My vacation schedule and wife is allowing me my first 10 day...anyone else going on this trip?

SD - have a great trip on the Gun - awesome boat and crew.

I'm on the RP about a month before you for 10 days and a 5 day end of August - the wife is really excited that I booked 2 trips this coming year - ouch!!!

sound like is going to be a good trip, im ridin the excel on oct. 10 day ,hope we all run into the 200lb grade.remember 05.

You'll love the Gun. They are a fish catching machine.

Great crew, food and service.

thanks for the replies.. I am a 10 day rookie so any thoughts on the kite fishing would be welcomed as well as any other thoughts on gear that is a must have

kite fishin is usally by your no# , so if your no# 25 on the boat, you have 25 people ahead of you, boat provides kit rig, unless you wanna use yours, its a 50 reel with a xxh or so with a 100lb mono. you can rig your own bait rig , if you want. any other question , give us a holler.

SD - when you do get bit - turn the handle as fast as you can and get tight on the fish and make sure to put a BEND THE ROD - less chance of dumping the fish and better chance of a capture that hits the deck.

Don't worry the deckhands will be yelling the same advice as you...

forgot about that part reelvael, thanks for bringing that up, wind,wind, wind the slack off.

Thanks guys for the advice...my avet 50 SDS willl be churning and burng if I get lucky enough to get bit.

somtimes the night fishin is better grades of fish, so keep an eye out , or if your asleep and you hear loud thumping on deck, wake the heck up and run to your rod.

Quit your job and dump the wife.

Nite fishing can be a blast on the anchor. Get some of those large white glow in the dark jigs and no less than 80 pound line. Drop down and see see what's down there. Be careful, let the nite watch crewmember you are out there. Go with a buddy, and don't get yanked overboard--keep a folding knife clipped to your side for emergency cut off if you have to.

OB,

I have a gerber folding blade on my fly fishing vest JIC I fall in a fast flowing trout river here in the Rocky Mountains. I should get one of those inflatable suspender strap vest but as of yet I am staying dry. The more mature I get...means older in age the less surefoot I become and a wading staff and a vest should be SOP.

Thanks for te thoughts

the stearn of the boat is usualy lit up with lights, theres alota life out there in the dark. one time in alijos in the dark fishin, there was maybe 2 to 300 brown grouper of somekind that were chasin a female to the top boilin , strange to see and the next night by the millions red crab allover the boat.your gonna love it , make sure the beer is cold.

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Originally posted by SDTuna:
thanks for the replies.. I am a 10 day rookie so any thoughts on the kite fishing would be welcomed as well as any other thoughts on gear that is a must have

grab everything, heavy,medium,light.