What setups for the Mothership trips

Generally people keep soo many different set ups on board, you're going to get a lot of responses as to which to go with, but it comes down to what is in your budget and what works best for you.

I went with:

An 8ft jig stick and Avet SX for Surface Irons
6'6" Seek Black steel with penn 545 for Yoyo
7ft Shimano Calcutta rod with a Abu Alphamar 20 with 65lb braid for flyline
Lightweight abu rod with Toro 50 for Rock/bass/Sheep/Halibut

Ideally you want to have enough set ups that you're not constantly changing rigs, when the fish are working their way through you don't want to lose any time.

You should have at least
Surface iron stick
Flyline stick
yoyo stick

Some people use the flyline/yoyo stick interchangeably.

Good luck