b'Before you head out, make a plan to decide on where you will head and what jigs you will take to use.Dont deviate from the plan for the day when things are a little slow and you want to try baits, jigging requires sticking with it and trying different colours, weights, or locations.Exploring local reefs or structure that you ignored over summer when the fish were schooled up and feeding on the larger baitfish schools made it easy fishing.These places have been left alone as there are less boaties and anglers on the water in the colder months, so they are prime spots to investigate.STYLES AND COLOURSJigs work better in deeper water from around 15m out to 100m, and deeper if you want to hit those offshore reefs and depending on what style of jig you are using.I typically use slow pitch jigs from 40gm to 120gm from 15m to 50m, depending on the current and drift speed. With long jigs employed from 200-350gm weights as my go to for mechanical jigging for kingfish.Both styles of jigs are best worked vertically, so you need to keep your drift Jigging in winter will often surprisespeed down or if you are fortunate to anglers on what species turn up,have a Minn Kota, you can spot lock over such as this tasty puka pup. a reef or fish sign to keep your position while working the jigs.BELOW: Mike Nixon was slow pitchI always take a variety of options with jigging in the BOP and bagged acolours and weights to use and see what good squid for fresh calamari.gets hit the most.Typically, orange-coloured lures have consistently worked well for me, but some days other colours can be flavour of the day.Different styles of slow pitch jigs also have different actions when dropped and worked back up.This helps the jig get attention and some have more hang time or erratic actions when dropped through the water.There are an increasing number of jigs available now on the market and many found in your local tackle shop, but check out www.ok.fish or www.snapperhead.co.nz as Kiwi online shops who cater for keen jigging and lure anglers.Both sites have a large variety of jigs and jigging gear suited for slow pitch or mechanical jigging, we have fished with many of these and can vouch for the quality and fish catching abilities of the gear.There are also jigging pages on social media that you can join to pick up information or helpful ideas on this style of fishing, the more you know the better your fishing.So, good luck and keep jigging year-round.FIGZ /FISHINGINGODZONE69'