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| You guys that tie your own spinners and snells, what kind of line are you using?
I have been using Triple Fish camo Perlon, but it is hard to find |
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | I've used a lot of different lines and usually end up back with Trilene XT 12lb for rivers and most lakes, and 20lb for the great lakes (particullarly Green Bay). I did however like the 15lb Vanish that I tried last year. It seemed to work as well or better than the mono. It's just that much more expensive though. |
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| 15 lb Flouro for all my spinners. Specifically Sequar Flouro. But I also have used Scientific Angler Flouro with equal results. |
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| 20# Vanish for everything for Bago and the Bay. I especially like he fact that when the crawler comes of the first hook and is only hooked on the second hook, the vanish prevents the crawler from spinning and causing line twist.
Since I switched, I have never used anything else and the larger diameter does not affect the fish at all.
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| 17# vanish, however it will not hold up to L. Michigan salmon very well. 
Edited by Jayman 7/10/2007 12:29 PM
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| Stop horsing them! |
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Location: Lincolnshire, IL | I absolutely hate to agree with Shep but, 15# Seaguar CarbonPro is what I use, have also used the 17# P-Line Flourocarbon and haven't noticed a difference. I believe both came with a FREE knot guide...LOL! |
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| Whatever you do don't use flourocarbon unless you plan on not catching any fish and never having to worry about your line breaking. All brands of flouro are JUNK. If you want my opinion, go with 25lb cajun. And for all you flouro lovers check this out http://tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbon2.html |
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Location: Lincolnshire, IL | I often become confused and lost when reading that scientific stuff...I just use products and if they don't fail me...well...I'll just be sure not to hang 3 lb. weights off of my spinner rigs when they are wet for extended periods of time and as always I will not horse the big ones in and adjust my drag when needed to address the knot strength issue.
-Flouro Lover(this goes for toothpaste as well ) |
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| SLIPKNOT - 7/11/2007 1:58 AM
Whatever you do don't use flourocarbon unless you plan on not catching any fish and never having to worry about your line breaking. All brands of flouro are JUNK. If you want my opinion, go with 25lb cajun. And for all you flouro lovers check this out http://tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbon2.html
So, how did that work out for you Saturday? |
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| I used to tie my rigs with 17# XT. When I started fishing with the posse, I started doing things differently. One of those things was to switch to 15# Flouro for my spinner rigs. I'll let their record speak for itself.
One thing that article did not address was the superior abrasion resistance of the flouro's over plain mono. Kind of important when fishing in zebra infested waters, and for critters with teeth.. |
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| 17# p-line is what I use, landed a 36" and 41" muskie with it so far this year, also several huge sheephead and monster cats, I think the p-line ties a little nicer than the Vanish also. |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | 20 pound fluorocarbon here. |
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| Either 15 lb P-Line or Seaguar fluoro. |
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| Flouro Wins - 7/11/2007 8:34 AM
SLIPKNOT - 7/11/2007 1:58 AM
Whatever you do don't use flourocarbon unless you plan on not catching any fish and never having to worry about your line breaking. All brands of flouro are JUNK. If you want my opinion, go with 25lb cajun. And for all you flouro lovers check this out http://tackletour.com/reviewfluorocarbon2.html
So, how did that work out for you Saturday?
It worked out great, thanks for asking! |
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Location: Green Bay, WI. | 20lb P-Line for all my harnesses with 1/0 red hooks. If the fish can't fit a 1/0 hook in it's mouth I don't want it my boat. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | All my spinner rigs are tied with 15lb. Seaguar CarbonPro Fluorocarbon. I've never had a failure in a knot or this line yet. It has the abrasion resistent qualities I need to fish the Bay and the invisible quality for the clear water. |
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| 20 flourcarbon have yet to break off a fish yet with this. I have no problem catching fish on it either! |
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Location: McFarland, WI | I also use mainly 20 fluoro P-line leader material. No line failure problems and it snells well. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | wow, seems like alot of you older than me guys, pat, jerry, larry, shep, sunshine are using the wrong line again. Flouro is Junk!! Man, I wish you guys would just learn. If you would use something a bit different You just might not take all my money all the time. hahahahahahahaahahaa this has to be the funniest thread I have read in a long time.
