Trix Jetty Worms

Those "jetty worms" look like money to me, and I am an occasional jetty fisherman for the next couple of months!
I usually fish FROM the jetty, and cast out beyond the trough that the current scours at the bottom, hop my "jig" into the tough, and then hop it up the rocks. I lose a few lures this way. Can't be helped. Also, I lose most of the lings I hook, as they have the advantage when you are fishing from the rocks.

I am going to get an SOT and do it right. I had a great day fishing from a boat a few years back, casting TO the jetty and walking my jig down the rocks. Got more action (rockfish and lings) and was able to pull the lings I hooked away from the jetty, away from their lairs, and not lose them. When you are fishing from the rocks, you are at a disadvantage, as the lings can easily wedge themselves in the rocks.

I have experimented with scent vs no-scent, and scent often turns the magic. Even with bait, LOL.
One day i started off with drifting unscented sandshrimp along the bottom of the trough, drift-fishing style with a small corky and some pencil lead, and got few hits, but when I squirted a little shrimp oil on the bait, WHAM! lots of action.  In that instance, most of the fish caught were Greenlings, Striped Sea Perch, and a Cabezon, with a couple of Black Rockfish.
I usually have better results on the Black Rockfish with jigheads and plastics (aka "jetty worm") than with drifting sandshrimp. (Bait seems to work better on the Greenlings, Perch, and Cabezon, though, when casting from the jetty).

Well, that's my $.02

CAN YOU GUYS JUST STOP!!!!!!!

You've got my stomach all in knots and I'm nearly twitching..... 

Okay, I need to start watching the swell forecast.  I need to CPR (catch photo release) a nice AOTY ling before they retreat back to the deep after the spawning season.

CAN YOU GUYS JUST STOP!!!!!!!
You've got my stomach all in knots and I'm nearly twitching..... 

Oh man, I gotta wait until May to get some local ling action...
Or I could brave the Westport jetty.. 

Z

Hey Zee, You probably already figured this out, but you would want to hit the South Jetty on an incoming tide with southerly winds, S, SW, or SE turning to SW, or "light & variable" or light westerlies.

Launch right in Half Moon Bay in the corner close to the Westhaven State Park parking lot. That puts you away from the shorebreak in a mellower launch spot.
Then paddle around the sunken tail end of the jetty and start fishing right there at the "wave refraction mound" if you like, but there's more and usually bigger fish to be found at least halfway out toward the tip.
Then fish thru the high tide change, and time your getaway back into the Cove (Half Moon Bay) before the ebb current kicks in strong.
NE, N and NW winds and a large swell can make it undoable, as we fish the N side of the jetty and it gets kinda snotty sometimes with brisk northerlies.
We've had some light NE wind days last month when it got almost glassy there, though.

If I had a buddy, I'd even consider taking my Ultimate 12 out there if the swell was small and the wind light. I won't go it alone at this point, though. Let me know if you are headed out this way. Thanks.

Okay, I need to start watching the swell forecast.  I need to CPR (catch photo release) a nice AOTY ling before they retreat back to the deep after the spawning season.

It's still early enough in the year for that Ling trench to be clear of sand....  I could sure go for another 12 Ling day!

Spot,
I even have some "Trix Jetty Worms" we can try along that trench.

Hey Zee, You probably already figured this out, but you would want to hit the South Jetty on an incoming tide with southerly winds, S, SW, or SE turning to SW, or "light & variable" or light westerlies.

Launch right in Half Moon Bay in the corner close to the Westhaven State Park parking lot. That puts you away from the shorebreak in a mellower launch spot.
Then paddle around the sunken tail end of the jetty and start fishing right there at the "wave refraction mound" if you like, but there's more and usually bigger fish to be found at least halfway out toward the tip.
Then fish thru the high tide change, and time your getaway back into the Cove (Half Moon Bay) before the ebb current kicks in strong.
NE, N and NW winds and a large swell can make it undoable, as we fish the N side of the jetty and it gets kinda snotty sometimes with brisk northerlies.
We've had some light NE wind days last month when it got almost glassy there, though.

If I had a buddy, I'd even consider taking my Ultimate 12 out there if the swell was small and the wind light. I won't go it alone at this point, though. Let me know if you are headed out this way. Thanks.

I've fished it a few times. Not bad when the weather and swell lines up.. nutty when it doesn't. Will let you know if I decide to give it a shot.

Z

As stated earlier, they are great for pot-holing kelp! I know this doesn't help much on the PNW coast, but here's some Trix Jetty Worm action from San Diego...
TJW + Kelp =

What size/style of  Siwash hooks are you guys using?  I need to start getting my chit together if I plan to play in the salt soon.  Gotta start collecting the parts and pieces here.

Anyone try building or working the DIY butternife jig yet?  Seen something about over at the NCKA site. 
I'm thinking about giving it a try.  I have the metal working tools to get something made.