Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Another braid question ?
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Savage Voyageur |
Sorry misread, thought this was a pike/musky question. I know Shock loves fishing those big spoons for big fish. Agree with theguildedgopher. |
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shock |
My question is this, one setup I have #15 power pro(very thin Dia.) on a very nice Pflueger smoothest-longest casting set up I've owned. This is mainly a casting rod. What's your opinion running the straight braid to the lure? No clear leader. Do you feel in the BW and/or city lakes a person will miss some hits-strikes-looks? You all have a happy opener! Hope you get your dates in. ;) |
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thegildedgopher |
However, two points where I differ from SV: 1) I have used either straight braid, or attached my leaders without a swivel involved (uni-uni) and never had issues with line twist. 2) 50-70lb leader is way overkill for anything but musky or large pike. My opinion. Typically I just try to match the diameter of the braid to the diameter of the leader. For example, 50 pound power pro I'd pair with 12-14 pound mono or flouro. My most common setup is 20-30 lb power pro with 8 pound floro. Sometimes I'll bump that leader size to 12 pound if I'm fishing for big lake trout. |
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Scoobs |
Walleye and Trout? Fluoro leader. They seem to be the most finicky fish. Now snap swivels are even more debatable than a leader. LOL In SE Wisconsin, the brownies and steelies are wickedly smart. They see everything, but fluoro. |
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BWfishingfanatic12 |
I do not pike fish much but my understanding and what I have heard is that you should not tie braid directly to pike lures/ gear. Braid has no stretch so if pike engulf the bait it actually slices easier than flurocarbon (supposedly). A couple sepetembers ago my brother and I were fishing around a big school of bait fish targeting what we hoped were Walleyes. I was fishing a rippin rap and lost 3 lures in like 5 casts due to big pike engulfing them. I did not want to tie on a leader in case we had a chance at a walleye and I was wrong thinking that Pike could not bite off braid. However, I was also only using 8 or 10 # braid so maybe it is different with thicker stuff. just my two cents. |
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iCallitMaize |
As far as fish catching is concerned, it's kinda like color...it doesn't matter until it does. We have tried some unscientific experiments on float trips with one guy using leader and one not. We have come to the conclusion that on smaller/younger fish, it just didn't seem to matter. However, we felt like the leader guys did catch bigger fish. Pure coincidence maybe...but this was concluded over a few trips. |
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WesternHills |
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