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Originally Posted by Travis C.
If you don't mind me asking, what type of rod do you use in this setup? I have leaned on fish pretty hard with 20lb braid and had it pull free from their (striper) mouth during the fight. It seems some where in your setup there should be some give to keep from pulling it out of them or straightening hooks using that strong of line.
I have never used anything over 65lb so I have no experience with what you have and was wondering.
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My favorite rods I built myself, they are 8 ft blanks with roller guides, rated at 40-80lb line. The blanks are 1' at the base, I also use some 8 ft ugly sticks from bass pro that work well. I use Abu Garcia 10000i reels on my live bait rods, I am not exactly sure how much of the 200lb it holds but it is far more then I have ever needed.
for casting I use Pete Mania musky rods(dont believe they make them anymore, but they have similar rods at bass pro) The reels on my casting rods are abu garcia 6501, and as someone mentioned the line capacity on these is low with the 200lb line, but with the 200lb line I have never had a problem turning them in time. Now with all that being said I have had hooks pull out on a rare occasion, and have had hooks pull out of the body of the redfins, I also change out the hooks that come with them because they straighten out way too easy.
I am sharing this info because I believe too many fisherman fish with way to small of tackle for trophy striper, if you fight them too long or break off, they are not likely to survive. I release all the fish I catch, because I hope to catch them again one day.
Here is a thread just posted to justify what I am talking about
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There seems to be a fella that fished next to me this morning who learned to fish for rockies from your first experience.
Uses 10 lb mono, but throws flukes instead of expensive top water baits, ties into three fish this morning, one spooled his first reel so there is a fish running loose with 150 yds of 10 lb mono hanging on him/her. The next fish runs off like the last one so he cranks down the drag and the fish snaps the line.
The next fish can't be controlled with the light line so it runs amok, picking up two live bait lines thirty yds off to the side of said fisherman. The fish then goes under the barrier, behind my boat where the line goes over my outboard lower unit. End result is me hand lining a 26 lb striper back to my boat, netting it, (couldn't find my gaff) cutting off the fluke and giving it and the fish back to the fisherman, cutting one live line apart and sending the other live line and hook back to the other fishermen.
And this guy fishes with ten lb mono all the time. When he gets a fish on, people have to stop fishing because his fish run all over the place.
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