[Khondker]

Are reds and trouts leader shy?

30 lbs fluorocarbon leader is no match for toothy blues, I want to use 80 to 100 lbs mono or .012" titanium wire leader for live mud minnow.

80 to 100 lbs fluorocarbon leades are very very costly.

Any advise would be great.

Thanks in advance.

 

[greg12345]

fish for those 2 species differently IMO. trout is an artificials only game for me. 80lb mono is fine for reds but will kill whatever action u have with a tiny live bait like a mud minnow. just fish cut bait. i use much lighter leader but i am fishing for slot reds.

have caught plenty of large blues on 30lb leaders when pup fishing....secret is a circle hook, jaw hook up usually so that leader is not even in their moith during the fight. just my 2c.

 

[Digger54]

fish for those 2 species differently IMO. trout is an artificials only game for me. 80lb mono is fine for reds but will kill whatever action u have with a tiny live bait like a mud minnow. just fish cut bait. i use much lighter leader but i am fishing for slot reds.

have caught plenty of large blues on 30lb leaders when pup fishing....secret is a circle hook, jaw hook up usually so that leader is not even in their moith during the fight. just my 2c.

Agree with Greg, I use 30lb Fluoro leader for trout and reds. When plugging off piers for Blues and Spanish I step it up to 40 lb Fluoro leader and check the leader occasionally for nicks. Have not had a cutoff yet.

 

[Fish'n Phil]

I don't use a leader when fishing lures for trout, pups and stripers. Usually using braid but sometimes mono. I'm not sure if they even see the line at night.

 

[Surfjunkie]

I've caught dozens of Spanish mackeral to 24 inches and probably hundreds if not thousands of blues this year alone on a 20lb test mono bite leader. You'll be fine with 30 lb fluorocarbon

 

[bronzbck1]

20# fluorocarbon trout, 30# fluorocarbon pups and yearling on trout rods 10# test running line , 50# fluorocarbon on a heaver

 

[Fishman]

I use 20 lb flouro for both speck and pups. I tie a double uni knot to my 20 lb braided line. If I’m fishing a topwater plug I’ll up the leader to 30lb.

 

[44361]

Are you guys talking 'shock leader or bite leader'?

 

[Khondker]

Are you guys talking 'shock leader or bite leader'?

Bite leader.

 

[Surfjunkie]

Bite leaders are also shock leaders when you're using braid. I don't use fluoro if my mainline is braid due to its lack of stretch