I had the same problem-I wasn't understanding the actual mechanics of jigging--how difficult could it be?? I'd jigged bottom fish all my life but no joy with salmon. I didn't have "IT" My daughter and I watched Gale Force -slow pitch jigging on you tube-practiced it and did it--and started having success. Those ladies aren't hard to look at but the techniques work.
But did you have a cold chicken sandwich?
Oh buddy, you bet your a$$ we had sandwiches. Easy mayo, easy onions. Franks a little heavy handed.
Can you please post the link to the video?
https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/s...outube&fr=mcafee#id=4&vid=898fe67ad5721bfbfa3
Thanks Spring Fever for the link. That is basically how I fish on the way up or just reel fast then jig now and again. On the way down you can either just let it drop or let it drop with a jigging action now and again. Always have a very light thumb pressure on your spool (with baitcaster reel) to control drop and feel any hit you might get. There are many ways to impart the action that mimics a bait fish in distress.
Strange you should mention that-my grappler does and it looks like a conventional rod-but I took a chance and ordered a rod from China from amazon for my wife-124 dollars. Took 31/2 weeks but man was it worth it-weighs nothing-just has the carbon blank and a big padded knob on the end-all FUGI eyes and seat-says it is good for 200gms but I think only 160 tops-with a tiny knock-off reel -it weighs nothing-I promptly banged 4 very credible springs with it in my 14 ft tinny kinda a Campbell River sleigh ride!! LOL Outfit called rosewood fishing. So I have some fairly expensive shimano jigging stuff but the most fun was on a complete outfit from Amazon that cost total not including braid 225cdn. Meanwhile my shimano torium 14 is still being held hostage by the Russian Federation. How does the USPS route from miami to west coast Canada thru the Russian Federation. I digress--it's an insurance job so I'll finish the season on my wifes buggy whip!! More fun anyway!!
Look for the rapid rise from 250-300 ft depth as you near the shore and follow that drop. Time it for the tail end of the flood, that pushes feed up toward the shallows.
Like Kramer from Seinfeld said “it’s a write off Jerry, they just write it off”, lol.
Tell them you will send it back with the same routing on their dime, and they have to pay you the shipping first.
Mine is nothing so grand as his-I wanted it smaller so all my gear can stay on and go in the garage-low enough hp to be cheap to run-and a big enough dance floor to make a grady owner envious, LOL Me and my new dog buddy are going to cut a swath and learn to keep up to ILHG, his son and Waterwolf2230--well close at least.
