Looking to go looooong!!!???

[SeaBasstard]

Gentlemen, looking for a little help here. Just finished an awesome 7 day trip this month and am thinking about going longer......I'm looking at a fall 10 day and want to eventually take a 15-17 day trip so I'm interested in getting my own long range gear instead of using boat roads. I'm covered all the way up to the 80lb setup. but nothing heavier than that. Can someone please make some suggestions as to how many heavy setups (80lb+) for a 10 -15 day trips, i would need to get by. I'm a huge fan of the Calstar Graphighters so it would be cool if you could help me match up the proper graphighter rod with your guys favorite reels for this application. I like the value with the Avets I have the Pro 30/2 that I use for 80lb and the thing is awesome..........any suggestions or positve / negative feedback are welcome.
Thanks in advance for your help-Matt

[WarpDrive]

Take 2 aspirin and wait for the fever to go down...........

[SeaBasstard]

tried that.....not working, maybe booking another trip will help.

[1974jim]

We won't go into how many heavy rigs I bring, but you need two, not counting a kite rig. If one is temporarily out of service you're still in business.
The 15's are stricly a cow hunt, so it's 130# territory, and not the place to cut any corners.
I really like the Calstar 7460XH paired with an Accurate 30 loaded with 100# JB Line One. If you wanted to sub a Tiagra 50LRS for the Acc you could, but man did I hate carrying one of those around all day.

[Steve K]

"I like the value with the Avets I have the Pro 30/2 that I use for 80lb and the thing is awesome"

What rod do you use with the 30? If you have a rod already capable of fishing 80-100 lb line, you might be all set for an early ten day. Of course you may want to get some terminal tackle for that trip. Wahoo bombs, jigs, and wire for fishing live bait. It really depends on when you are planning your ten day. If it's early n the season, you may not need the 130lb rig for that trip. Certainly you would want at least one of those for a later or longer trip. With one, you could add a spare from the boat's loaner tackle and hae that ready to go as a backup. Really depends on your budget.

I think the go to outfit for me is going to be my SDS50 full of 130 lb spectra and fished with 130 lb Seaguar fluorocarbon leaders of varying lengths, as well as some mono leaders if I can get bit with those. I'm borrowing a Calstar BTG6465XXH to use with the reel this season and also have a loaner outfit set aside for me to have two of the heavy rigs. More important for me to go on the trips than collect the tackle.