For the upcoming season, I plan to be prepared. SSX and I plan to be very prepared, much more prepared than this season (which we got a late September start on)
I'm working and saving money, and will also be gettin some money for christmas, and I have an idea of what to do with it.
I am going to get a conventional combo... Heres how it will work out.
I will rest my Skaespeare Ugly Stik Tiger with Penn Spinfisher SS5500 in my Surf spike with popper hooked on an eye and ready to go. I will then be sitting down with a cheap Penn conventional reel and undecided rod with a live eel drifting out there with live bait hook and leader, or a peice of cut bait on hook sinker and leader. Both ways, I will sit down and feel for a bite.
If I see any surface action, I will take my "lure" outfit out of my spike and replace it with the bait outfit, already in the water, just in case I get a fish. Then I will cast into the action, and when it ends, continue bait fishing. I think this strategy will work well and I will get more bites by fishing baits but being ready for lures.
Does anyone have any opinions on this?? Am I doing something wrong?? Also, does anyone know of a cheap $100 conventional combo (preferably Penn) that can handle 25 pound braid and is good for bait fishing? ALso, does anyone reccomend any terminal tackle for fishing live eels and cut baits, such as hook brand preferance and type of leader/sinker?
Please help a fellow fisherman
Thanx!
