too calm for my liking

I hate calm water.fish become too spooky

Yep .... you were on that trip and we didn't catch anything. I've said many times give me good old 3' - 5's .... keeps the center consoles at the docks and keeps the tuna stirred up.

oct trip if I recall right.

Yep .... but this October will be better!!!

I'm not part of either of the trips, but I have a question for future reference. You guys are talkin about an arsenal of 6 to 8 rods. I'm wondering what situations you are rigging for? When/if I ever get to go on a long trip I would want to be ready...

2 jigging rods, 2 topwater/stick bait rods, 2 bottom/chunk rods.

And a spinner to catch bait with.

Hey "Formerly Awesum" Go back to bed, are you up early to start watching all the racing today!

As for the 6-8 rigs, I carry the same 6, but there are times that my number 7 is a really heavy bottom rig for giant AJ's. My typical chunk/bottom rigs are a 30 sized reel, but my BIG AJ rig is a an Avet 50 with a lot of drag, heavier spectra and a 6460xxh roller rod. That rig doesn't get out much, overkill for our Texas YFT, but sometimes it is nice to have on the boat. Sometimes my number 7 is a lightweight rig for tossing small poppers to smaller fish, that's a blast, but you have to stay out of everyone's way, picking the right time to use it.

Tom - DeepBlueGulf

Nah Tom .... I'm leading mass this morning.....


Gonna watch some racin' too though.

One of the most important rods is the lightweight spinning rig for the bait catching party the night before blast off!! just try to NOT hook any wild tuna leaving the watering hole next door! lol!

yeah, just ask Joe how well that worked out.........

oh yeah, ......

Hey you guys wake up its been far to quiet in here... got a question is there a general rule when switching a bait from trebs to a single hook??? 2/0 4x treb is = to _____ single? And would this rule also apply to fresh water baits?

Kinda.....
When I replace the 2/0 or 3/0 trebles with singles,
I move to a 7/0 sargeant decoy or OTI single, because of eye orientation.
but beware, single hook sizes vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer,
so as far as an equation to follow, not so much.

Yeah in was looking into the oti for my 75g flits the 1/0 owners I have on it now are enough but I think I get a better action out of a single.. since the bait is made for 1/0 a beefier single might help if I have to put the screws to one..