4-5 8oz diamond jigs, 3 black poppers, 3 minnow baits
1 pack OTI6/0 circle hooks, 1 spool of 80# flouro leader.
some good wet-deck shoes

I've still got that jig rod for you
lmk when you're ready, we'll get you hooked up, man

Man I forgot all about that, I will be in touch the end of this month for that rod. That will be just the beginning of a 9 month collection of gear. I need to get that setup before I go out with Cowboy Charters at the beginning of August so I can practice with it.

Hey Ox ...... I'm afraid that description fits about half of us on the October trip. Would you mind wearing a pink t-shirt so we know who you are?

LMAO! oh yeah, gonna be fun this year.....

I'll be extra clueless, I've only been on one successful offshore trip and that was last year. Going on my next trip in August with the same guy, then this trip in October. Hell I don't even know how to tie any fancy offshore knots. As long as I don't vomit most of the trip or fall off the boat I will consider it a win. Longest I've ever been offshore was 10-12 hours.

And ..... did anyone tell you on your first 56 hour tuna trip you have to bring ribeyes

?

and a new victim has been identified

I might have to just to bribe people into helping me figure out what the hell I'm supposed to be doing.

Damn how come I always miss the new guy ribeye trips!

Ox on the knots, some of the fancy knots are better when tied properly. Properly can be quite tricky. When attaching to terminal tackle a three turn uni knot is widely used, reasonably strong, easy to tie Properly and has caught many good fish. If it is feasible have your top shots done professional when you have your reels spooled up. Then you may not need a line to line connection on the boat. If you do the captain or deck hands will be happy to help and very competent, if you bring leader material like the 80 pound flourocarbon mentioned previously.

Bring plenty steaks these guys have healthy appetites. I promise you fishing with these guys is better than fishing with the best people in the world.

I need to change professions being broke stinks.

Oldtrackster, how long have you lived in Blackwell? Back in my teens (mid 90s) I frequented that feed store and cafe in Blackwell, we used to lease land from a rancher that lived in Blackwell.

In my fifth year here

I hunted south of Blackwell right where 277 and 70 split, there is Mcdonald Road. Our lease was about 1.5 miles west down Mcdonald road and extended all the way North to Ross Road. I miss hunting down in Coke County, TONS of game down that way. We leased from Doughty Mcdonald, heard he died a couple of years ago, he was only 50.

Not Charlie .... in fact I'm betting he'll tell you more than you ever wanted to know .

Last November we had Brian/Bryan #3 down to bring ribeyes and he didn't.



Have you ever considered pimping on the side?