Pipe jigs for lings

Has anyone used pipe jigs for lings out of the yak? I know a bunch of offshore PBers swear by them and some say they are better than bait.
Who here has actually used pipe jigs and what was your success rate? Snags? Treble/ single hook? Inshore/ offshore? Bare/ skirts?
Thanks guys,

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I tried one, got lots of snags.  Although, it was pretty windy and the swells were ~4-5 feet.  I think in lower swells and not moving over consistantly changing depths, snags wouldn't be as bad.

I used them out of my offshore PB.  They work great father offshore in deeper water because they can be made cheap and heavy.  I disagree that they work any better (based on their action etc) than other options and I have never considered them a necessary option for inshore yak fishing.  If you have to fish deep water with current they are a nice option to have. 

I have a few and just love them.  They are super badass.  Having said that, I've never actually put one in the water  

Used them on an off-shore charter.  Boat limited on lings, though not as fast the halibut limit was reached.  We were fishing in ~500 FOW for the lings.  While they worked well enough, my forearm was seriously cramping by the end.  Though that may have had as much to do with dehydration/electrolye loss due to puking a lot as anything else.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading an iFish post earlier today.

I made some years back, but never used them. They were fun & easy to make though.
Pipe (copper, steel, PVC) + Weight (lead, glue, rocks,) + Decorations (stickers, sharpies) + Minor Tackle (hooks, split rings, swivels) = fun diy project

I heard a good tip for making them, add some zinc to the lead.  It makes the jig have a pronounced "ping" when it hits the bottom and therefore attracts more fish. 

Not that I will ever actually make one.  I'll just pick up the ones I have once or twice a year, feel their weight and awesomeness, and put them back in the tackle box

I may have to dig through the rolling tackle shop this year and see what other bits if awesome you aren't using!

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I made a few and have used them on occasion from the Yak.
 I never start out using them, but if the bite is on, they seem to work OK.
 However, I am fishing in 50' or less of water. 

Check out kodakcustomtackle.com for some ideas.  They seem to work well up here. 

I am in the process of making some right now. Pretty much done, just need to pour the lead. I used half inch copper tubing and some big treble hooks. I plan on filling some of them only half way with lead, and the rest with copper bb's so they rattle. I also got some holographic stickers to put on some of them and maybe put some hoochies over the hooks, or paint eyeballs on them, i dont know. I think you are supposed to make them as annoying as possible so the lings bite them out of anger.
Its looking like i might get to try them out this weekend.

I am in the process of making some right now. Pretty much done, just need to pour the lead. I used half inch copper tubing and some big treble hooks. I plan on filling some of them only half way with lead, and the rest with copper bb's so they rattle. I also got some holographic stickers to put on some of them and maybe put some hoochies over the hooks, or paint eyeballs on them, i dont know. I think you are supposed to make them as annoying as possible so the lings bite them out of anger.
Its looking like i might get to try them out this weekend.

I've use the more traditional pipejigs with treble hook out the side for deep water jigging (300+ feet) before with decent success.  Although never in the shallow waters we typically fish off kayaks.

I like the idea of playing with the weighing, head heavy or tail heavy for different action.  Also like the idea of treble hook alternative.  In the past I've played with hook style on hex jigs, using butterfly style "top" hooks.  I've even gone as far as dressing up the top hooks with a big hootchie or curly tail worm (mudraker style).  You get a weird action on the jigs when you dress up the hooks.  Of the jigging upstroke it all sort of collapses together folding over at the line attach point with the weight and the lure pointing down.  And on the drop it opens up with the weight pulling it down and the lure following inline.  I've had really good success on lings with this style of setup.  I have a stash of home made hex bars that I work with, but if I ever run out of those (losing them to snags), I think I'll make up some pipe jigs and work those.

-Allen

I heard a good tip for making them, add some zinc to the lead.  It makes the jig have a pronounced "ping" when it hits the bottom and therefore attracts more fish.

You could also put some BBs or ball bearings inside to create a rattle.

so could this video be true that a halibut is attracted by a good but crack ??

I was almost afraid to watch that video