[chumbucket]

We usually start off the day with squid strips or sand eels. fresh Fluke belly strips work best for me though and I think MJ will agree. First Fluke gets a belly fillet cut into 3/4" X 6" strips. Use the fresh on bucktails, flukeballs, squid jigs, wide gap hooks with a couple of Colorado spinner blades, etc. Tie onto an 18"-36" flurocarbon leader, a 3-way swivel with a lead weight heavy enough to hold bottom on your drift (usually between 4-8oz but sometimes heavier in deeper water). I like S-Glass rods for a bit of tip sensitivity but still have the backbone to lift the fish against the current. Up here Vineyard Sound has a pretty strong current. MJ used to (and still does I'm sure) like using a narrow frame Penn Squidder like the 146 or 145. Very tough reel that will last. He had been thinking of trying something a bit smaller though and possibly with a levelwind because of his hands with the Diabetes. I gave him a Penn Mag10 to try and he called me this afternoon raving about the reel. Sounds like he's found a new favorite Fluking reel. 8) ;D