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| I have been doing some shopping on Ebay and picked up a couple TDR MH 8'6" and 9'6" trolling rods for 35 bucks and a pair of Okuma line counter reeling for 69 bucks. These rod will be my outside rods and will be run shallower than the 2 I run off the back. Since these rods are long I may run them direct or depending on the cover may be on yellow birds.
Based off of musky mikes trolling secerts My choice are 30lbs mono or 80 lbs power pro or equivalent. ( I hate power pro and will not use it)
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | 80 pound power pro, tuff line, cortland, etc....
If you hate power pro, get another braided line in the 80 lb test. |
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| Chris,
This is Mike the guy who wrote the book. I'm with Hulbert on this as I usually troll with 80# braid and goto 100# with bigger lures or when I fishing rocky breaks in the fall. Mono sucks as the stretch factor and larger diameter limit the "feel or thump" of the baits and running depth.
I'm planning on running wire on more rods this year to test the humm factor on muskies. Works great for salmon, just need to see how muskies respond over the course of the year when run head to head with braid. |
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Location: North East PA , 20 mins from Chautauqua | I have always been under the impression that you should use mono with short line trolling tactics . I like that bit of stretch When a musky slams the bait and my heavy boat is running at 6 MPH . It would seem to be that you'd be "ripping lips " itf you used a non stretch braid. Depending on your drag settings of course ?
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| Musky mike since you responded I assumed you liked the mono for the strech factor and that is why it was in the book? My overall trolling approach this year was to try lead core off the back to get the bait down and closer to the boat. Then run the outside rods a bit higher the long rods to prevent tangles. This way I can keep my lures in the strike zone more when doing sharper turns and following breaks. Do you like the stranded wire over the lead core line? This was recommend by a speaker at the chicago show that spoke 2 guys before hulbert. This approach made sense, any commentary on that appraoch?
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| 25# Big Game is what I use, with long flourocarbon leaders. I run long rods also, and if you have needle sharp hooks, your drag set properly, hit the WOT button on your Troll master, you'll get good hookups. |
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| 25 lb. Big Game on board rods (mono seems better than braid with the clips on planer boards).
80 lb. Power Pro on down rods. |
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Location: lansing, il | i agree with what esox50 said i run 30# yozuri on my long planer rods, and 80# power pro on my others. im running the bigbird yellow boards. and had some problems with line slipage when i had the boards hooked to the power pro. |
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| tuff line is definately a prime choice on the market. 80# is the best.
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Location: Edina, MN | At speed, lead core will give you less depth and control than either the mono or the braid. The TDRs have a lot of give so if you plan to use them, I would go w/ the low stretch braid except for off boards where I too prefer mono. |
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what pound test do you troll with?