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| Hey Guys, Do any of you CAST mono line for muskies? What type and LB. test do you use? The water is so dang clear here I can read the date on a dime in 15 ft. of water! LOL! Just looking for an Edge thats all!
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| Have used 100Lb Braid, two swivel and then Mono Leader to the bait, try that it may help! |
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Location: Canada | Sorry.I only use mono on my trolling rods in 60lb Andes on one and the other has 50lb Berkley Big Game. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | use a fluoro leader if you are afraid of fish seeing things. get something like 18" long. |
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Location: VA | I use a 24" clear mono 150lb leader.
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Location: In a shack in the woods | Try the Gregg Thomas system |
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| Ain't no expert--not even close; and recently converted two of my rods to superbraid, but... I have been using 20 lb. Extra Tough mono. So long as there are no nicks, cuts, etc., in the line, this is fine for most applications. But I have had snap offs: an 8" Believer lost on a cast at Lake St. Clair; a brand new Magnum Musky Killer tandem lost on a PA reservoir the first morning of use. Ugly. If you use the mono you have to check the last three feet of your line frequently for weaknesses. Also you absolutely must change the line every spring. But its cheap... |
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| 30lb berekley big game mono in drk green is all I use on rivers in PA. |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | I fish gin clear waters to, 80-100# braid, fish don't mind. Of course they wont notice the boat I'm sure |
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| I always use mono, our lakes are super clear also. It depends on the rod I'm using, my bucktail rod is spooled with 30# Maxima UG, 60# flouro leader. Most of my fish this season were caught on a small swimbait....953 Loomis swimbait rod spooled with 15# Maxima UG and a 60# flouro leader. All our fish are Tigers. Mike. |
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Posts: 865
| 30 Lb. Big game (green) is Great, just check regularly and cut off 30 inches at the beginning of each trip to be sure.....It is not expensive and can be normally used one whole season. If your afraid of break offs use a swivel and a 20 to 24 inch of a good quality Fluorocarbon..... |
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| I have never tried mono for muskie, but I would be affraid of a bite off. I had my first muskie ( just started this year ) bite halfway through a 150 lb test flouro leader. I fish both 80 lb power pro braid, and 80 lb Cortland masterbraid and the muskie that I caught wasn't young and dumb, he was around for a little while ( 44 inches ) and the lake was one of the clearest lakes that I had ever seen, it has natural zebra mussles and it is about the same clarity as you are talking. My suggestion would be if the water is that clear......try 65 or 80 lb power pro braid in red. The red is supposed to dispurse to not be seen below 7 feet in the water. Something to do with the color spectrum. Hope this helps. |
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