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While I have fished only fresh water I want to set my son up with gear for use on his boat in Long Island Sound.
I have a 10 weight, 9 foot rod that I don't use. Is this rod suitable? Could I get some advice on floating vs. sinking lines etc.?
Thanks.
Ray,
I did a good bit of fishing for false albacore down at Cape Lookout/Harker's Island, NC; a 10 wt should be plenty of rod. We fished mostly 9-10 wts and caught fish up to 15lb, although most were in the 8-12lb range.
When chasing breaking fish (that was the most fun) we used mostly clear, intermediate lines, leaders of about 5-6' of 12lb and lightly weighted Albaclousers, tied with Ultrahair (and a little Krystal Flash) in clear/olive, clear/chartreuse. chartreuse/pink (Tutti Frutti) on Mustad 3407 #2-6, to match the bay anchovies, and slightly larger if they were after silversides. If they weren't in The Hook, we'd go offshore and fish behind the shrimp trawlers with Teeny 450s and bigger flies like Clouser Half & Halfs in chartreuse/white - follow the boats until they started dumping their by-catch and toss flies into the mix.
Absolutely the most fun I've ever had fishing; hope your son ties into some.
Regards,
Scott
ps - I'd suggest looking over on the Stripers Online forum, too. Great site, lots of info to be had http://www.stripersonline.com/f/