Commercial guy by me used to drag a rock hopper for black fish but that got expensive, guy next to him used rod n reel, Chinese would come down from the city w live wells and cash, black fish was a hot item
Try the rattle snake just bring a few extra sinkers, bite was getting good down on the axel, too bad those fish don’t stay inshore anymore, I hope their bitin after the storm goes by
I used plywood w west system to rebuild the transom , in doing that I glassed in pvc pipe thru the limber holes. I was just curious as to how many stringer problems have come up