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JakerSurf

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I have not used fluoro yet and find conflicting info everywhere. I have just started plugging for stripers, mostly in the surf, in the last year or two and have simply used either 30 or 40 lb mono for my leaders. I had it on hand and it works. But the blues are coming soon and traditionally I tied on a wire leader when blue fishing. The blues will be hitting my striper plugs and I am not sure what weight leader to use and if fluoro is even the way to go. Any advice is appreciated.

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I use both mono and fluoro, and I don't really think there's a big difference between the two except that it seems fluorocarbon is stiffer and maybe a little bit more abrasion resistant. Mono will work for just about anything. I use a fluoro more because I have a massive surplus of it. I'd say use mono. It's cheaper, and easier to tie knots with heavier line. If you're going to use fluoro, don't go over 40-50 pound line. Agree with using Ande. Never used big game.

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I've shunned the mono since the 90's will probably never look back.

Is there a difference .....ahhh yup.

 

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Flouro for me, I always use it, even for big game (Tuna). I have seen it make a big difference in the number of hits too many times to go bask to mono... If the blues are a problem I might put a 4-6" wire leader at the end of my flour and use plugs with only hooks in the back...

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5 hours ago, JakerSurf said:

The blues will be hitting my striper plugs and I am not sure what weight leader to use and if fluoro is even the way to go. Any advice is appreciated.

I use 40lb flouro leaders when I fish for blues & stripers. I very rarely have a blue bite off my lure. If they do, it's because I wasn't targeting blues and I'm using a small lure or the water it's windy with rough surf and they don't get a clean shot at the lure. In the last 10 years I think I've had one bite off by blues on 40lb fluoro.

 

However I have had gators chomp off 1/2 my paddle tail fairly often. :) 

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I've been using 60lb Big Game for all my leaders the past few years. Open beaches here in NJ.  One video I saw Bill Wetzel say he uses 80lb.  That's out among the rocks at Montauk.  A lot of what he says makes sense. His rough quote was " you are throwing a big wood plugs with a bunch of hooks dangling off it and you're worried about the leader spooking a fish".

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Mostly see blue water boys and fly guys talking about fluoro, gotta understand mono is usually about 10-15% thicker in diameter for same breaking strength depending on brand, also if you're free floating a bait mono tends to curl more than fluoro and can make a problem for fly guys. People say they get more eats on fluoro but probably don't realize the diameter difference and assume it's cause it's 'invisible' or a better material to prevent visibility to fish

 

almost every marketed benefit for fluoro has been proven false i.e. more abrasion resistant, no stretch, yada yada, it's a lil silly to think the 'invisibility' is true too 

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