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mono , floro , braid ? and I sure you ment yards
Always need at least 50ft to spare when chasing lakers Im a bit OCD when it comes to fishing line during ice season so 50ft is plenty for me since if I break off or if the line develops wear I respool that night.
I think what he was getting at is that a 50ft run for a laker is nothing.. Sure would suck to lose a big fish because you get spooled.
Most of my Mac set ups are 2500 Symetre/Sienna spooled to 85-90% capacity with 6#or 8# McCoy CoPolymer. I hang a swivel and then run 24-30" of Pline fluoro (leader material) to the jig. 8# is as big as I'll use though. Lighter line and smaller jigs get way more takes. When I do get into a good fish I'm betting fresh line and a good drag are enough but I would never use 12 or 20# line like some guys do. Copolymer also has a pretty low stretch which is great when you set up on a good fish in deep water. If things turn ugly you can strip off 100' of jacked up line and there's still plenty of fresh spooled on a 2500 to to keep fishing. For $30 it's hard to beat a Sienna 2500.
I've never been spooled with 150ft (give or take 20ft) of 6lb test and caught some nice fish for my area so I'm confident in 150ft.. I'm sure there are monsters in their but usually the lakers we get are anywhere from 3-15lbs.
I don't leave home without 150 " yards " on a spool for lakers. And I've nearly been spooled. That's twice as much as you run.
He stated u fish in 80-100ft of water. That leaves 50-70ft on your spool. If you base your drag off the 30% of line strength principal you drag should be set to 1.8lbs for 6# line. In know it may be a bit early to be calling BS, but there is no way your pulling 15lb lakers out of 80-100ft of water with 50ft to spare on 6# line...Not to mention if it breaks your line off 20-30 feet your outfit is pretty much useless..
U stated u fished in 80-100ft of water. That leaves 50-70ft on the spool. If you base your drag off the 30% of line strength principal your drag should be set to 1.8lbs for 6# line. I know it may be a bit early to be calling BS, but there is no way your pulling 15lb lakers out of 80-100ft of water with 50ft to spare on 6# line...Not to mention if it breaks your line off 20-30 feet your outfit is pretty much useless..
It still makes no sense to use less line. You can fit over 100 yards of line on your reel, there is no reason to cut yourself short. On my rod for jigging pike, I have 150 yards spooled on, and I don't usually fish past 20'. I don't need that much line, I'd bet half that would work for me. But by the time I have cut and tied on lures hundreds of times over the season, and finally get something worthy of the setup, I'm glad I don't have to worry about running my line down to the last few feet. Not on a rod, but last year I was with someone who normally fishes for walleye with tip ups. He was pike fishing with me, and had his flag go up. He only uses 25 yards of line because that's all he ever needed. It probably took us 30 seconds to walk over, and we could see line was peeling off. I told him to wait until it slowed down to set the hook, but we didn't have a choice. That fish had all that line gone in no time. He tried to set the hook, but totally missed it. Not 2 minutes later my flag went up and I hauled my biggest fish of the season up. That same day while I was cooking lunch, my flag went up. I must not have noticed for a few minutes, because when I got there, the fish had over 3/4 of my line gone, and was still going. I use 100 yards on my tip ups, and I got that fish. I know it doesn't mean much compared to jigging for deep lakers, but the point is there is no advantage to using too little of line. BTW, that is a fine reel choice, you will like it.
