The outfit
- Rod
- 5.5 ft 50–80 lb class trolling rod
- Reel
- 50–80 lb class lever-drag reel
- Line
- 80 lb braid or mono
- Leader
- 15–25 ft of 200–400 lb mono with a single-strand wire trace
- Hooks
- 8/0–10/0 on heavy-headed lures and skirted ballyhoo
- Weights
- 2–3 lb trolling leads to keep lures down at speed
Bait to pair it with
- Speedos and cigar minnows · live
- Rigged ballyhoo · dead
- Trolling skirts, feathers and plugs · artificial