As Noworries said, party boat fishing. The trip I was on last week put us east of the mud hole, 25-30 miles off. That will probably just a little out of reach for a cast off the beach.
Meduim/Heavy rod Penn 320 or equivelant reel. If you have a line counter that helps also. The mackeral can be anywhere in the water column. The line counter will take the guess work out of where your teaser is. The captain will call out on the pa what depth the fish are at. We had them any where from thirty feet down to the bottom (150+ at times), even on the same drift.
No bait necessary. 'Firecracker' rigs were working better than the tubes when I was out. If you need one or two stop by my house, I'll hook ya up with a couple.
Firecracker rigs are the same as the tube rigs but there is mylar braid with a clear tube over it instead of the colored tubes over the hook.
Bring a big cooler with ice. Even in cold weather ice is a must if you are planning on eating them. If you are catching them for bait, you can forgo the ice on a cold day. Bring a bucket or basket to put the fish in as you are catching. When the boat moves for another drift, dump the fish from the bucket/basket into your cooler. Saves time and effort as you are fishing.
Best to go during the week and not the weekend. Weekends will be full boat conditions, more tangles, less room to fish. Probably best to use mono line for this type of fishing as you can get out of tangles much easier or cut if needed. If you cut, you will not be looking at five dollars worth of braid going into the trash can.
Have fun, tip the mates and take pics.
