Going to venture into saltwater for the first time

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

good job sax, glad it's working out. make sure you can tell the difference between a spanish & a king. lotta juvie kings run with their spanish cousins. on a spanish the very front of the dorsal fin is black, on a king it is a solid color. also try running one rod with a 1-2 oz egg sinker ahead of the tree. they might be deep this time of year.

X2 that happened to me a couple years ago. It was a $250 mistake!
As for your boat, I as well as almost everybody on here, have seen smaller boats offshore. Is it smart? No. But if you are prepared right, it aint that bad. I have been fishing with a friend in his 60 year old 17' wooden boat and we have been going 25 miles offshore!

Hell we were 75 miles offshore in a friends Hatteras and there was a pontoon boat trolling around like it was nothing.