Ok, I notice many of you northern Striper guys are using 7000 class reels, big spinners, 30# mono(or 50-60# braid), fiberglass rods ...generally heavy tackle for Stripers.
Down here, we catch em on 6500 Abus, 525's, 14-17# mono(20# is tops), lighter rods ...we use the same tackle for Stripers that we use for Spanish Macks and Sea-Mullet, unless we're bait fishing, then we use the heavers, but still the smaller reels and line.
Stripers dont fight very hard compared to other fish down here(Cobia, Drum), so my question for you our northern bretheren, is why all the HEAVY stuff? Is it because of the beach structure or what?
Not trying to start a tirade, Im just curious. Thanks!
Adam