Jigging 400 ft in New England

[bernzy]

Heading out for the first time. Going on a head boat, again, first time as I'm usually in the harbor fishing bass/blues.

Any suggestions that can be thrown my way would be helpful. I'm going to hit up Fore River for some re-rigging of some of my heavy reels and get some info from them. Thought I'd throw this out here to see what the avid jiggers think.

Lures?
Line?
Technique?
Misc?
Head/party boat advice?

thanks in advance

[Sea Draggin]

For 400ft you will need braid PE line of some brand, in the 80lb range. Lures could be from 300-500g depending on current.

[Tunaman40]

You might want to check out Gmans intro to verticle jigging, its a great source of information .

[paul708]

for that fishing we use a 8' COD rod. custom made for the depths and fish. and great for PB fishing.
these are light and powerfull.
big tip, backbone, light to use all day.
made specificly for this deepwater area.

the jigs to try are andaman, or lava..or the viking style.
you can use a teaser hook above.
either a fly or a worm style.or tube.
i use a saltiga 50 with 65 and 80# line.
the newells are nice, light.
the saltist are a good choice.
a torium is fine
just make sure you have enough line cap.and
it CASTS well.

casting is a big part of jig fishing up there.
most guys prefer the bow, CAST OUT, jig,jig, jig just off the bottom.
or you can CAST OUT and yo-yo..
you will see what style the fish want. it does change.so try different jigging techniques..look around see what the other guys are doing. and using.