Best rig for halibut and rockfish?

[DementedFish]

usually i put a 1/0 hook on and put a 1 oz rubbercore weight about 2 ft above the hook. This seems to work well for rockfish and bass. Would this be a good rig for rockfish and halibut? Or would a Trolley rig or Halibut rig work better? I want a rig that works well for both fish.
I might be going deep sea fishin on sat.

[Wahoo!]

If what you're thinking is you will fish for both at the same time, I think you should reconsider. Pick one and fish for it. If that doesn't work, fish for the other. You'll be much more successful if you target 1 species at a time. For halibut I would use a trap rig with a sliding sinker. For rockfish, I'd use shrimp flies, reverse dropper loop for live bait, or dropper loops with cut squid.

[CaptLurch]

I agree with Wahoo. Trap rigs for halibut are defiantly the way to, especially if you are using big bait. For shallow water rock fish, you probably do not need the shrimp flies. Just a plane hooks on a dropper loop should work fine.

For some reason the rockfish down south do not like the shrimp flies as much. Fishing deepwater 400+ then I would defiantly go with the flies.

[mod51]

For halibut use the trap rig it will increase your catch ratio. nothing like getting your bait raked and your hopes up. The trap
will put an end to that. And FISH ON. As for shallow water rock fish, cut squid or even plastics (Red scampi) on a reverse dropper loop. Best of luck and tight lines.

Mod51

[Bearfish]

Personally I would use a trap rig with the wieght at the bottom and the rig free to slide around...for obvious reasons ...but if them pesky smelt or what have you start tappin at it, you dont really feel it much...butif you get hooked into a nice flatty or even a bat ray...you will definately know it. I learned this from a VERY knowledgable guy and after I started do it that ...I stopped setting the hooks or running my butt off to get to my rod for SMELT!!! LOL....my 2 cents worth.

[DementedFish]

thanks bearfish, so i guess you decided to join? Huh?

[Bearfish]

YEah...I gotta check everything out in my life...as thats all I have to do in life...the internet and FISHING<*(((((((-<