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Circle hooks are fine for hammer handles lol.. Ran that experiment many years back they are worth a crap when targeting bigger fish, like i said before tail hook your bait its pretty much a guaranteed corner of the jaw hook set..
Exactly circle hook wait till they stop just pull hooked in corner everytime..Everyone that thinks they know everything should try suffix 832.You might be surprised.Everyone use to think the world was flat.Some still do lol.End of conversation.
I completely disagree we have landed several fish tigers and pike over 40" on octopus hooks with fire line and mono leaders. A lot of fishermen swear by using mono and a single hook for big toothy critters that are indeed line shy. Not saying u won't hook up with steel and treble hooks but proof is in the puddin. My hook up.and catch rate has at least doubled so c.f. switching to mono with octopus hooks. And I can use same leaders for walleye. I'm not saying what ur doing is wrong and not saying what I'm doing is right. Just another option that will work for pike and walleye with out making any gear changes
Yah i dont use steel, just a single #4 treb, 30lb copolymer, you moght want to look into it if you like mono its kinda a hybrid line mono core fluoro coating, it offers the best of both worlds. As far as gear changes , just find it easier to have a set of traps strictly for pike and a set strictly for other fish..As far as circle hooks we will have to agree to disagree 😎 In the end what you have faith in is ussually what works i guess.
Braid will break your heart. I used 50lb flouro for some time until I broke one off. I have since switched to AFW single strand 38lb tieable wire. It's very thin and will not break (or cut). Not my quote but I still use it.....STEEL IS REAL!
Well I seem to have started an argument.i now have very light wire leaders,and I’ll keep using my usual setup for walleye and see how the new leaders work.
Everyone uses what's works for them.The question posted was Braid advice for pike.I gave my opinion based on my experience.Dave Genz is a professional fisherman and he does use braid.Not looking to argue I know lots of people that use floro and blah blah but for me braid works.No special tools needed like wire no line stretch when fishing in 40 ft of water like mono floro. I'm not saying everything else is wrong to use I just answered question posted which was advice on braid for pike.
Oh you didn't start this Goose. You only (re)opened the door to a debate that has raged for decades. There are nearly as many different views as there are people. In the end, if it works for you terrific! If you're looking to experiment there's lots of ideas here. Good luck to you! Thank you sir. I have had very good success up until this year with my current setups,and I have also landed quite a number of pike in the 30-40 inch range without any problem. This year however it has failed 3 times already haha
Why would I be surprised? I have pike bite off 65lb sufix 832 every year. Braid is the worst type of leader material out there, end of conversation. When is the last time you saw a professional fisherman (someone who fishes to feed their family) use braid for pike, bass, catfish, saltwater, or anything else? You won't, because its a terrible choice.[/quoContext is key. Also the original post being about leaders for pike on tipups
Because you continue to not get it. No one is saying pros don't use braid they're saying pros don't use braid as a leader