Offshore options - Louisiana Sportsman
Variety is the name of the game in Southeast Louisiana ports such as Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Cocodrie, where runs to the storied yellowfin tuna grounds are seen as untenably long. Storage can be an issue even on the most-thoughtful design, so anglers must be nimble and efficient in what rods and reels are brought along — while still being prepared to go from battling fish favoring the short game (making a mad dash to get to... Tommy Pellegrin of Custom Charters out of Cocodrie and Darryl Carpenter of Reel Screamer Guide Service out of Grand Isle know from many years of experience that you can’t take every rod in the shed. Their strategies for rod readiness allow them to be relatively tidy without sacrificing utility with six often untested anglers aboard. “The basic formula I use is that the rods and reels and lines are mostly the same,” said Carpenter, who like Pellegrin mixes in a fair amount of knuckle-busting rig action with snapper and amberjack among others and open water races with dolphin... So mixing in rod-and-reel combos that can be more utility players than specialists is crucial. Both captains agree that, with today’s advances in braided line and reel technology, the spinning reel takes center stage in a game where. Source: www.louisianasportsman.com
