Wind on leaders for mackerel fishing
Submitted by joycey on Fri, 2014-11-21 22:04
Hi all,
I'm setting myself up for trolling for mackies and tuna around metro area this summer
Just after some terminal gear advice.
What "lb" and length of wind on leader do I need?
Also is it ok to use snap swivels for attaching lures or do they open up ?
Cheers for tips,
Joycey
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randall df223
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I was asking a similiar
I was asking a similiar question in relation to running skirted lures at a specialist tackle store last week. 150 lb wind on leader with a swaged on coast clip. The skirted lure is then run on 300 lb nylon coated wire. If I am running hard bodies, I have started using single strand s/s wire trace.
Fish! HARD!
fishcrazy
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macks
id def but wire between lure and leader
opsrey
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there are cheaper/simpler ways
I have always used lure attached to shop bought 30cm wire leader (swivel one end and clip the other) and straight to 30lb mono.
trymyluck
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I wouldn't use nylon coated
I wouldn't use nylon coated wire, single stand is better and a heavy mono trace is unnecessary.
MattMiller
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Personally when trolling up north
have always run a 2-3m wind on leader (80-150lb) to a decent snap (richter). If Mackies are the main target we always use around 50cm of single strand wire (@70-80lb) to the lure.
Never had a bust off even with by-catch like Sailfish and Black Marlin