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Originally Posted by kurtisb
I use the German perlon mono sold by Trik Fish or Triple Fish in 80# for the snelled hooks. I like the softness, stretch and abrasion resistance.
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80 lb mono for the hooks??. wow.... Its funny, to me that seems perfectly fine for a fish that bites its food out of tangled wreckage thats festooned with cables, wires, and junk.. However a lot of good fishermen including some very fine charter/party boat captains would say thats way too heavy and you won't get bit on slow days.. The "new norm" for slow pick days is 30 lb, max flouro... To me it sounds ridiculous, but I have read it right on these pages a bunch of times. glad you do well with heavy mono leaders.. This past year a charter boat mate on a sea bass trip retied my rigs saying they were too heavy at 40 lbs.. He went down to 30... i kept switching the 2 rods I brought one with his rigs and one with mine.. Not a rats ass worth of difference in the strike rate.. Personally, I think you could use wire line for hook snells and catch tog...bob
