combo saltwater fishing pole St. Croix SOLS70MHF-C Sole Spinning Reels feature an IPX5 sealed system Shakespeare Tiger Combo

The extra length excels with slip bobber rigs, long float drifts, deep-water jigging, and casting to schooling fish without spooking them

This season, my preferred setup for my 228 EdgeWater CC (no outriggers) will be to run Sterling Wide Trackers outboard of the third wake, a pair of standard 6-inch squid bars tight in the third wake, a Yo-Zuri bird/Rainbow Psychobead (green machine) way back in the seventh or eighth wake and then a pair of deep diving Nomad Design DTX 200 Minnows down deep right off the transom attached to flatline clips

Superior HyperVision - 1.2 megahertz CHIRP sonar technology delivers much higher resolution imaging compared to conventional side and down scanning sonars

But as I fished my way towards dark and the snow began to fall, I caught a dozen or so around 4 pounds, a few pushing 5, a 6 and one sure-enough good one over 8 pounds

You can fish mostly browns

Also read: Part 1 Lowveld Spring fishing guide: Pre-spawn