Bottom fishing
Whenever I bottom fish in the SE Atlantic, we typically use a triple swivel with an 8 oz bank or teardrop sinker on a 6-12" loop of 10-15 lb mono and a 5/0 circle hook on about 2-3' of 50 lb mono. It works pretty well, but last week while on a red snapper charter in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the mate had us fishing similar rod/reel combos, but with an 8 oz sliding egg sinker before a swivel and 3' of leader with a circle hook. I noticed that it had less propensity to spin and tangle on the way down.
We typically drop to the bottom, then crank back up a few feet and wait for the bite. He had us counting 10-15 mississippi then holding at that depth. I kept worrying that I wasn't far enough down, but the results were good. He suggested the bigger fish stay higher in the water column.
Just thought I'd share a recent experience fishing for snapper. Most that we caught were in the 10-15lb range and we had non-stop action until a storm ran us in early (saved us $300 and we still limited!).
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