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I find a variety of jigs is the way to go, I like the herring/candlefish type jigs in 3-8 oz, ie deep stinger and the like in white, white/pink, silver/green, silver blue, diamond jigs in 6-16 oz, and leadheads in 4-24 oz with a variety of tails and hoochies.  The baitfish jigs are good for salmon, rockfish and halibut.  I replace the treble hooks on the baitfish jigs with 10/0 gamakatsu's, they are much stronger, super sharp, and it's easier to get them out of the fish's mouth.  Big halibut can straighten out the smaller treble hooks, and you need to be razor sharp to sink into their tough mouths.  Remember you can jig herring on a big leadhead with a hoochie, and if your bait is lost, keep fishing by jigging vs realing up and re-baiting.  

Don't forget leaders.  I use 2-3' 300# mono and crimp with 1/16" aluminum swages, with a 4/0 swivel on one end and a 4/0 corkscrew swivel on the the other.  The corkscrew swivels allow for fast changes of terminal hardware, I can go from jigs to sinker/bait in less than a minute.  I use a loop of dacron on my slider that is looped through the eye and over the body of the sinker, makes re-weighting super fast, and not all of my weights have eyes so a corksrew swivel wouldn't be an option.  The large dia line is handy to grab, the small dia spectra lines can cut your hand if a fish makes a run.  

Do whatever you can to keep from tying lines and fiddling with hardware, have leaders and lures well layed out so once you anchor and start fishing, you aren't fiddling with gear.  Same with landing fish, have a plan, do it quick, and get back to fishing.

I'd say have at least two galfs on board, one short and one long.  I plan on having 2 ea short and long, one on either side of the boat.  Gaffs can be dropped/lost so a spare is essential IMHO.  

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