Re: Cuba shore/charter/tarpon fishing dec. 7
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:09 am
Inshore fish are generally a lot smaller so if you are more out on the ocean proper trolling then more line. The larger inshore ones fight more like very large pike and bass.
Pick reels with a great drag. They don't have to be super capacity reels but don't bring your bass reels. With inshore you need to be thinking water flow. If it is a deeper area of high water flow near the ocean...bigger fish may be there. If you are fishing a lagoon or flat then you should be safer with a regular reel. I've been down about 10 times and have only encountered two fish that could have spooled me. One I landed the other was a locomotive and snapped my line before I got spooled. The problem with braided is if a lot of line is going out it is bound to make contact with the bottom and braided cuts easily. I'd use 20 pound mono for trolling.
Your biggest problem will most likely not be rods, reels, lines or lures...it will be finding large fish. This holds especially true if there are no charter options and the area is generally not fished so you can't go online to read about how others fished it. The first problem you have is inexperience and then if the location is good. A resort not in a good location will produce little, I experienced that last year when I let my wife pick the destination. Then it is all about water flow. Then some fish are choosy about light conditions. Read all you can about fishing tides and what works for different species.
Pick reels with a great drag. They don't have to be super capacity reels but don't bring your bass reels. With inshore you need to be thinking water flow. If it is a deeper area of high water flow near the ocean...bigger fish may be there. If you are fishing a lagoon or flat then you should be safer with a regular reel. I've been down about 10 times and have only encountered two fish that could have spooled me. One I landed the other was a locomotive and snapped my line before I got spooled. The problem with braided is if a lot of line is going out it is bound to make contact with the bottom and braided cuts easily. I'd use 20 pound mono for trolling.
Your biggest problem will most likely not be rods, reels, lines or lures...it will be finding large fish. This holds especially true if there are no charter options and the area is generally not fished so you can't go online to read about how others fished it. The first problem you have is inexperience and then if the location is good. A resort not in a good location will produce little, I experienced that last year when I let my wife pick the destination. Then it is all about water flow. Then some fish are choosy about light conditions. Read all you can about fishing tides and what works for different species.