[mcgolfer]

the calcutta 700's are nice snapper reels and will work for kingfish. the only problem with fishing them for snappers is that when bottom fishing your in grouper territory and they don't have the drag system to handle getting larger groupers out of structure. as you know the 700s doesn't have a levelwind so it will do just fine when a smoker kingfish makes its run. i have never had a level wind fail on the calcutta's but it is only something else that could go wrong with a nice fish on.

i will be going out of port fourchon from the 15-19 of feb. i am sure that we will be fishing the same area as most of the obats out of venice that time of year. we are hauling a boat over and don't mind the run from fourchon if the seas are right. post up more when the time nears and maybe we can visit while sitting on the lump.

i am fishing out of venice the 18-21 of january and if the conditions over there have improved enough we might do venice in february instead of port fouchon.....rick