Hey guys, I’m new to surf fishing and was wondering what the best setup is. I plan on catching bonnet heads and reds. Have two cheap surf fishing poles. Would like to know what kind of line, what test, what rig, and mono or steel leader? Thanks for the help.
I use braid and fluorocarbon for most rigs but for sharks you either have to go heavy with fluorocarbon, mono or wire. Rods and reels have recommendations on them within those recommended lines the rod has optimum performance, if the rod doesn’t specify braid numbers then it is referring to mono and if you decide to use braid you can go about 10#s heavier than mono and get similar performance. Braid is more sensitive with smaller diameter which is less drag in the water and near zero stretch and memory, mono has some stretch develops memory over time and a larger diameter # for # when compared to braid. Most people use the double drop bottom rigs with a pyrmaid weight in the surf but for bonnets and reds fish finder rigs work well and so do slip rigs.