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Minnow · 03-22-2007, 11:21 PM

Welcome aboard.

I am not an expert, so here is my take on deep drop.
3000 ft is way too deep for deep drop, at this depth fish species are different than most of us have seen. Tile fish, oil fish, shark, pomfret etc are common deep water catch.

I don't think is a good idea to drop down to 3000 ft, unless you have an electric reel.
I have use bonito chunk, blackfin tuna chunk, squid and live hard tail for deep drop up to 700-1000ft deep. It's not fun if you have to change your bait on conventional reel.

I would not recommend you to drop more than 1000ft with manual reel.

Is it legal? Sorry, I am not sure about this.

All these are just my personal opinion.

Good luck on your quest to catch giant grouper, please let us know how it goes.

03-22-2007, 11:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,200	Welcome aboard. I am not an expert, so here is my take on deep drop. 3000 ft is way too deep for deep drop, at this depth fish species are different than most of us have seen. Tile fish, oil fish, shark, pomfret etc are common deep water catch. I don't think is a good idea to drop down to 3000 ft, unless you have an electric reel. I have use bonito chunk, blackfin tuna chunk, squid and live hard tail for deep drop up to 700-1000ft deep. It's not fun if you have to change your bait on conventional reel. I would not recommend you to drop more than 1000ft with manual reel. Is it legal? Sorry, I am not sure about this. All these are just my personal opinion. Good luck on your quest to catch giant grouper, please let us know how it goes.