Advice of reef fishing

[hush1]

Looking for advice and techniques on fishing soft plastics with a boom. The reefs I fish over are usually about 30-40 meters in depth and take 14 0z to maintain some contact with (strong currents)

Thanks

[JimC]

Here's my take - Contact depends on the species you are chasing. You'll want contact for cod and wrasse you'll generally just touch and go for pollack and coalies etc. I like to fish a very short snood (maybe 2-3') and to have the bait moving quickly. Watch the sounder, drop down and touch bottom, come up as many turns as necessary and if you don't have a hit drop back and repeat. If chasing the bottom dwellers impart animation to the lure while keeping in contact or maybe just a few turns and drop back....
With lots of current I'd fish the thinnest 8-strand I'd get away with. Maybe consider fishing closer to slack water when you may need less weight and experiment with no boom or metals.