The outfit
- Rod
- 5.5–6.5 ft jigging rod rated 200–400 g
- Reel
- 6000–8000 spinning or 20–30 lb class conventional reel
- Line
- 50 lb braid
- Leader
- 8–10 ft of 40–60 lb fluorocarbon (25–40 lb for leader-shy blackfin)
- Hooks
- Assist hooks on 2–5 oz jigs; 2/0–4/0 live-bait hooks
- Weights
- The jig
- Amberjack over the wreck will test the whole outfit; check knots after every fish.
Bait to pair it with
- Pilchards (scaled sardines) · live
- Threadfin herring · live
- Pinfish · live
- Speedos and cigar minnows · live
- Bonito and sardine chunks · cut
- Vertical and butterfly jigs · artificial
- Trolling skirts, feathers and plugs · artificial