Gear for 3/4 Day Cattle Boat

[ronbo613]

Forget the braided line. #20 will be fine, #30 max. Good advice on the live bait by Tman. Keep spare hooks in your pocket and be able to tie them on quickly with a Palomar knot. Keep your line in the water as much as possible.
I prefer lighter rigs for cattle boats so you can cast your bait farther out than anyone else and make sure the bait fish swims away from the boat. If you are beyond the maze of everybody else's lines and hooks; you'll have better luck. The fish can be line shy as well; especially with twenty or more lines in the water; make sure they can't see yours. If you get in a tangle; you're screwed, no matter what line you use.