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Slow pitch, vertical jigging, inshore casting and everything in between. How to work the lure, rig it and read the conditions.

Angler holding a queen snapper caught slow pitch jigging off Louisiana, with a yellow jig Techniques

Slow Pitch Jigging in Louisiana: How Our Team Fishes the Gulf

Natural bottom, oil rigs and 2,000-foot drops: how our team slow pitch jigs off Louisiana, which jigs and weights they use and...

4 min read IKEJIME PRO kit case on a boat deck with a freshly caught grouper behind it Techniques

How to Ikejime a Fish: Spike, Bleed, Wire and Ice

Ikejime is Japanese for “live killing.” Here's how to spike the brain, bleed the fish, run the wire and ice it down,...

3 min read Male hogfish on a boat deck with a small WYLD micro jig hooked in its mouth Techniques

How to Catch Hogfish on a Jig: The Micro Jigging Method

Most hogfish are speared or caught on shrimp. Here's how our team got one on a 20 g WYLD: where to look,...

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