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Location: Central Pennsylvania | I'm in Pennsylvania, local to me is only tigers and I'm planning to start tying my own leaders for them. Im quite new to the sport of musky fishing. In any case, what pound flauro is sufficient for leaders, after all these fish are very weary and are basically pike. My plan so far would be 24 inches of 60 lb high seas flauro with a 4.5 size stay lok snap connected to the mainline with a canoe knot rather than using a swivel and crimps. Could I use this setup for crankbaits and midsized twitch baits or would I be better off using a titanium leader? If so, what would be a good setup for titanium leaders for small baits? |
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| IMO, At least 130lb flouro carbon, 8-12 inches long. Steel leader 174lb 8-12 inches.
60lb flouro can be bitten through in the north where I fish and its just not very durable on rocks. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | You'd save time and money by just buying pre-made leaders. m |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | 2 things
1. Ordering stealth tackle leaders would be easy no matter what part of the lower 48 you live in.
2. Muskies are not like pike at all except a similar body shape. You need a minimum or 130# flourocarbon leaders. They don't have to long. Muskies do not care about seeing your line or leader. The reason you use flouro is the functionality of it vs wire for certain baits. If you want a "do-all" leader because you use one main rod and reel, 130# flourocarbon with a stalock snap is what you need. You can certainly use wire leaders as well. I make my own single strand leader from 174# wire, swivels, and stalocks. They do work well for topwater, small cranks and jerbaits. I use them for smaller bucktails as well. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Yep, use a minimum of 100# Flouro. If the fish are big, go to 150#. Using light leaders will catch up to you eventually. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | I go thru abt 3 fluoro leaders and maybe two wire leaders in a season; and,maybe 6-8 Sta-Lok snaps. Now, I suppose it's pretty cool to catch fish on your own leader, I know I wouldn't trust anything I'd put together. Good luck with yours, m |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | 175, double barrel crimps, size 5 sta-lok snaps. Get a good crimper and watch a 5 minute video on YouTube and be done. I make leaders for less than $3 each. Saves big money making them yourself and at 210 lbs, I can hang from them in the garage. |
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