I believe Poco is still at it. We were camped at his favorite spot this past weekend I believe. I was kayaking out a bait when he stopped by and talked to my uncle. As for suggestions...
1. As mentioned already use mono to help with abrasion. After longs hours of fishing it will still rub and get bad spots on it so you will need to constantly replace it. Some suggest replacing the mono after catching a big fish as well. Up to you really.
2. Get the line up off the sand/shells. if you have a rack on your truck then that works great. Otherwise I would suggest 10'+ rods in tall rod holders to help keep it off the bottom. I use 12' rods for my cast out rigs but also have a rack to use.
3. Run floats on your leaders as it's not a matter of IF it's WHEN you break off...you can go retrieve the leader. I've seen people just make floats out of coke bottles so it shouldn't be expensive.
4. If you want to get out of having to replace mono all the time then I would look at using hollow core braid. This give you the option of cutting out the bad spots and splicing them together. It's more expensive up front but saves you time and money in the long run.
I don't have as much experience as some of the other fishermen around but this is what I've learned in the past few years.
HTH
1. As mentioned already use mono to help with abrasion. After longs hours of fishing it will still rub and get bad spots on it so you will need to constantly replace it. Some suggest replacing the mono after catching a big fish as well. Up to you really.
2. Get the line up off the sand/shells. if you have a rack on your truck then that works great. Otherwise I would suggest 10'+ rods in tall rod holders to help keep it off the bottom. I use 12' rods for my cast out rigs but also have a rack to use.
3. Run floats on your leaders as it's not a matter of IF it's WHEN you break off...you can go retrieve the leader. I've seen people just make floats out of coke bottles so it shouldn't be expensive.
4. If you want to get out of having to replace mono all the time then I would look at using hollow core braid. This give you the option of cutting out the bad spots and splicing them together. It's more expensive up front but saves you time and money in the long run.
I don't have as much experience as some of the other fishermen around but this is what I've learned in the past few years.
HTH
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