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Originally Posted by MrAC1980

All depends where you're fishing. Northern NJ esp inshore where its mostly rock piles you can get away with the light stuff. But once the bite moves offshore or southerly where you're fishing all wreckage, then heavy is the way to go. I know a capt that has broken off 65lb pp and 80lb leader on fish that was taking drag!!
Who's going to break the 30lb record???

That line was probably badly frayed, or rubbed against something during the battle... I can't imagine a tog big enough to break 65 PP line.. However I DO hope to hang one like that someday. I was thinking more about the fact that some very good, very knowledgable, tog fishermen are now saying 30 lb max is whats needed on some days to get tog to bite,, The concept sounds alien to me, but those guys know a lot more, and catch a lot more than I will.. Yet other guys use 80 lb, and are happy with their catch rate. Seems like a dichotomy..... bob