I will reply with specific details in a few days when I next see or talk to my son. Roughly, from memory, here are some tentative answers.

1. Rig must get a 3 oz. lure at least 60 yards, preferably much farther when the fish are farther out. My son uses a 9' spinning rod rated for 30 lb. Minimum reel capacity appropriate for that beach might be about 300 yards at 20 lb. I think my son's reel has 500 yards of 20 lb.

2. I do not think that bait is appropriate for such vigorous long casts, but I will check with my son about success with bait at that beach. In recent trips he has switched exclusively to the 3 oz. chrome Ranger lure. This lure is available in the U.S., likely in socal, but also at Hi's Tackle in San Francisco (they have a web site). Minerva's shop in Cabo might sell the Ranger lure, but I would not go to Cabo without having all my gear in my luggage (not carry on for hooks and lures).



Bob