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Originally Posted by Goooh
I've never offshore fished outside of catching bigeye and dauphin from an FPSO, which was done by jigging spoons we made from the galley and tied onto para cord...
So, I've got a boat now that will allow me to run out a ways on the right days and I would like make a trip or two (with a buddy boat) a year, plus be able to hook some out of towers up if if the time comes. What are the basics when targeting Cobia, mangroves, dauphin, etc... Pole and reel sizes/types, hook sizes/types, line test and type, leaders/rigs, depths, location, and whatever else I'm forgetting.
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I use 4/0 - 6/0 circle hooks.
60 lb line with a flouro leader.
For snapper I use the leaders that you can snap a weight onto the bottom and then 1 or 2 hooks above. Grouper rigs for AJ and Grouper.
Out of G.I. we didn't start catching a lot of snapper until around 150' but the deeper you go the fish DEFINITELY get bigger!
If you PM me your email I'll send you the coordinates of the rigs we have caught Snapper, Ling, Grouper, and AJ at.
Some people use a rig hook but we have limited space on the boat so we use a clorox bottle half filled with water tied to anchor rope. We toss it around the beam we want to be tied to then grab it with the gaff. It may look funny but it works perfect everytime and even allows us to tie up to beams that are vertical where a rig hook would not work.
Don't forget a GAFF!!!
I have a couple standard PENN reel/rod combos from Academy but have also invested in some more high quality set ups since we started catching ling and AJ. We burned up the PENN combos last summer on some 40 lb ling.
You need to be set up heavier than you would expect when rig fishing because you are going to have to crank up the drag and bully them up as fast as you can. If you play with them they will get hung up in the rig and break you off everytime.
Hope this helps.
If you ever need a buddy boat let me know!
I'm always looking to make a 2 boat trip.