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It only takes losing one big fish on fluoro leaders to be sorry. Pike arnt line shy!! I use a steel leader and a #6 treble.
Pike aren't line shy? That's a myth. It depends on water clarity and fishing pressure. I use 50-80lb floro and a single hook. I've caught plenty of big fish on floro and I use a single octopus hook, if you gut hook a fish using treble hooks it can kill them.
I run flouro carbon because it has increased the number of bass that I catch when I am fishing for northern. More flags more fun.
I rarely if ever gut hook pike. I fish the st. Lawrence river which is gin clear and has a lot more people fishing it then any place you fish.. And big pike still eat steel. How many 20 pound pike have you caught?You make everything out to be this exact science in all your posts that I read. Like your some kind of pro.... Simple truth here. Pike are NOT that smart, and tip up fishing for pike is NOT that hard.. Even with steel leaders.
I've used titanium it's kinky and junk in my opinion. A titanium leader is usually good for one fish then it looks like a pretzel. My brother uses 50lb fluoro(he did anyway).. I saw him get bit off on a 14-15lb fish (rough guess). He never outfished me. Your right the st Lawrence is big and expansive but some areas look literally like small cities, number of anglers in derbies climb to the thousands at one single event. These fish are hardened and have seen plenty of hooks. I think they may even notice the steel sometimes but it is just instinct they have to eat. I will put fluoro on 1 tip up this year and see the results, if it works better I will let you know and give it a try. What do you recommend?
What about all these bite offs with fish swimming around with hooks in there mouth/throat??