In March I'm going down to Texas for a family reunion and figured it's time for this midwestern boy to try a bit of saltwater fishing while I'm there. I have the typical freshwater rigs that are probably too light but I do have a serious catfish rig that could do the job. It's a 9 1/2 foot heavy action spinning rig that normally wrestles big cats out of muddy weed infested holes along the Mississippi river. I've pulled 45 pound blue cats with no real problem.
My question is; would this catfish rig work in saltwater? Could it handle surfishing along Padre Island?