are cast out (or dropped) and sunk to the bottom in up to 200 feet of water (or sunk for a minute or so offshore) and then cranked in fast. Their main targets are yellowtail and tuna, though you can get all sorts of other fish on them as well. You can also work them near the surface, though you have to crank faster than with the aluminum surface jigs.

The surface jigs (2-6 ounces) are cast way out with long rods and retrieved near the surface, generally pretty slowly. This is the best way to catch barracuda, and is also effective for yellowtail, bonito, and bass.

Answer 5

The best way to fish actually.......
In the Puget sound area, we jig for Salmon a lot.
Once you find a ball of bait fish (ie herring, candle fish, sardines) you can position your boat on top of the ball, drop your jig (usually lead, shaped like your bait fish) to just above the bait ball....you then lift your rod tip high into the air and then let it fall back down to a horzonal position...this allows the jig to do it's thing..mimic a wounded bait fish....
the fun with this type of fishing is you feel the bite....reel like hell and try and intrigue the salmon to go after your jig....