[oldbluesplayer]

interesting discussion so far -

I probably should have been more locationally specific, I'll be cruising in cape cod bay, and the SW corner, up to the BE, up on Stellwagen, and perhaps come down out of Gloucester to the NW corner - if it's a good day, might come around the corner to the BD - but I can't see myself ever going out off Chatham - anyways, this is all bluefin territory, no Yellows or Big Eyes - and realistically I'm only targeting schoolies to mids, not giants -

I realize that giants and big mids can mix with the schoolies - I've seen reports elsewhere of pro charter captains getting spooled when they were targetting sbft on 4/0 class gear and a giant grabbed on - no way that isn't gonna be the result - unavoidable - but other reports suggest that 113 - 114's are just right for trolling the schoolie - small mids that predominated this year - guess I'm not that into the run and gun game, so I'm not going to worry about setting up a spin rig -

I hear it about eBay - been doing some judicious sniping there (shhhh!!!) so already picked up the reels I wanted -

Guess I'm trying to be dollar concious, but not penny foolish, that's what lead me to the line related questions I originally posed - but then it seems I get very different stories related in different places - I take at face value everyones reported experiences - I believe CSN had a hard time with a 65#'er on a 113, and yet believe another guy from another board who found the 113's just right, and 114's to be more than needed, on north shore sbft, and several charter boat skips running TLD 20's, 25's, and 30's, and being just fine with sbft on 30 - 60# line - well, anything over 125 - 150#, and I'm not gonna get it in the boat anyways, and if a giant gets me, and I'm geared big enough to hold onto it, I'm probably going for a Nantucket sleigh ride in my 20' Seafari, so I know I'm not worried about going there - get out the knife and let it go.

Well, it's all cool - ya go fishin for smallmouth bass on 6# line and a lunker takes ya into the weeds, you're gonna lose that game too, so it's all relative.

anyways, cool stuff, guys !!

Bill