"Today I stumbled across a new rock fish jig; at least it's new to me. Some will say it's just a knockoff of another more popular and much more expensive cod jig, but it has differences. First off, I want to give credit where credit is due, hopefully I have the story straight. Aaron Chung had one tied to his line. I said that looks great. Sometimes when you see something or a new kind of lure you just know it will work, trust me, this only happens about 1% of the time when looking at new stuff. Anyhow, Aaron saw that I was interested and gave me one to try out.

"I promptly got the little Accurate out put it on a Seeker SHS 70L Hercules and made a few drops. The jig worked really good. Then I inquired with Aaron again on the name of this jig and it's origin. He said it came off of Alan Chin's boat the TigerFish from up Half Moon Bay way, Alan helped out with the design. Then I asked if it had a name. He told me it's called the Ho D or something like that. Well that made a lot of sense to me, as I know that Ho D is a fantastic fisherman from the bay area that also rides Alan's TigerFish.

"The jig sinks fast, has the two free swinging single hooks (so the reds don't spin off), and doesn't hang up on the bottom since the hook are arranged a third of the way up the jig instead of hanging off the tail end. Today this jig, no lie, caught 3 to 1 over any other technique that was being fished. Use 65-pound spectra to a short, 5-foot piece of 30-pound mono and then attach the jig. The lings eat it as well as the reds, chuckleheads and boscos."

I hope I don't get into too much trouble for revealing this really productive rockfish jig,

The Ho D!