Pitch Baits

[Ponce]

When trolling offshore what do you guys have handing for pitch baits? How do you rig them, and do you go to lighter tackel like spinning rods and lighter line?

I have a spinning rod with a smaller hook with squid, primarly because all my other rods are used in the trolling spread.

[gottaflylee]

Kinda depiends on what we are pitching to. For Sails and Whites, TLDs 25 and 30s, for BLues, 50s or better...

[Ponce]

Pitching primarly to dolphins.

[Sea Draggin]

Ponce, I have two of these that I used on the grady.



http://www.meltontackle.com/products...bait-tube.html

I ordered them from Meltons.

I used shimano 6500 spinners and have picked many a dolphin off my teasers with them. Sometimes if the bite is slow and we hook a fish, I would also just blind cast the pitch bait back into the vicinity of the hooked fish. Something about that bait splashing on the water, will draw a strike 4 out of 10 casts.

[Robja]

The spinning reel should be fine. I have a small Penn International baitcasting reel and I use it alot to pitch a lure next to a weed line for Mahi. It is a fun fight on light tackle. Even pitched a small pogie to schoolie kings with it.