limeyangler

Its the same here. I drove to Thunder Bay yesterday. Not much snow here in dryden or in TBay, but halfway at Uppsala….lots!

I heard your pool was fished out anyway.

Hi all, Our lake completely froze over in one night! Most of the small ponds have been iced over for a week now. GAME ON! Pictures from in front of the house this morning.

HELL YES SON!!!!

Thanks Wall i, Interesting info. Spectra hey….hmmmmm.

This is the guy I'm booked with in action.

Wire you say..hmmmmm….hadn't thought of that….lol. Absolutely. I will be taking a 6'6" Shimano Clarus medium heavy, fast action and two ugly stick light spin, one 6' and one 9'. I might go as heavy as 80lb I think, but i'm taking an assortment of breaking strengths on spare spools. Tarpon guy is recommending my Clarus with 20lb - 30lb braid with a nice 30-50lb flour leader. I certainly hope so! I am also a fan of fireline, both regular smoke and the new Crystal. Will definitely be taking the advice about the leader material.

Just got my reply from the tarpon guide….Jan 15th ,2015……GAME ON!

Well like I have said before in this thread, I never have believed braid and mono are the same in terms of abrasion, and I never once suggested that I was comparing the two, this thread has always been about comparing apples to apples, or at least the qualities they share or do not share, just a simple question of what…if any…braid is more resistant to abrasion than others. As for your suggestion or comment about "just not thinking" I think all the time….and yes I make some mistakes, but thats how we evolve as fishermen and women and a species as a whole. I am not a newbie to fishing and I don't expect the same performance from braid as mono but have stated my purposes for going this route AD INFINITUM!!! As for complaining about my tools….I aint complaining, I'm trying new things with help from others. Whats to complain about?…..I got snapped off a couple of times by a huge Trevalli Jack and some monster Barracuda while fishing a pelican infested cove, full of baitfish swirling in panic on a tropical island paradise? Sucks not to have landed them, but the anticipation of and privilege of getting another crack at it is awesome! I appreciate your input. Thanks. Simon.

LOL…bet my travel insurance would cover that (not)

JUST BOOKED A HALF DAY FLOAT TUBING FOR TARPON!!!!!!

Thanks Bare foot, Its neither surf nor pier. Its a cove with a small entrance facing directly into the oncoming easterly that is a constant in Antigua. The cove is surrounded by 100 foot high cliffs all around. You have to trek through a thorn jungle, then lower yourself into a thorny ravine and that brings you to a small 'beach' of giant bolders. You are basically standing on a coral/rock platform at the base of a cliff. You are not surrounded by anyone. The guy that caught the shark was only the second person I have ever seen there. He was a local guy who camped out over night. He only knew about the spot because he used to work at the now ruined hotel on the nearby beach which was destroyed by a Hurricane Luis in 1995). The first guy I met there was a guy called Nick who was guiding a client and fly fishing for Tarpon, that was back in 2003. The guy Nick has a youtube channel...... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC16nOK_Jnq-R-yIoI3WnLhw , I have sent an email and am trying to book a half day of mangrove Tarpon fishing with him. The guy that camped out had hooked into the baby Thresher Shark at night. I kid you not, he was using an old rusty reel with what looked like about 400lb test...yup...400lb....lol. He had an assortment of nuts and bolts as a sinker and was using sprats from the market as bait. That was the only thing he caught. Will try the flouro leader then the wire. Man...January cant come quick enough!

Apparently you need marshmallows???

OUCH!

All braid is the same, make sure you use wire though.

Awesome Drew….cant wait!

Stickle back

Thanks for the input guys. Think i'm gonna have a look at each of the brands mentioned and their availability to me here in the dead zone and spool up four different and increasing strengths from 40lb-80lb strength of braid. I have not ruled out upgrading my gear and going heavier. Anyway, if its like the last years trip I will only get out a couple of times. I wanna stand half a chance of reeling something in this time. I have the headstrap for my Gopro so should get more fishing footage this time round. Thanks for the input again…... Did I mention I will be using wire?

LOL…ok…here goes…AGAIN………..I WILL BE USING WIRE!!!

Guys…LOL…please. I need braid because of the line diameter to breaking strength given I don't have a giant sea fishing reel. I actually prefer to stay as light as possible anyway. Mono is not an option. I am not concerned about the teeth, I stated already I will be using wire leader, this will not shred at all and will hold up to the smaller cuda and white tip reef sharks that frequent the bay (last time I was there a guy had even landed a small thresher shark right next to me). I know braid is not as resistant to abrasion as mono. However, in my circumstances I need to use braid for the reason mentioned above. Another reason for staying light is I will be chucking lures not more than 1 oz in weight. I know these lures work as the first three I sent out last time I was there were munched immediately but my 20lb braid was not enough for the job, I was neither bit off or cut off on rocks, straight weight of the fish, each time. Lost those three lures and they did not want to touch anything else i had, even bigger lures. I really only want to know which out of all the braids is the most abrasion resistant, if they are all the same so be it, but some seem to say they are more resistant….is this truth or marketing., and if its true which is the best of the better….lol that make sense?

Ok, I know braid is never going to be as resistant as mono, but is there one that is better than others? When you guys talk about a leader/tippet…how long are we talking? cuz I am already planning on using a wire leader for shark and barracuda purposes.

Hi all, I need to know what the best casting braid would be in the 50lb-100lb range. Abrasion resistance is also very important as there will be sharp rock and sea coral present. I will be using a Shimano AERO GTE 5000B reel(carp baitrunner) which does not have a huge spool, so line diameter is why i'm going with braid/wire trace. Thanks in advance.