I swim jigs for silvers in the skagit during the season. Jigs are great for most any fish. Now the question come with the leaving the jigs on the bottom. If you go to the samish in september you well see guys throwing 1/2 to 1 oz jigs and leaving them sit on the bottom. these same guys well swear they are biting the jigs but also sit with a tight line and a high rod tip. there are guys from this web page that still will insist that the fish are biting the bottomed jigs at least they do in the emails they send to me but they dont make there pitch in the forum. its a form of lining where the fish swims into the line and does quite often end up getting hooked in the mouth. talking the the game warden and he points out that theres not much he can do. its a leagle lure and the fish are hooked from the gill plate forward. and he cant put the fish on the stand to testify if he bite or swam into the line. and the waters too deep/dark to see the fish hit/swim into the lure. so go figure.....