My key to catching trout offshore is a vast intelligence network of production operators strategically place around the shelf. It's the only reason my Facebook page is still open. That's sort of a joke but it's not. Once I figure out what platforms are holding fish it's pretty much like perch jerking. I got a buddy that lives by the rule that the fish will always congregate on the up current side of the rig, it's not always true but the first place ill try. Ii drop whatever bait I'm using down there and start reeling up, stopping at different intervals. A 1 ounce gig head I that a one ounce jig head works about the best for me. I find the fish are shallower early on at the beginning of the summer and get deeper as water temps increase. I don't really like to wait them out. I hit the sides that I can fish without being slammed into the platform and if I don't get a bite, I'm off like a prom dress.
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