JakerSurf Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 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. Edited April 8, 2022 by JakerSurf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook_Slayr Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) For what you're doing, stick to mono. Mono is better 99% of the time Edited April 8, 2022 by Snook_Slayr RAW and Tyger92 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj1975232 Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 Mono in the sizes you're already using is what I would stick with. I usually stick with Ande and Big Game. mybosox3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 Agree with mono in the higher tests. Easier to tie knots with. I use fluoro for lighter FW leaders and on my UL rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSkateFisherman Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 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. They were biting before you got here and they’ll bite again after you leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSuperApe Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 I've been using flouro too long to switch back to mono. There is a difference between mono line and mono leader with the leader being stiffer. I'd grab a blue spool of ande mono leader or a red spool of ande flouro. (*member formerly known as 'Badtothebugs') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook_Slayr Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 Mono is more abrasion resistant than fluoro for lines of same diameter, won't change the number of bites you get. Ande pink is my vote, or momi diamond if you want a little green tinge. Big Biscuit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flylikabird Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 I've shunned the mono since the 90's will probably never look back. Is there a difference .....ahhh yup. Many ways to skin a dump truck.....many ways. BNickW 1 "For our discussion of kayak angling is no trifling matter but is the way to conduct our lives, nobody untrained in fishing may enter my house."- Fly's Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenKell Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 With blues in the water and actively hitting your line, I usually up the leader to 80-100lb mono. It will usually survive a hit or two and you can inspect it before your next cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripernut1 Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak-striper Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 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. BNickW and mybosox3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig It Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 This is the closest bluefish got on my 40 lbs flouro leader. 60-80 lbs is probably better if you target bluefish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybosox3 Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 5 hours ago, dj1975232 said: Mono in the sizes you're already using is what I would stick with. I usually stick with Ande and Big Game. Andes works well Big Biscuit 1 Missing Wilmington Vermont but loving the Ditch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40shades-of-blue Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 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". PSeggs and LockedDrag 2 “All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook_Slayr Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 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 Edited April 8, 2022 by Snook_Slayr Tyger92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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