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NIB, great post. This is my first year jigging that evil place you guys call the ditch... and I love it. Pretty much everyone I fish with are boat guys, so learning the canal has been a lot of reading here, a lot of annoying the local B&Ts and a lot of hours on the rocks. A lot of what I've been doing is similar to what you post, but I should try making some adjustments.
I use 4oz jigs or 12" Sluggos with a 3oz leadhead. This lets me work bottom about an and hour 45 minutes either side of slack. I rarely lose jigs while working them on bottom. In my last 5 trips, I've probably lost 5 or 6 jigs and it's always on the retrieve. I reel as fast as possible and then bang, I'm hung up.
How are you guys getting 5oz jigs back 2+ hours after slack without getting snagged up? I'd love to not have to sacrifice so much lead and line to the canal gods.
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