The conclusion is a solid one. We use the scales during tournaments only. Lesa and Chris were fishing with jig rigs in Boca Grande Pass, which can reach 90 feet in depth, just south of Gasparilla Island, the onetime pirate hideaway some 165 miles below Tampa on Florida s west coast. It is perhaps the best-known and most productive tarpon waters in America. There, tarpon are fished primarily in two ways, with the newer jig rig or with the traditional live bait rig off tarpon rods and reels off bigger boats, those craft drifting at the island s end trolling.
Equipment is heavy.
Fish can be boated more quickly. Breakaway jig rig fishing has become the rage. That rig consists of an oversized hook with the hook tip bent inward. A two to four ounce red sinker is wrapped around the hook neck, with a scented colored plastic tail attached to the hook. You bottom fish, jigging the bait around to attract the tarpon.