01-31-2008, 11:29 PM
Thanks for the reply Pat. What kind of wire leader do you use? I have caught lots of pike and big walleyes on 7 inch floating Rapalas and never lost a lure. With a mouth full of lure they never really got close to the line. I had a monster pike dart out of the weeds and take my tiny Storm Thundercraw right at my feet as I was sitting side 
dle on my kayak. I had him on for about 5 minutes before he severed the line. That was a time when as you say i valued the lure and really didn't want to lose it. I was tossing the crayfish for perch and crappie and was totally urprised by the big pike. I bought some 40 pound test fluorocarbon to make leaders but haven't had a chance to test this concept thoroughly. I did hook a nice Northern with one of my homemade crankbaits (maybe I should hook up my old lathe again) on the end of a heavy fluoro leader but the fish threw the hook. There was no apparent damage to the leader.
I really hate wire with jigs and the heavy fluoro is not gonna be a whole lot better. I'll probably just take my chances with the jis or maybe try tossing them with braid on one of my reels.
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dle on my kayak. I had him on for about 5 minutes before he severed the line. That was a time when as you say i valued the lure and really didn't want to lose it. I was tossing the crayfish for perch and crappie and was totally urprised by the big pike. I bought some 40 pound test fluorocarbon to make leaders but haven't had a chance to test this concept thoroughly. I did hook a nice Northern with one of my homemade crankbaits (maybe I should hook up my old lathe again) on the end of a heavy fluoro leader but the fish threw the hook. There was no apparent damage to the leader. I really hate wire with jigs and the heavy fluoro is not gonna be a whole lot better. I'll probably just take my chances with the jis or maybe try tossing them with braid on one of my reels.
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