11-08-2009, 02:19 AM
I see from another post you are using 12 pound test line.
you may want to invest in to some barrol swivels and 6 or 8 pound leader spool.. Making a 2-3 foot leader of lighter test line will up your strike counts...
in colder waters you can catch bigger fish with smaller weight line. You will have to play them longer...
12 pound line is realy for horsing in bass, they use this heavy line in tournies because of time and not wanting to loose their crankbaits.
your avrage bass will go 2-5 pounds ocational 8s and vary few 10s I have only seen two bass in my life time that went 20 pounds. they both were in a privet stock pond and both died of winter kill after I chased after them for 10 years.
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you may want to invest in to some barrol swivels and 6 or 8 pound leader spool.. Making a 2-3 foot leader of lighter test line will up your strike counts...
in colder waters you can catch bigger fish with smaller weight line. You will have to play them longer...
12 pound line is realy for horsing in bass, they use this heavy line in tournies because of time and not wanting to loose their crankbaits.
your avrage bass will go 2-5 pounds ocational 8s and vary few 10s I have only seen two bass in my life time that went 20 pounds. they both were in a privet stock pond and both died of winter kill after I chased after them for 10 years.
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