First trip out - Venice, LA

i am going with you guys on the other boat. i am very exited. i believe that most of those big cows are caught chunking. eddie will have everything we need for that. i am bringing a popping rod and a jigging rod just in case!

 

If your going in January you will be fishing an area called the lump. He will be chunking at that time of the year, which is a great time to fish there becuase all teh big boys are around. I would bring 1 jigging and popping set up just incase other than that i would assume you will be using bent but 50ws

 

here is what you need to buy, an Avet EXW 4/02 for chunking mounted on a nice 80lb Calstar or Seeker rod

and to match up with a lighter setup, I would suggest an Avet HX either wide or narrow on an OTI rod of choice

 

Oh ya, bad! I'm no MrBill, & I don't really have duplicates of anything but lures, but I do have 1 of almost everything, including a new boat.
I'd say I'm @ about full, but I still want a couple rods:
Zenaq FC-83-5
Calstar GFG-700h ( for that damn Accurate 665 I just HAD to have..)
And some new electronics:
Lowrance LCX-37 chd- $1300 for that!
And a trip to Tanzania, Kenn reef, Seychelles, Fiji, Oman, Cowtown,
3 kings, etc, ad nauseum. it never stops, man.
it's a quest for angler nirvana, that's the best I can come up with.....

I have the zenaq you listed, its sweet are you planning on going on the December 14th Big E trip. If so you can try it out

**alos congrats on the new ride

 

correct me if i'm wrong, at the lump there are no flying fish, popping is very limited since top water feeding isnt as furious, jigging depth is less than 200' and there are hundreds of boats anchored in parking lot style fishing, no schooling bft and it's mostly a daytime bite. i think i'm leaving everything at home and bringing just my avet LX setup and a few jigs for snappers & sharks, for yft i'll use capt eddie's rigs..

 

correct me if i'm wrong, at the lump there are no flying fish, popping is very limited since top water feeding isnt as furious, jigging depth is less than 200' and there are hundreds of boats anchored in parking lot style fishing, no schooling bft and it's mostly a daytime bite. i think i'm leaving everything at home and bringing just my avet LX setup and a few jigs for snappers & sharks, for yft i'll use capt eddie's rigs..
I highly recommend to bring lots of jigs when you fish Lumps in winter.
Thought I haven't caught any yft on jigs on the Lumps in winter, a guy I know from NY had three yft on jigs on the Lumps. While I didn't catch yft, I caught variety of fish like blackfin, bonito, king mackerel, wahoo, snapper and even grouper on jigs. You are going to lose lots of jigs because of king mackerel and wahoo. So bring lots of cheap jigs. I lost about 15 jigs on one day trip. We also caught a few blackfin tuna on poppers.

86 lbs wahoo caught on a 8 oz hammered diamond jig at the Midnight Lump in winter.

 

awsome 'hoo Ksong.
based on a search of earlier posts, i think capt eddie will search for yft and make runs to deeper rigs during winter if the yft bite doesnt materialize at the lump. i'm for jigging up a few groupers anyday. the cinco groupers has been depleted and i'm ready for pulling up goliaths. 5 weeks to go .. brian are you collecting payments yet?