Mark,
We had the same issue yesterday off of Sandy. I just think they are not super agressive and not getting the hook deep. 75% of the fish we boated last night fell off in the net.
Penn 330 GTI. It will hold ten colors, 300 yds of backing and leader. If you have cash, I believe a Saltist 50 will hold the same but have a 6.4 to 1 gear ratio.
My wife and a buddy had fish that placed off of my boat this Summer in the LOC. Neither one of them have recieved their checks yet. Anyone else not recieve thier checks yet?
I had the Ugly Sticks and they were really stiff in the first 3/4 of the rod and really whimpy in the last 1/4. Heartlands or Okuma diver rods are the way to go. The Yellow sticks (Eagle Claws) have a tendency to break.
You can do that Adam. I used to run stacked rods but found it is easier and more effective at this time of the year to run one rod a rigger cheated and more junk lines.
The Erie Deerie has been awesome. Brined over night and it is like leather the next morning. I have been able to take more than one fish on one strip with the Erie Deerie.
Diawa Heartland rods are great rods and not expensive. I like the 8'6" rods for riggers and the 7'6" rods for boards. They run around $35.00 each new at most places.
The keel is the same as the original keel. The only difference is the weight on the keel. The weigh is 1/2 the size of the oringinal weight. I would not recommend running 2 coppers off of one board unless you run the board WAY off the side of the boat.
Glad to hear your dog is OK. My lab like to try to attack the seagulls as they fly by. I have tp keep an eye on him when we are on plane because he would be dumb enough to jump off the boat after one.