Stevie I did use the words 'slow pitch jigging' in my original post and title. I appreciate you taking the time to post mate so please don't get me wrong. If you've read the above article and watched the YT footage hopefully you'll agree that SPJ is a technique and set of tackles on its own. I've used it to catch grouper, snapper, amberjack and yellowtail kingfish abroad and it makes welcome change from the frantic speed jigging of knife and butterfly lures! I guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and buy a selection of SPJs and give it a try on existing rods (fs spin) before buying/building yet more rods and reels! I'm particularly thinking that it could well bag a few extra fish over the wrecks and a particular a reef I have in mind at slack water. Time will tell! I'll give the bloke at Jigabite a ring and seek his advice on a suitable range of lures to get me started.
PS is that pic of you and your boat on Lomond by any chance?
I am sure the lures will work well for the job they were designed for.
The type of jigging I found most productive comes very much in that "Slow pitch jigging" category. That is a relatively new term for what I have seen widely practised around Scotland, I am not the only angler to have found that relatively small "pirks" that have some action (particularly on-the-drop) catch fish well.
As well as these (usually expensive!) lures made specifically for SPJ try a cheap Dexter wedge lure (aka One Eyed Jack). I have had so many cod and pollack slow jigging this cheap piece of metal. As a bonus it's a great attractor if you fish a single feather/tinsel lure on a dropper above it. Probably the best combination I have found on a slow drift in summer when the weather is calm and the water clear.
Before I gave up the inshore boat fishing I found a seller on ebay that was offering a variety of small, dense but intriguingly shaped lures. They were cheap (important for rough ground fishing!) so I took a punt and bought a dozen or so.
No idea if they were designed for this job but with a little input from me with the rod they looked great in the water. The fish appreciated them, for sure!
I am not too sure on the design of the rods for SPJ. For my purpose I found a rod about 8.5 ft and have a fine tip for feeling the lure but a lot of power lower down for lifting cod from fairly deep water. Hence my choosing a couple of fast action spinning rods. The through action rods I did not like in the least for this job, I did try a couple!
That photo of the boat was Lomond, sure the photo is tagged with that. Did a bit of pike fishing there and that boat helped catch a lot of fish around Scotland. The sea lochs were my favourite hunting ground, plenty of pollack, ray and common skate (best 200 lb+). The pollack have always been my favourite though, great fun on light gear fishing around the kelp.
Missing all that but my age, and Scotland being cold, dark and windy, eventually conspired to force me south. Anyway, consoling myself with some wonderful river fishing now!
Enjoy your new style of fishing!