I am currently TDY and will get you the card with info to your email when I get back. Just don’t want you to think I forgot. Those rods you have will more than do. Wish I could be here to go again but I will be leaving in Aug to Colorado Springs. I will have to adapt to the states as I have been living overseas for 12 years already. Heard they got some good trout fishing out there but not much bass.

I purchased me a long Korean style telescopic ocean rod and put one of my larger Daiwa spinning reels on it. Two years ago I tried using a heavy freshwater type spinning rod and the second fish I caught snapped it in two. My friend also tried using a baitcaster rod and reel combo and also had his rod snapped in two. We probably should have set our drag a little looser but it’s to late now for that. The long Korean rods really have a lot of bending power, which helps when these boys run. You will have to buy your hooks and special bobbers and I believe we each paid $10.00 extra for about eight big boxes of shrimp. They will use some to chum the water and the rest to fish. If you go, buy yourself saltwater American style hooks with a hole because they use hooks with no holes that are a pain in the ass to tie. I guess I really did not answer your question Steve but No, they don’t provide the tackle. They will only show you what you need if you go the day before so you have time to purchase it at one of the several fishing stores out there.

The Amberjacks start coming into the Korea area about Early September with the best time to go being early Oct-late Sep. I go to a place called Dadepo, which is about a 10-15 minute drive from what used to be Camp Hialeah. Once you get there, there are tons of guides out there that will take you out. We always got a boat to ourselves with about five folks in total. Price is about $100.00 a piece or 500,000KW for renting the boat for about an 8 hour period. If Rob/Nomad sends me your e-mail I will scan and send you a copy of the business card to the guy we go with. That area is very beautuful except again when you get up to the boat area where you will see a ton of trash. The town though is very nice. There is a hotel about a 2 minute walk from where we go that cost $40,000 KW a night, which is not bad. The rigs they use out there are different from the states as they have to deal with a strong current below. They use sinking bobbers that control how quick your bait drops so you can put the bait where the fish are located. Those amberjacks are also some good eating fish when you split them in two and put them on a BBQ grill. Add some beer and soju and it just doesn’t get any better than that.

The trash was one of the first things I noticed when I statrted going fishing over here, at Idong. No matter where I went on that lake, there was trash everywhere on the shore; soju bottles, plastic bags, you name it. It’s one of my pet peeves and I don’t understand it…Korea has such limited natural resources. In years to come, kids and grandkids won’t be able to enjoy outdoor activities like fishing, camping and hiking because there won’t be anything left for them. Good thing we’re putting it all down for prosperity, they’ll know what it was like in the “good old days.”

Oh and this will be the last time I get skunked.

How many times have I said that?

Sorry you skunked Tex Mex, but great photos. I know what you mean about all the trash lying around the lakes and rivers…it’s the same down here