17 lb mono on a spinning reel mounted on a surf rod...when the waves
and the current are that big, you need to put the fly rod away.
since it is about a 50 mile trip one way down to where I usually fish
(if it is even still there...), you come prepared for any and all
conditions. Occasionally these trips turn into about 175 mile
round trips searching for fishable water. If there is too much
sargassum seaweed (from east/southeast currents & wind) the surf
becomes unfishable, and you might end up fishing the south end of
Sabine Lake on the Texas/Louisiana border, or fishing the Sabine refuge
south of Hackberry. Occasionally you can fish these waters with
the fly rod, when the gulf isn't fishable. More times than not,
it turns into a bird watching trip...
Mark Delaney
On 10/12/05, Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I occasionally srf fish in fairly high wav es in the
>Gulf of Mexico, sometimes using up to 5 ounces pyramid
>sinkers.
WOW! You'd have to use a 20-weight line to cast those, wouldn't you?
a.
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