SWS Tackle Box:

Gulf of Mexico grouper and snapper

RODS:

20- to 30-pound spinning for snapper and small grouper; conventional 30to 50-pound for medium grouper, 50- to 80-pound for big grouper

REELS:

Matching size spinning or conventional

LINE:

20- to 30-pound braid for snapper and small grouper, 50- to 100-pound braid for big grouper

LEADER:

20-pound mono for small snapper, 30-pound for big snapper and small grouper, 50- to 100-pound for big grouper

HOOKS:

In-line circle hooks, 1/0 to 3/0 for snapper, 4/0 to 8/0 for grouper

BAIT:

Chunks of sardines, herring, ballyhoo, squid; live pilchards or pinfish for big grouper and snapper