The outfit
- Rod
- 7 ft medium-light spinning rod
- Reel
- 3000–4000 spinning reel
- Line
- 12–15 lb mono or 10 lb braid
- Leader
- 20–25 lb fluorocarbon (lighter when they are shy)
- Hooks
- #1–#2 non-stainless hooks or 1/16–1/8 oz jig heads
- Weights
- None or a tiny split shot: the bait must drift at the speed of the chum
- Mix oats and sand into the chum to keep the slick going without filling the fish up.
- A knot of chum on the hook ("chum ball") works when they will not take a clean bait.
Bait to pair it with
- Pilchards (scaled sardines) · live
- Live shrimp · live
- Bonito and sardine chunks · cut
- Squid · cut