Well the wife surprised me wih a new Cabo 60 plan on spooling it with 50# tuff line and giving it a work out come Nov.. Haven't got to put hands on it yet cuz I'm at work but well see how she holds up..

A couple of years back I had a fish hit my jig 2ft from the boat and proceeded to take about 100ft of line back out. It appeared to be an Albacore tuna because it's markings were unlike anything I have ever caught in the Gulf. That little dude only weighed about 30# but wow did it ever have a ton of attitude. I also caught a Big Eye on that trip that put up a heck of a fight for a 50# fish. It don't matter how they bite just get on my hook and we will work out the rest on the fly.

My first tuna played dead and came right to the boat!

Plan on some long battles you can only use around 15Lbs of drag on 50Lb line and if you get a Yellow Fin around 120Lbs you can count on a long fight, better off to get you some 65 or 70 # braid then use 22 to 25lbs of drag and twist a knot in their tail.

50# is Ok for jigging Black Fins but you can ask Lite Liner, Mojo Margarita and a few others about low drag and big fish If you want to borrow a heavier line rig for YFT let me know.

65 sounds good cuts down line cap but aliitle higher drag won't hurt... My first trip I used a 8k bio master w/55# BB I landed a bunch of blk fin but I couldn't keep the larger fish buttoned up on my popper never got to fell a big mad tuna...

Is this the new style Cabo 60?

I was casting for Blackfins on the Big E once and caught a 50ish pound Yellowfin on my old style Cabo 60 that had 50# braid plus a mono topshot. Not real sure if I'd want to go gunning for 70 plus pounders with mine though.

It's a new style on a beach time custom OTI 40-60

I'm still going to get a 10k gosa SW if I can get one here on time it was my first choice but I didn't trust it to be here on time..

[censored], I wish I could say that................

is it time yet?

51 and counting. better start buying stuff for the trip!

possible trade: I have a few OTI komodo poppers, not sure the colors but will get that exact if someone is interested. All of them have white undersides and I would like poppers with black or dark purple for the contrast at night. Anyone have something equal or similar that wants to trade?

you may want to check that white belly ?it may be glow?

Black spray paint would fix em up

Or a black magic marker

Dang !!! We're under 50 days now and nobody has even mentioned the "F" word.


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