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| Do tiger muskies get braid shy when you run a short leader? I have some 10” and 12” leaders, will my braid and swivel spook the tigers in clear water? |
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| No. |
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Location: SE Wisc | Yes, but just tigers.
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| The hooks, line and leaders don't bother the fish. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | The answer is no. Like was said if they are then the hooks and leader would spook them. More likely would be movement in the boat. |
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| I understand that muskie lures have huge hooks hanging off them and that if they are not afraid of the hooks why would they be afraid of the line and leader. But obviously other muskie fisherman think about wether there leaders spook fish or not, otherwise we would all use wire and the flouro wouldn’t be so popular. And I do understand lures action varies depending on the leader material. Thanks for the serious answers and I will take the condescending comments with a grain of salt. Just a newbie trying to up my odds this spring. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Flouro is marketed as invisible to get you to spend $125 for a 25 yard string. In videos taken with my waterwolf it is clearly visible. This past summer I had success with flouro mono and wire leaders.I haven't caught a tiger for years but the Larry is gin clear and we curse the pike that interup our muskie fishing. A muskie hits at boat side with 4 feet of rod stirring the water i wouldn't worry about a visible leader. |
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| I like flouro because it's neutrally buoyant and doesn't weigh down the nose of some of my smaller baits, and because it doesn't get all kinked up like wire. Never really thought about muskies seeing the leader. I figure If they're dumb enough to eat the stuff we're throwing, they're dumb enough to completely ignore the leader. |
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| All the flouro I've used sinks. I fish tigers a lot and use a 10 to 12" leader. Titanium doesn't kink, I use both but prefer titanium for bigger fish lakes as I've been bit off with a brand new 100lb fluoro by a mid 40's muskie. Fluoro does work better for smaller lures as you get better action. Most of the tiger lakes I fish have very clear water and I have decent success. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Bigbucks1985 - 1/30/2018 8:46 PM
I understand that muskie lures have huge hooks hanging off them and that if they are not afraid of the hooks why would they be afraid of the line and leader. But obviously other muskie fisherman think about wether there leaders spook fish or not, otherwise we would all use wire and the flouro wouldn’t be so popular. And I do understand lures action varies depending on the leader material. Thanks for the serious answers and I will take the condescending comments with a grain of salt. Just a newbie trying to up my odds this spring.
There's nothing condescending here. I think so far they are all serious answers. |
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| Thanks guys. Maybe I misread the first couple posts. |
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| As someone said, the one thing I have seen spook fish over and over is not the line, leader, or even sticking the rod in the water for a figure eight, but movement in the boat. I actually stopped calling out that a fish was following my lure, because fellow fisherman like to move and see the fish (which I do myself, because those follows never get old to watch). So I wouldn't worry as much about equipment that's in the water spooking the fosh as much as I would about those things above the water that would spook the fish. |
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| Fish for tiger way more than pure-breeds (not by choice). No way, that's all I use braid w (12 to 14)" fluorocarbon leaders. |
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Braid shy?