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Location: Central Wisconsin | What leaders are most people using for bulldawgs? Seven strand, solid wire...? What pound test and length also? Thanks |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | 150 lb Stealth casting leaders are the best.
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Location: Central Wisconsin | Hi Mike, Thanks for replying. What is the reasoning behind Stealth casting leaders being the best? |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | 150 Stealth here to.... |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | I tried them for the first time over the last week and they are way better than softer heavy Mono and single strand leaders I was currently using.
I did not have the baits fowling in the air. Cowgirls, supermodels and dawgs had way less fowlups.
Very good components and a nice tied leader with a crimp on the tag ends.
I am now hooked on the Stealth leaders. # 150 and #130 lbs "SOLID"
Steve |
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| I use Stealth 174# wire leaders for dawgs and all Jerkbaits and his weighted ones if I need to get deeper
Good luck,
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: North Central IL USA | aside from Jeff you guys are talkin' fluoro right?????? |
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Location: South Bend, Indiana | X2 for the 150 stealth |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | Yes Flourocarbon. They worked great for me. I will continue to pay for them - even when I make my own. Just buy some extra Stay Locs and you will be good to go.
For throwing dawgs and such only in the late fall on the MN lakes John Hoyer recomended the 180# flourcarbon.
Quality construction and components. Very nice product
Good Luck
Steve
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| I always use the 180# Stealth Flouro leaders for dawgs and love them. No doubt they are the best flouro leader out there. But, there was some previous posts on guys losing the "fish of a lifetime" due to a monster inhaling a dawg while it's in freefall. That has always scared me to death. I would love for anyone that has had a dawg/flouro leader bitten off chime in............ |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Couple of hundred of fish a year on rubber on Stealth's 150 lb. flouro leaders and no bite off's....ever....and I have had PLENTY of mag and pounders woofed down with only leader sticking out. And to add, over the past 6 years, I had literally boated over 1900 muskies on Stealth fluoro leaders and not a single bite off.
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Location: Michigan | 124lb wire for me! I don't trust fluoro for dawgs or any other jerkbait as fish will headhunt big time and they usually will have some of the leader in their mouth. I've caught 40" fish that have completely inhaled a bulldawg or have had fish t-bone the dawg in which a couple inches of leader are in the fish's mouth. Why even risk it with fluoro?? I personally haven't had bite offs when I used to use fluoro, but have been fishing with people when they did get bit off. It has happened more than once and not even on very big fish. I would just use wire and not even worry about getting bit off. You can also easily make wire leaders yourself and save a lot of money. |
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| I've gotten bit off with 130 lb twice...making the jump to 150 lb next season. I tie my own...prefer them longer than most commercially made leaders. Cheaper, too... |
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Location: colorado | MikeHulbert - 10/3/2012 7:40 PM
Couple of hundred of fish a year on rubber on Stealth's 150 lb. flouro leaders and no bite off's....ever....and I have had PLENTY of mag and pounders woofed down with only leader sticking out. And to add, over the past 6 years, I had literally boated over 1900 muskies on Stealth fluoro leaders and not a single bite off.
That's enough proof for me. |
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| Go as heavy as you can go. 150lb is good but even with a 150 I have had plenty of close calls on big fish. Although I have never been biten off with 150, I know its probably a matter of time, especially when using plasitc. |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | Throw rubber long enough and your going to get fouled (Dawg balls) eventually; and that for me has led to kinks in my wire leaders. I've had wire leaders fail due to even the smallest kink. After that I was nervous so I changed out leaders like crazy with any bend and it was getting expensive. Flouro doesn't kink and I think is less risk than wire. Don't get me wrong I still use wire but for lures that foul a little easier flouro is awesome. Have yet to break a flouro. |
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Location: central illinois | I had a fish bite through a brand new 130lb. Stealth leader when she inhaled my regular size Medussa. I paused the lure right next to the boat, so the lure was falling and the fish shot up from under it and instantly bit through it. Been using Stealth Leaders since they came out never had a problem. It was a shocker. It would have been the best fish of the year. Almost got the fish in the net after that. The fish was at the top of the water trying to shake the lure for a long time. I got the net half way around her from the tail end but she swam out with the lure still in her mouth. I hope she got rid of it. Now with any rubber lure I use Stealth's 49 strand leader. I still use Stealth flouro leaders for lures I don't think a muskie would inhale like that and I recommend them(not for rubber), it was a freak happening. |
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| MikeHulbert - 10/2/2012 9:22 PM
150 lb Stealth casting leaders are the best.
Same for me! Stealth is in front of everything I throw!
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| I use a 200 lb. Stealth Fluoro Leader. Great leader. |
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Location: Medford, WI | Still use fluoro Stealths for throwing all my rubber - mainly pounders and big curly sues. Have only had it fail once...in the worst case possible...likely a $10,000 fish at Eagle River PMTT...not cool, but it happens. After catching over 100 muskies on fluoro leaders and netting just as many for others, I'm still using Stealths as they're very high quality and can typically be used for a long time. I actually use fluoro for almost everything I throw...actually like it for weagles a lot...many others don't.
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