Anglers who head to offshore hotspots like the Tanner and Cortez banks off San Diego or the blue-water break off Oregon and Washington have long been aware of the effectiveness of vertical jigging, but the relatively new gear and approach used in a method known as slow-pitch jigging is making the tactic much easier than ever before—and more successful. Anglers are loading up on bottom species including ocean whitefish, lingcod, sea bass and the various species of rockfish found all along the Pacific Coast without ever touching natural baits. Not only that, the same gear also has proved amazingly effective on a wide variety of pelagic species, including albacore, amberjack, bluefin
