Quote Originally Posted by GobyPuck View Post
I'm not wanting fish to eat just catch a bunch of sporting fish on light tackle. If its trout that's fine as long as you can catch a bunch and they fight. If its red fish that's fine, spanish mackerel, cobia, just something thats running that time of year and put up a good fight. I don't want to drop a bait 200 + feet straight down using a mop handle and then reeling it right back up with a fish on even if I didn't know it was there. So whatever is running the last week of May in the bay or close to the coast is where I want to be.
Actually the reds will be in about 50 feet of water. Huge AJ's are there too, and you'll need more than a mop handle or you'll either lose you rig or go swimming. That's about a sporty as it gets.

Kingfish and dolphin are out there too and they are pelagic. They'll burn off 100 yards of line before you can say huh. That's getting pretty darn sporty too.


If you don't like bottom fishing I'd do a kingfish and dolphin (mahi mahi) trip.