Getting ready to head to the Bay in a few weeks. Gonna try chumming and fishing the wrecks and maybe the CBBT at night. I plan on using Penn 320 GTi reels. What type of line should I use? I plan on using a 3-way swivel to fish the bottom. I will also put one line out with no weight to catch anything coming in on top. I would like to also put one line out midway to the bottom, but I'm not sure how to rig to keep a bait suspended about 30 feet down. (assuming I'm in about 60 ft of water). All suggestions are welcome!

I usually use 20lb test mono on my 320's. Braid is a good choice for wreck fishing when you want to be able to feel the bite better and keep the fish from breaking you off.

As far as a suspended bait, use enough weight to get the line down and count each pass of the levelwind as approx. 10' of line

Dont even think about fishing the cbbt or wrecks without Power Pro on your reels. #1 it helps get the line with less lead on it compared to mono. #2 a lot of the fish like to rub against the pilings or the rocks. It costs more but it is well worth it when you get the citation size fish to the boat instead of having him cut the line 9 times out of 10.

Just ordered it- 100 lb test. Do you use a mono leader to attach to your hook?

For the three way rig, I would use a spider hitch in the braid, then offshore swivel knot to the three-way, palomar from hook to flouro leader, then uni-knot from flouro to three way. For the no weight rig, I would use a spider hitch in the braid, and albright to attach a leader with a hook tied on with a palomar. If your fishing for anything toothy, I would use malin wire with Haywire twist to terminal tackle and another albright to attach it to the leader. sorry that sounds so confusing, but i hope it helps.

im not really a fan of the 3 way for wreck fishing - too much stuff to get tangled. i prefer 65 power pro tied to a 8' section of 60 mono. the power pro is strong but has virtually no abrasion resistance. on that section of mono i use my egg sinker then a barrel swivel attached to 10" of 50 then the hook. in theory if u get hung the 50 should break b4 everything else and u get ur weight back. i use gamakatsu hooks that i can usually bend and get everything back. it works almost every time. a lot of people prefer the typical tog dropper rig but im not a fan.

Good god I just read a list of excess information if I ever saw any. (Not to say anyone of those ways are wrong at all!) If you are wreck fishing the powere pro is going to be great. If you are going to do any power drifting for flounder in the really deep water around the highrise I would use the power pro there too. Any other fishing its not necessary. Use the regular 20-25# mono and you should do fine. I'm not to sure of anything that would be running the mid water column this time of the year unless live baiting the pilings for stripers and even then thats a little iffy. The 3-way rig is great for the flounder. Also being that its trophy season you could wireline the tubes for the stripers. Use about 20# mono to the wieght, 40-to the lure (storm or bucktail) and tie direct to the swivel with the powerpro.

Tightlines and good luck! Hope I didn't P-anyone off with my first comment

Thanks for all the input. I think for now that I'll use a 3-way with Power Pro Braid. I'm gonna use about 10' of 50 lb. mono attached to the braid with an Albright, and use 30 lb mono to attach my weight. I'll also use the 50 lb mono to attach the hook to the 3-way. If anyone thinks this is a mistake, PLEASE comment- I'm new to bottom and wreck fishing.

Is it too early to fish the wrecks out of Rudee next weekend? I would love to catch some Kings, flounder, or sharks.

Thanks!

sounds good. I take the braid right to the swivel on both my three way rigs and my fishfinder rigs and it works fine for drum, cobia, striper, trout, flounder. For seabass, tog and the like, try using a rig much more like a standard high/low bottom rig, short leaders help you feel the strike. sorry for any "excess information."

For Toggs I also use Power Pro 50# Test but I use a Spro Wind on swivel to connect a 6 foot long 30# Flourocarbon leader.I use a dropper loop for the sinker and about 8 or 10 inches I use a short dropper loop with an Owner 4/0 or 5/0 hook.The Flouro doesent have much stretch so feel isnt a problem and if it breaks off you usually have enough leader left to tie another rig.I have noticed that I get more strikes with the longer leader in clean water I think the larger fish can see the Braid on the short leaders.The short leaders get hung up easier also.