Fishing Line
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TheRock
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I would go with a good quality fishing line avoid the cheep stuff at all costs. Theirs allot of good quality fishing lines out their, every one has their own favorite, my favorite is Berkley Gig game all so Triple Fish or Maxima. Ultra Green or clear, depends on what you like. Get as much line on your reel as you can, fill it to the top but stop just before the line falls off the sides by itself, to much line will create a birds nest. I like to use a bit heavier line on my reels 30lb. or 40lb. on my mooching reels. Depends on your line capacity of your reel also. I use the Shimanno 4000gt's they have a large line capacity 150 yards more than the Shimano 2000gt reels so I can get away with using 40lb. test. I know its an over kill but I have my reasons... Its allot more durable and stronger, especially when your fishing tight with other boats and fighting a big fish out and your line gets crossed by another boats down rigger wire. I had this happen with 25lb. test and your odds are very slim.. snap!.. I had it happen a few times with 40lb. test and ended up getting the fish in!. I use 40lb. on my leaders all so. I know its an over kill but since I've gone with 40lb I have never lost a fish cause of my line or knot breaking!.. I've fished with some guides who use 50-60lb. test leaders... and they tell me its the difference in getting that big fish in the boat or not.... Every one has their own favorite line and lb. test they like to use mine is 40lb. If you live near Victoria, I can suggest you to strip all the old line off your reels and bring them into Trotac Marine and get them re spooled in 5-10 minutes with top quality line. $8 a reel I think it is? Way cheaper than buying spools at a sporting goods store and having to do it your self. Island Out fitters does it all so.. but their quite expensive I recall....
TheRock
Active Member
I would go with a good quality fishing line avoid the cheep stuff at all costs. Theirs allot of good quality fishing lines out their, every one has their own favorite, my favorite is Berkley Gig game all so Triple Fish or Maxima. Ultra Green or clear, depends on what you like. Get as much line on your reel as you can, fill it to the top but stop just before the line falls off the sides by itself, to much line will create a birds nest. I like to use a bit heavier line on my reels 30lb. or 40lb. on my mooching reels. Depends on your line capacity of your reel also. I use the Shimanno 4000gt's they have a large line capacity 150 yards more than the Shimano 2000gt reels so I can get away with using 40lb. test. I know its an over kill but I have my reasons... Its allot more durable and stronger, especially when your fishing tight with other boats and fighting a big fish out and your line gets crossed by another boats down rigger wire. I had this happen with 25lb. test and your odds are very slim.. snap!.. I had it happen a few times with 40lb. test and ended up getting the fish in!. I use 40lb. on my leaders all so. I know its an over kill but since I've gone with 40lb I have never lost a fish cause of my line or knot breaking!.. I've fished with some guides who use 50-60lb. test leaders... and they tell me its the difference in getting that big fish in the boat or not.... Every one has their own favorite line and lb. test they like to use mine is 40lb. If you live near Victoria, I can suggest you to strip all the old line off your reels and bring them into Trotac Marine and get them re spooled in 5-10 minutes with top quality line. $8 a reel I think it is? Way cheaper than buying spools at a sporting goods store and having to do it your self. Island Out fitters does it all so.. but their quite expensive I recall....
Captain Dudds
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TheRock is right, everyone is going to have there own little way of setting up. At the lodge I work at, we just get a massive spool of maxima 30lb ultragreen (its actually not very green at all) to spool all our main lines.
Load em up pretty good, but make sure to leave a little clearence so that if line gets pulled out, then reeled in all on one side, it won't pile over the side. I use my pinky finger on my left hand to guide the line a little when reeling, but guests just giv'er.
For leader, I use 40 on bait and spoons with a flasher, 60 for hootchies, and 30 for whole herring, cutplugs, and chovies when I'm running them without a flasher.
Thanks Captain Dudds
Load em up pretty good, but make sure to leave a little clearence so that if line gets pulled out, then reeled in all on one side, it won't pile over the side. I use my pinky finger on my left hand to guide the line a little when reeling, but guests just giv'er.
For leader, I use 40 on bait and spoons with a flasher, 60 for hootchies, and 30 for whole herring, cutplugs, and chovies when I'm running them without a flasher.
Thanks Captain Dudds
Captain Dudds
Well-Known Member
TheRock is right, everyone is going to have there own little way of setting up. At the lodge I work at, we just get a massive spool of maxima 30lb ultragreen (its actually not very green at all) to spool all our main lines.
Load em up pretty good, but make sure to leave a little clearence so that if line gets pulled out, then reeled in all on one side, it won't pile over the side. I use my pinky finger on my left hand to guide the line a little when reeling, but guests just giv'er.
