To keep or not to keep

[wakina]

I agree also. Being a local I only want the jacks. It's fun catching a pig. But I must admit I don't catch many jigging

The fact of the matter is that you almost have to target the females in order to catch them. Jigging on the reefs is almost a 99.9% male (jack) catch, the females (hens) are hanging out in the deeper water off the reefs and when they come in to the reefs they have only one thing on their mind. By targeting females I mean slow trolling crank baits, the 2 most popular are Reef Runners and Deep Down Husky Jerks. The females that are caught jigging are few and far between. Please don't get me wrong there are some females caught on jigs on the reefs every year, just not in large numbers and each angler has to use their own judgment and conscience about whether to keep a female or not! I personally prefer the jacks myself.