Humboldt Bay North Jetty

I have been wanting to try to fish the North Jetty again.  All of the other times I have fished it, I lost a mortgage worth of gear.  I read somewhere that a slip bobber may be the answer?  anyone care to share their favorite rig for fishing the jetty?

When I fish jetties, I usually have my best luck fishing right down by my feet. I use a stupidly simple and cheap rig composed of a sliding egg sinker (1/2 oz to 1 oz) on the line (30-lb plus) directly over a cheap hook of some sort (sometimes a shrimp fly). Tip it with squid (try to cover the hook point), drop it down into the nooks and crannies below your feet, and hold on tight...

The oval shaped sliding sinker helps the rig to roll off rocks and find the deep holes. If you jiggle rod tip a bit you can work your bait WAY down into the deepest cracks where to good stuff hides...

If you hook up, try to yard that sh*t up in a hurry before it finds a crack to stick in.. That's where a stiff pole and heavy line come in handy.


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I fish the north jetty quite a bit and there's two rigs I usually use. Either a drop shot with a Texas rigged plastic or a traditional Texas rig with anywhere from a 1/2 oz to 1 1/2 oz depending on the conditions but usually 1/2 or 3/4 oz is the ticket. The key is rigging your baits weedless with a 3/0 to 5/0 wide gap hook because any exposed hook and you're going to snag. I use the dropshot for fishing further out and the Texas rig for poking around at my feet and for fishing Swimbaits. Change up the weights because there is usually a sweet spot where you can reach the bottom but not get hung up but that all changes day to day with the conditions. Sometimes just a 1/4 oz difference can make a huge change. Also a longer rod 9 ft + will help pop out the deep snags. Pm me if you have any other questions about the jetty

I fish the north jetty quite a bit and there's two rigs I usually use. Either a drop shot with a Texas rigged plastic or a traditional Texas rig with anywhere from a 1/2 oz to 1 1/2 oz depending on the conditions but usually 1/2 or 3/4 oz is the ticket. The key is rigging your baits weedless with a 3/0 to 5/0 wide gap hook because any exposed hook and you're going to snag. I use the dropshot for fishing further out and the Texas rig for poking around at my feet and for fishing Swimbaits. Change up the weights because there is usually a sweet spot where you can reach the bottom but not get hung up but that all changes day to day with the conditions. Sometimes just a 1/4 oz difference can make a huge change. Also a longer rod 9 ft + will help pop out the deep snags. Pm me if you have any other questions about the jetty

It's been a long time since I was a jetty rat but this ^^^ is what I did after a lot of trial and error and lead donation.  Traditional texas rig with a weedless rigged gulp worm. Also, run a mono topshot because it holds up better in the rocks than braid.  Check your leader and change it often.

thanks everyone... I've been slacking on my fishing for a while.  Since I bought my house, I haven't had much time or money to get out there.  Trying to get out as often as possible.