For leader, I use 40 on bait and spoons with a flasher, 60 for hootchies, and 30 for whole herring, cutplugs, and chovies when I'm running them without a flasher.
Thanks Captain Dudds
Load em up pretty good, but make sure to leave a little clearence so that if line gets pulled out, then reeled in all on one side, it won't pile over the side. I use my pinky finger on my left hand to guide the line a little when reeling, but guests just giv'er.
For leader, I use 40 on bait and spoons with a flasher, 60 for hootchies, and 30 for whole herring, cutplugs, and chovies when I'm running them without a flasher.
Thanks Captain Dudds
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siwash
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Captain Dudds,
Other than having a higher tensile strength...is there a particular reason you use 40lb for bait leaders...sounds interesting
siwash
Other than having a higher tensile strength...is there a particular reason you use 40lb for bait leaders...sounds interesting
siwash
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siwash
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Captain Dudds,
Other than having a higher tensile strength...is there a particular reason you use 40lb for bait leaders...sounds interesting
siwash
Other than having a higher tensile strength...is there a particular reason you use 40lb for bait leaders...sounds interesting
siwash
TheRock
Active Member
On a long fight with a big fish on that is hooked deep and your leader is rubbing back and forth over the sharp teeth in a springs mouth.. 40lb. test is much more resilient and will put up with a few nicks and score marks... 25lb test leaders... gives me the shivers.! I have seen way to many people loose fish cause of their line or leaders snapping... When ever I am checking my line or rebating and while reeling in the main line I run all the line through my fingers to feel for nicks or bad scuffs... if you feel some thing you don't like.. snip..! take off the bad part of line and re tie! For hootchies we all so use 60-70 lb. test leaders... especial good for Coho and pink fishing.... it can take a beating on numerous amounts of fish.. and if you see your fish is hooked well and you don't need the net your leader is strong enough and you can swing the fish in the boat with out the net with out and having the fish and hootchie get all caught up in your net, or if you have to release the fish you can hold the leader up with your hand with out any worry while you release the fish..
TheRock
Active Member
On a long fight with a big fish on that is hooked deep and your leader is rubbing back and forth over the sharp teeth in a springs mouth.. 40lb. test is much more resilient and will put up with a few nicks and score marks... 25lb test leaders... gives me the shivers.! I have seen way to many people loose fish cause of their line or leaders snapping... When ever I am checking my line or rebating and while reeling in the main line I run all the line through my fingers to feel for nicks or bad scuffs... if you feel some thing you don't like.. snip..! take off the bad part of line and re tie! For hootchies we all so use 60-70 lb. test leaders... especial good for Coho and pink fishing.... it can take a beating on numerous amounts of fish.. and if you see your fish is hooked well and you don't need the net your leader is strong enough and you can swing the fish in the boat with out the net with out and having the fish and hootchie get all caught up in your net, or if you have to release the fish you can hold the leader up with your hand with out any worry while you release the fish..
Ditto for maddog quote, I also use 40lb and up for hootchies and spoons as the stiffer the line the more action imparted to the lure from the flasher, try a low test line and watch the action in the water beside your boat, you will notice a significant difference especially if your experimenting with longer lengths.
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AL
Ditto for maddog quote, I also use 40lb and up for hootchies and spoons as the stiffer the line the more action imparted to the lure from the flasher, try a low test line and watch the action in the water beside your boat, you will notice a significant difference especially if your experimenting with longer lengths.
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wolf
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Same here as the boys said!!!!!! one thing to do though for the 4000 s and 2000 and any other graphite reel or any reel you are plan on respooling get them to put a 100 ft of dacron as backing so when you do replace it you dont have to put on so much new line and its especially important so the reel wont split because mono seems to streth so much that it will split reels apart had about 6 of them do it now we put backing on them no problem sort of how the old peetz used to warp way back many moons ago.
Good luck Wolf
Edited by - wolf on 03/12/2006 16:22:24
Good luck Wolf
Edited by - wolf on 03/12/2006 16:22:24
wolf
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Same here as the boys said!!!!!! one thing to do though for the 4000 s and 2000 and any other graphite reel or any reel you are plan on respooling get them to put a 100 ft of dacron as backing so when you do replace it you dont have to put on so much new line and its especially important so the reel wont split because mono seems to streth so much that it will split reels apart had about 6 of them do it now we put backing on them no problem sort of how the old peetz used to warp way back many moons ago.
Good luck Wolf
Edited by - wolf on 03/12/2006 16:22:24
Good luck Wolf
Edited by - wolf on 03/12/2006 16:22:24
Captain Dudds
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Siwash,
Same reasons that all the other guys gave. Other than more strength, there is no reason i use 40. i like the action i get from lighter leaders but i hate breaking fish off even more, so i go 40.
