10-15 BFT spinning, RockDoc and myself. Cape Cod.

[rockdoc]

what kind of spinning reels and rods you use for the BF ?

VS 275 (van staal)for me, doubles as my wetsuiting at Cuttyhunk and Montauk reel, Crowder rod, but I'm going to wrap up a calstar grafighter this winter. Josh has a Stella on a custom rod, a calstar I think. The toughest part of casting to these fish is the leader and the line-leader connection. I've gone to a wind-on made locally for these fish, Streamline brand. I'm tying a bimini with a short loop in my 80# Daiwa Boat Braid, and doing a loop to loop to the leader. Solid ring to a wolverine triple split ring at the end, split ring to the plug. Most bullet proof setup I've found so far, and it casts through the guides without a problem. What a blast casting to these amazing fish! I watched my fish hit a surface lure 20' from the boat. And the fight puts even the biggest striper in perspective. Hopefully the weather lets us get another shot at the tuna this fall.

Gotta love these 35 year old state of the art fishing boats!

Steve