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Yo Jamie,
How's it going on the West Coast? Been on any LR trips? The GOM will start lighting up in a about a month once we get the water temp up. I'll test out the SS CJBF70H in a couple of weeks as the Jack Crevalle show up in numbers. They are very hard fighters but horrible table fare. I just let them go and test tackle on them.
Pound for pound I have rate them near the top for fighting ability. They will hit poppers which is a blast. They can take 20-25 pounds of drag and still peel off a 100 yards before they go down deep. Our Jacks run from 20 to 35 pounds and come very close to shore. Normally 2 to 10 miles is all you have to travel to catch them. The inshore rigs (5-12miles offshore) will sometimes hold schools. Mid March to Mid April is prime Jack time. It's a fun tug of war and I target them a couple of times in the spring just for sport.
I'll try not to put more than 22 pounds on drag on the 70H. I might have to have a SS 70XH made. That 80 XH would be a great popper casting rod but might be a problem after hooking up on a 100# tuna. I've always found trying to pump a deep fish up with a long rod to be a problem. It's just plain hard to lift the fish with that length. I tend to high stick long rods. They also tend to snap!!!!!!!!!
Too bad their isn't a variable length popping rod. It would nice to cast with the 8 feet and after hooking up shrink it to 6 feet.
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