Ally cat,
I've noticed that too; with hootchies, you get more action with heavier line. however, i have not decided whether i like that or not. have you tried one light and one heavy side by side?
Thanks Captain Dudds
Same reasons that all the other guys gave. Other than more strength, there is no reason i use 40. i like the action i get from lighter leaders but i hate breaking fish off even more, so i go 40.
Ally cat,
I've noticed that too; with hootchies, you get more action with heavier line. however, i have not decided whether i like that or not. have you tried one light and one heavy side by side?
Thanks Captain Dudds
Captain Dudds
Well-Known Member
Siwash,
Same reasons that all the other guys gave. Other than more strength, there is no reason i use 40. i like the action i get from lighter leaders but i hate breaking fish off even more, so i go 40.
Ally cat,
I've noticed that too; with hootchies, you get more action with heavier line. however, i have not decided whether i like that or not. have you tried one light and one heavy side by side?
Thanks Captain Dudds
Same reasons that all the other guys gave. Other than more strength, there is no reason i use 40. i like the action i get from lighter leaders but i hate breaking fish off even more, so i go 40.
Ally cat,
I've noticed that too; with hootchies, you get more action with heavier line. however, i have not decided whether i like that or not. have you tried one light and one heavy side by side?
Thanks Captain Dudds
Cpt D, yes we played around with the different tests of line one day off of Carmanah, then 2 weeks later in Barkley Sound between Sanford Isl and Wizard Islets where the shelf is, there were schools of coho and we pegged the hootchies about 25ft apart on a single line first and dropped through the zone from 8-10 ft and down , we then rigged the lines on either side of the boat(that is lighter on one side and heavier on the other) and went through the same evolution.
Consistently the heavier line outfished the lighter leader, what I noticed especially was the "pumping" action from the hootchies with the heavier leaders.
In Barkley Sound we picked up 2 Springs in the 20 - 24 lb range while using this set up and trolling at coho speed(interesting eh?)
We went from 18 lb up to 60 lb, and for a different experiment we even tried 150lb dacron(didn't work at all due to the limpness of the line)
I found the best action to be on 50lb line with a max leader length of 40 ins.
We went to 72 ins of leader and worked back to 24 ins; and found that the most hits were on 32 to 40 ins of leader on the 50lb test.
AL
Consistently the heavier line outfished the lighter leader, what I noticed especially was the "pumping" action from the hootchies with the heavier leaders.
In Barkley Sound we picked up 2 Springs in the 20 - 24 lb range while using this set up and trolling at coho speed(interesting eh?)
We went from 18 lb up to 60 lb, and for a different experiment we even tried 150lb dacron(didn't work at all due to the limpness of the line)
I found the best action to be on 50lb line with a max leader length of 40 ins.
We went to 72 ins of leader and worked back to 24 ins; and found that the most hits were on 32 to 40 ins of leader on the 50lb test.
AL
Cpt D, yes we played around with the different tests of line one day off of Carmanah, then 2 weeks later in Barkley Sound between Sanford Isl and Wizard Islets where the shelf is, there were schools of coho and we pegged the hootchies about 25ft apart on a single line first and dropped through the zone from 8-10 ft and down , we then rigged the lines on either side of the boat(that is lighter on one side and heavier on the other) and went through the same evolution.
Consistently the heavier line outfished the lighter leader, what I noticed especially was the "pumping" action from the hootchies with the heavier leaders.
In Barkley Sound we picked up 2 Springs in the 20 - 24 lb range while using this set up and trolling at coho speed(interesting eh?)
We went from 18 lb up to 60 lb, and for a different experiment we even tried 150lb dacron(didn't work at all due to the limpness of the line)
I found the best action to be on 50lb line with a max leader length of 40 ins.
We went to 72 ins of leader and worked back to 24 ins; and found that the most hits were on 32 to 40 ins of leader on the 50lb test.
AL
Consistently the heavier line outfished the lighter leader, what I noticed especially was the "pumping" action from the hootchies with the heavier leaders.
In Barkley Sound we picked up 2 Springs in the 20 - 24 lb range while using this set up and trolling at coho speed(interesting eh?)
We went from 18 lb up to 60 lb, and for a different experiment we even tried 150lb dacron(didn't work at all due to the limpness of the line)
I found the best action to be on 50lb line with a max leader length of 40 ins.
We went to 72 ins of leader and worked back to 24 ins; and found that the most hits were on 32 to 40 ins of leader on the 50lb test.
AL
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salmon9
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Maxima Ultragreen 25lb test. I first place approx 100 ft of backing on the reels, change mainline annually and keep a close eye on the mainline for abrasion and often strip 10-20 ft off the reel to keep the line in good shape. Never had a fish break the mainline.
