Jig head on a three-way swivel

I'm about to go kayak fishing for salmon for the first time. I'm new to both practices, but have been picking up a lot of good information here. I'll be either on the American or the Sacramento and I'm considering trolling with a three-way swivel, a weight and a lure. My question is, rather than a weight on the swivel to sink the lure, can I go with a 2-3 oz jig head? Seems like a good idea to me, but I can't find any info in the regulations about it. Don't know if it's OK to have two hooks on the same main line. Thanks for any advice.

Not sure about the legality/regs, but I don’t think I would go that route in the rivers. I would think you would snag bottom (weeds, logs, monofilament nests) a lot more frequently if you had a swim bait/jig head in place of a lead weight.

Also, those that jig the delta for Salmon, seem to favor metal jigs (Hopkins and p-line laser minnnow) over swim baits By a significant margin, in fact I’ve never heard of anyone using a swim bait for Salmon once they get into the bay/river. When jigging, the action is pretty aggressive to induce a strike. Not sure if your intention is to work the swim bait up and down the water column, or leave it static as you troll. If you intend to work the jig, how will that impact the action of your chosen lure?

I’ve seen more people hook up on simple setups than anything else. Around sac metro, most anglers are using kwik fish, brads cut plugs, or spinners (Silvertron spinners have been in almost all of the reports I’ve seen from the sac metro area) on a three way bounce ball rig Fished on or near bottom.

Jigging around discovery park and in the hole at the confluence of the moklumne and consumes rivers is also popular and often effective.

If going further up towards the feather or Chico area, drifting Row seems to be producing fish right now.

The old timers would troll a rebel and a hairraiser,on a spreader for stripers. So you should be fine. Probably going to be hard to do on a kayak.  Gitzits  are a tubebait that those same old timers use to use jigging for salmon.