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Originally Posted by strangelove
Do you have any input on using slip tip to fish for grouper or none pelagics in general, It was little agravating having to adjust and look at tip every dive, may be if fishing for grouper I should stick with a regular shaft.
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I used crude slip tips for grouper and jewfish back in my mispent youth in the 50s, but I'm afraid I don't have any current experience. I do believe that most So Cal divers who hunt grouper and pargo in Mexico use slip tips, but I hope they will correct me if I'm wrong.
One thing I do know is that its much more expensive to hit rocks with a slip tip as compared to a flopper shaft. For that reason, I almost never shoot at calico bass and halibut in California, but of course I'm giving up something with that choice.
Of course you are more likely to bend a shaft with a flopper as opposed to a slip tip. I guess is is largely a matter of priorities and the importance you place on holding fish vs. money.
But I really feel uncomfortable casting myself as an expert on this subject. I think gonetobaja is on this board, and he regulary takes charter trips of divers to Mexico and they shoot a lot of pargo and grouper. I hope he will butt in and give us his opinion.
