Bloated Rock Cod

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Originally Posted by FoodGeekFish

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this x10.

works fantastic, i use a 16 o weight with it as its pretty sure to over come ny positive buoyancy in the fish. drop it down and when it gets past about 100 feet stop the free spool and yank it up.

additionally, you can use larger hooks to avoid smaller fish. smallest hook i used over the weekend was a 2/0 circle, and once I caught a shorty, I upsized to 4/0 circles, 5/0 and 7/0 j hooks, and didn't have a too-small fish for the rest of the day.