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First off, this is a hobby much like golf or tennis. You can rent clubs at the country club but how good are they going to be? If your going to be serious about it then your going to need to buy some quality tackle. I have over a dozen offshore rod/reel combinations. I'm a serious offshore fisherman. You don't have to be that extreme but I would consider buying a good all around rod/reel combo. I would look at the Daiwa Saltist 30TH. Load it up with 65 lb power pro spectra and a top shot of mono. I've caught tuna, snapper, grouper, aj's and african pompano on this reel. It works great. I have it mounted on the shimano trevalla rod. The heaviest trevalla that they make.
I use this rod for blackfin tuna exclusively, but you could use it for an all around rod. I saw a 90 lb blackfin landed on this setup last weekend. It was on a Saltist 40 but spectra is an equalizer.
Also, on a separate note, the blackfin at boomvang last week hit a plain old chrome diamond jig a lot better than anything else. I know, I caught 10 of them and they hit the 6oz diamond jig better than my shimano knife jigs.
Also, be ready for bee liner fishing on the way back in. Get some double drop (tie a double dropper loop) rigs ready for the nice bees that you'll catch on the trip back in.
Hope this helps.
LJ93
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