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    Looking for tackle recommendations to fish around Tampa

    I'm headed to Tampa at the end of March to fish inshore for a week. I have a ton of largemouth and smallmouth gear, what should I bring to target Reds/snook/tarpon?

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    Reds, snook, trout ,flounder ,etc. Your medium heavy spinning rod for bass with 10 lb braid and about 3 ft of Ande 25lb mono leader material, 30lb if you can get them to eat it.
    A light Tarpon set up would be a Daiwa BG 4000 and Star Stellar Lite 7'6 heavy or 8' Heavy ,30 lb braid , 50 - 60 lb mono leader.
    Star Stellar Lite rods are excellent rods for the money , the Star SG1525FT80 is my tarpon and big snook rod. Bass pro is actually having a killer deal on them right now. Idk how long it will last. Free shipping.

    https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/star...r-spinning-rod

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    thanks!

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    7'4" frog rod with Curado 300 on it work also?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rangerdeepv View Post
    7'4" frog rod with Curado 300 on it work also?
    Depends on how you want to fish , you could probably Carolina rig some live shrimp or pinfish on the bottom with that rig. You're not gonna be winging a 3" paddle tail on a 1/4 oz jighead too far with that rod. Saltwater fish , especially snook and trout will throw the hook if the rod is not limber enough.