MakoMike, what is that Jerry Brown line like? I have not heard of it.
Catching a small tuna on heavy gear takes a lot of fun out of it. But...if you do hook up to a giant you will regret not having the gear. Further, it always happens that the big fish will hit the lighest rod in the spread. You need a wide range of gear (this is what I tell my wife when the UPS man comes with another box for me)
Sandy,
The Jerry Brown hollow core is like a small diameter dacron. You can splice using the finger method, just like you would with dacron and its easy to back splice to form a loop.
I am overgunned for the 30 pound BFT or Albies, but I handle to 300lb bigeye just fine. Biggest yellow so far was 220.
I rather have enough and not need it than not have enough and need it. Fishing with light gear is good but it also scorches the hell out of the meat of the tuna. If you are going to eat the fish getting it into the boat quickly makes a huge difference in quality of the steaks.
BUT... There IS nothing like watching a smaller sized reel just spooled almost instantly.
I rather have enough and not need it than not have enough and need it. Fishing with light gear is good but it also scorches the hell out of the meat of the tuna. If you are going to eat the fish getting it into the boat quickly makes a huge difference in quality of the steaks.
BUT... There IS nothing like watching a smaller sized reel just spooled almost instantly.
If that floats your boat, you should see a 130 get almost spooled faster than you can say "fish on"!
standard for us from the get-go is 4-50 wides. and 2-70 wides till we get the first one in the boat. then we'll downsize the setups to make it fun. don't like to play with my food so the first one usually gets overpowered. then we'll switch to 30 class fun rods.
Biggest yellow so far was 220.
Hybrid Mode