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| I'd have to agree with you deny, this thread is quite the hoot, its ALMOST as funny as the thread you claimed to "discover" the revolution 4 prop works well on tuffy boats. I'll admit i've been spanked by guys in my boat using flouro when i wasn't, but any flouro i've used just doesn't hold up, rendering itself junk, at least to me.
Edited by SLIPKNOT 8/10/2007 5:14 PM
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| Yep, and two guys who have won over $1 Million, that is $1,000,000, between them in Walleye tourneys trusted junk flourocarbon line to help them win all that money. Boy, I bet they wish they had talked to Slipknot before they entered those tourneys.
Aimlessly trolling, with flourocarbon. What a bunch of idiots! |
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| Wire, The same thing I use on my Musky Leaders!!! The Big fish I'm after are old, Lazy, Dumb and their eyesight is going. Kinda reminds me of.... (ah never mind). Flouro????????pfft.....Those million dollar men you speak of Shep get lots of free line and respool often! Does it REALLY make a difference?
Good Luck
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| I respool often. What's your point?
You guys think that all the "pros" get ALL their stuff for free. Keep thinking that.
My point is that they use what works best for them. Period. Free or not. |
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| I switched to all fluorocarbon (20 lb vanish) this year on my harnesses. Shep tuned me on to it this spring up in Oconto (that day put them to the test, remember shep?). Worked so well I use if for my willow cat snells as well. Holds up way better to nicks, WAY better, than the mono I used to use. You can actually use a harness on multiple fish without switching them out due to nicks. My hooks on my willow cat snells usually get bent over and dull from rocks before the line gets nicked up. I actually felt like a complete stooge for being so late to hop on the bandwagon. |
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| I'm used to you being late on most things, Zach! hehehe
Yes, I remember. We had to have caught over 60 walleyes in 4 hours. Went through at least 6 dozen crawlers. It was non stop from the start. For most of that time, we had less than 4 rods in the water at any one time. Only broke one harness, and that was do to a deep hooked fish, and I got the line with the pliers. I would guess that one harness probably caught 20 fish, and I used it the next day!
I like my flouro. If you want to use something else, that is your decision. I'm not saying you are wrong. Just saying that I don't think I am wrong for using flouro.
Send my prop! I need to sell it. Thanks.
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| OK, give me a call and we'll work out the details, I can't find your #. I'm sick of looking at the thing too. I'll wrap it in fluorocarbon to protect it. |
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Location: Appleton wi | Sorry but I'll never use vanish again too many unexplained breakoffs. I used it for 2 years and gave up on it. I however went back to xt this summert and my defect of unexplained breakoff declined greatly. Infact i caught atleast 6 world record walleyes this summer on the bay but unfortunatly i was by myself and my camera didnt work any of those days but trust me and belive me XT is the best!LOL |
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| One other factor I did not see mentioned here was the ability of Fluro to resist breakdown by UV. Also Fluro does not have the same water absorption as regular mono. If you don't think this matters to much then more power to you , but I do not have to re-tie all my harnesses every year just because they were used. (Only nicked up ones) Try this.... run a couple harnesses out of 15# mono for a season and a coupe out of Fluro and then next year take them out and give them both a yank. My money is on the Fluro being as strong as the year before. 
15# Carbon Pro for me. Switched years ago and have not looked back.
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Location: Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Jayman won't net most of the fish I catch so my harnesses seldom last more than a few trips...
Nothing lasts longer than fireline. I like the 17# vanish, but I'm not married to it. When this spool is gone, I'm planning on trying a 15# floro, probably the seagur. |
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| Hey Shep, 17# vanish is no match for the toothy critters of Green Bay. Need to talk to the right people on how to stop stocking all them damn Skis!!!! 3 bite offs this weekend. |
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| For the past three years I've been tying my harnesses using Triple Fish fluorocarbon 15#. It has worked well. After catching several fish, one does need to switch to an unused harness and retire the used one though I sometimes break my own rule. Last Wednesday on the Vermilion sand bar I was using a harness which had a gold #5 Indiana blade, black beads, and a bright red 1/2" Little Corky floater which just whacked the walleyes. The one harness caught seven walleyes. (we were sorting) Needless to say, I was quite pleased. |
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| Seguar has my vote. 15# been using it for years. Way better abrasion resistance then XT 15# I use to use. As for tying knots, that might be a user problem. |
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Line for spinners?