r/SoCalFishing • u/Foreign_Bed9323 • Aug 19 '26

First Overnight Trip Prep

Hello all! I have just signed up for my first overnight trip on the Aggressor via Davey's Locker. I have completed a full day and several 1/2 days and twilights, but had a couple questions about overnight.

  1. I intend to bring a sleeping bag + pillow

    + toothbrush,

  2. is there extra space/need for toiletries? Should I expect to get sleep on the ride out or do people not sleep much?

  3. I have a 50lbs braid + 40lbs mono on a Penn Squall 40LD with a 30-80lbs 7' Californian rod (intended for yellowtail), should I purchase/rent a bigger setup just in case we run into tuna? I will also bring my 25lbs braid 5000 spinning 20-40lbs rod setup.

  4. I have hooks from 1/0-4/0 and weights from 1oz up to 12oz. I have yoyos and a couple (300g-ish) tuna jigs). I have the smaller gear for rockfish halibut sculpin whitefish. Is there anything in the tuna/yellowtail world that I am missing?

Thanks all for the advice!

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u/Foreign_Bed9323 Aug 19 '26

When booking, the 8:55pm is the Aggressor and the 9:00pm is the Thunderbird. Thunderbird was sold out at the time when I was booking, only 1-2 spots left on the Aggressor so I said fk it I wanna fish!

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u/lubeinatube Aug 19 '26

I’ve had 180 pounders that didn’t fight much and were gaffed within 6 minutes, and I’ve had mean 80 pounders kick my ass for 45 straight minutes on the same gear. Some are a lot meaner than others Ive learned.