hey what is a good jig bait for lings and halibut

Good afternoon, to get you set up with the right jigs and lures we need to know where your planning on fishing for the lings and halibut?

lol sorry im new, mostly fishing channel islands ,catalina area ive only been on full days out of ventura hope to go other places

No problem Jody . Good jigs for lincod would be the Squirm worm in white, glow or the orange colors in the 6 to 10 oz sizes as well as the good old Pline or Bead chrome daimond jigs in sizes from 8 to 14oz and if the current is ripping the 16 oz. Add a small rockfish fillet strip to the daimond jig and drop it down. The leadmaster 8,10 and 12oz leadheads with a 6" jigger bone grub tail on them work killer too. Same colors for the jigger bone grub tail as for the squirm worm. If your fishing shallow for lings you can also use a 2oz leahead with the larger 6.5 to 9" swimbait tails. If you want to fish baits to target the big lings try a big 14 to 20" octopus, 9 to 12" green mackeral or a sand dab fished on a dropper loop made of 50 to 60# mono or flouro to 65 or 80 braid and hold on .
Trying to pick lures or jigs for halibut is a little tougher. Personaly along shallow beachs or kelps edges I'd fish a 5 or 6.5" swimbait in white, chart, or smelt/grunion colors on a 1 to 1 1/2 oz head. If fishing around squid nets a 3,4 or 6oz white or white and glow bucktail tipped with a whole squid and fished a crank or two off the bottom. Actualy thats how I've caught my last four nice halibut.


Hope the info helps,
Behdad (Beta)
AKA'UnReel"

ty for the info, much apreciated

Your welcome. Forgot another nice ling cod jig. The Charkbait 300 and 400g Hard Tako. Red orange or pink would be my go to colors.

Let us know how you do when you get out.

Have a great day,
Behdad (Beta)
AKA UnReel

I've had great luck with butterfly (aka knife) jigs on Alaskan halibut and ling cod.