Panio wire at Exmouth
Submitted by bluemule on Sun, 2012-04-01 18:17
Hi guys,
My brother wants to have a go at Marlin this upcoming trip on skirts and im wanting to find out whether to add a short lenght of 140lb panio wire to our leaders to avoid the razor gang or go for broke.
I dread the cost of replacing them. Any knoledge would be appreciated.
Reguards, Jim
Travisd
Posts: 315
Date Joined: 07/05/11
mono all the way
hey jim, stick with some 200lb jinkai on ur pushers. DO NOT USE WIRE.. it just cuts the fish to pieces and at the end of the day you want to let them go. If ur worried about the razor gang dont put your lures out until u hit the 50m mark... escapin tackle has some cheap ones and they do work if you are worried about the outlay;) good luck
Baron Sportsman
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bluemule
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Date Joined: 14/02/12
mono all the way
Hi turboz,
Thanks for info, we have both 200lb/ and 130lb black magic mono traces. I was over 18 months back and wasn't targeting the marlin but did hookup on seven, however they all thew the hook each time.I though we might slow troll livies around with circle hooks.We only do catch and release. Q. does exi have slimie mackeral or simular!
Reguards, Jim
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
No wire on the leader. Best
No wire on the leader. Best off using a single hook shackle rig with uncoated stainless wire for the hook rig.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
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Betting
If you're worried about sticking your lures in the water , you may as well leave them home. Its like betting on a horse or at the casino, if you don't or can't afford to lose it, don't put it on.
Just ask Tim, Adam or any of the blokes up there about sticking an expensive lure on and have a wahoo snip it off after 5 minutes, you cannot control whats going to attack it.
bluemule
Posts: 97
Date Joined: 14/02/12
Heads or Tails
Hi Carnarvonite,
Not leaving them at home,We had many encounters last trip! have a Bo Peep at the Exmouth gamefishing website under Spanyards/ Wahoo My kid brother is in the photo with a 1.6m 35kg model called Jims wahooo. We lost quite a few lures.Its all in the fun. just trying to level the odds!
Reguards, Jim