NE Tuna guys - looking for gear input -

[cSickNick]

I believe CSN had a hard time with a 65#'er on a 113,

Hey, wait a min .... never said i had a hard time , just that it tried to spool me!

Bill, we hear now where you are coming from. I do not think anyone will disagree here that 113 will do the job on schoolies up to 100# plus? even with an occasional one with a temper. I did that for years with only this one giving me an issue. There are even posts to beef up these on the THT and to Don's point have the drags set correctly is critical. For this reason i would lean to the TLD level drags to make the settings easier for strike and full.

I just wanted to point out that if putting spreader bar on these may entice bigger fish to take your expensive gear away. I would keep it simple with daisy chains/GM/cedar plugs on these if you hit bigger fish that will not stop, no big loss in $$.

I was out on the NWC early one morning with the rest of the circus and i heard Ed pull in a fish on the spreader bar. Moments later i only had 2 GM pulling and also caught one. Most of the fleet was pulling bars and did not see or hear any other hookups.

And don't discount the "spin" thing yet. It is not all run and gun. If you are in the general area where they are breaking cast in a popper or metal .... crank .... crank ....wham ...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .... Yasou!!!

Jason and Don thanks for the replies ....

BTW: don't try the live bait thing in the bay now, i livelined 2 dozen macks to the dogs below ... they are relentless ... and BIG too

- Nick