Thanks for your input GPSGuru. Please could you tell us all about your UK use of this method ?
SPJ fished in the traditional way from my boat (Ribcraft 585 Offshore Professional).
Here in Lyme Bay we rarely get a tide flow of 1.5knts, mostly sub 1knt, therefore we tend to use jigs of 1g per foot or water, or less.
Pretty much the standard style of drop to the bottom and probably 3 long pitches to clear the bottom and them a seies of short pitches to find the fish. Once the fish are located, I will ‘hold’ the jig in that part of the water column on the next and subsequent drifts.
By far the most successful jig colour for me has been a jig that is predominantly blue.
All the usual suspects fall to SPJ, Pollock, Bass, Gurnard, scad, mack, Pout, JD, etc.
Watching the jig using Garmin panoptix can be quite addictive !