Hey, don't suppose you could give me some advice eh? I've been contemplating using an 80lb fluorocarbon leader for awhile now, but I am just wondering what your experience is. I saw that you lost one on the 60lb, but have you ever had that issue with 80lb? The leader material I am looking at is Hi Seas 80lb, which has a diameter of about .9mm. Anyway, great show as always. I have the pleasure of living in Saskatchewan, so I love it when you show off my home waters and show me some new spots. You ever fish in Diefenbaker? Pike are pretty good there too, and so are the walleye. That lake also holds the world record for burbot. Anyway, great show, and happy fishing!
60lb is the absolute lightest we use, our usual is 80 as well. That said, we have broke 80 but not very often. Believe it or not, the muskie guys use 100-120 lb test fluorocarbon leader material with great success. Remember, those guys are looking for 50" fish with gigantic mouths and the biggest teeth in the Esox family. Stick with your 80lb and just make sure that you only put hard pressure on a Pike when it's absolutely necessary (when the fish is running into cover like reeds, wood etc). In open water let the drag and rod do the work. Lastly check your 80lb often and if there's a deep nick in it (1/4 or deeper), swap it out with a new one. BTW, we are actually trying to set a shoot up on Dief right now, hopefully we'll git er done! Thanks for watching.
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Hey, don't suppose you could give me some advice eh? I've been contemplating using an 80lb fluorocarbon leader for awhile now, but I am just wondering what your experience is. I saw that you lost one on the 60lb, but have you ever had that issue with 80lb? The leader material I am looking at is Hi Seas 80lb, which has a diameter of about .9mm. Anyway, great show as always. I have the pleasure of living in Saskatchewan, so I love it when you show off my home waters and show me some new spots. You ever fish in Diefenbaker? Pike are pretty good there too, and so are the walleye. That lake also holds the world record for burbot. Anyway, great show, and happy fishing!
60lb is the absolute lightest we use, our usual is 80 as well. That said, we have broke 80 but not very often. Believe it or not, the muskie guys use 100-120 lb test fluorocarbon leader material with great success. Remember, those guys are looking for 50" fish with gigantic mouths and the biggest teeth in the Esox family.
Stick with your 80lb and just make sure that you only put hard pressure on a Pike when it's absolutely necessary (when the fish is running into cover like reeds, wood etc). In open water let the drag and rod do the work.
Lastly check your 80lb often and if there's a deep nick in it (1/4 or deeper), swap it out with a new one.
BTW, we are actually trying to set a shoot up on Dief right now, hopefully we'll git er done! Thanks for watching.
use 100-120lb