Slow jigging from kayak

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Hello,

I am soft bait fishing from a kayak and I want to try, while I’m actively soft baiting, to have a slow jig going in a rod holder. And also to slowly tow it around while I’m heading to my spots.

I like having two rods going but the one in the holder, usually with another soft bait on, doesn’t tend to hook fish.

I can’t afford a jig rod at the moment so it would just be on one of my soft bait rods. I was thinking one of the 40g inchiku jigs. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Cheers!
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If there's fish to be caught, that will work, 100% Smile

I regularly use 100g jigs on a softbait rod, so don't worry about it. A different proposition dropping a jig vertically versus casting. 
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Nice, I might go for the 80g one then!
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Weight obviously depends on depth of water and drift speed, but the smaller the better as long as you can keep it just off the bottom.
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80g might be overkill. I’m in shallow water, never more than 20m.
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I would try a 15 to 20gram micro jig
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