TRIS70MF 7'0" ( Fast Medium ) has created a relationship with Pampano that I did not think possible. I fish the Tampa Bay, Florida region. I have caught Bonnet Head Sharks, 16" Pampano to the fork, 15" (to the fork) Jack Cervell, 25" Snook, and 6 other species.
I jig off the bottom of sand bars, jetties, and piers. I can feel it when a Pampano grabs the lure, sucks it in, sits still, and grinds it like it would with a shrimp/sand flea. I can feel this relationship with this pole. The sensitivity, the weight, and when it needs the stiffness of a Medium to work a snook or crazy Jack Cervelle this pole delivers. I run a pole that is under a pound. When the entire group is catching nothing I can bring in 2 to 6 fish and have the entire pier trying to understand.
My entire system: St. Croix TRIS70MF, Shimano Miravel Spinning Reel 4000, 30lb green super braid by Yo-Zuri, Yo-Zuri pink 30lb leader, and a 1/2 oz pink vertical jig (pink for pampano) that looks like a shrimp.
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