07-04-2007, 06:36 AM
Thanks Joe, I met Dan a year ago at work and after I found out he was a fisherman we started hitting the lakes in this area on a regular basis, even ice fishing during the winter. I thought I was a talker until I met Dan, LOL. Yea, he's a good guy all right. Dan wants to get up there again this fall but we will have to wait and see what the gas prices do, we will let you know for sure. I tried getting dacron at the local Sportsman's Warehouse before I came up last week and they had nothing over 25 pounds. I'll get some before our next trip up there, even if I have to order it. What kind of knot do you use to tie your leader and how much line do you usually have on your reel? I put 150 yds of 65 lb braided line on my reel but wasn't sure if that was enough. I was using 50 lb braided line for leader. When I lost the only big fish I had on, it felt like the knot came undone, if it broke, it must have happened at or near the hook. I had the fish on for a few minutes and it made a few runs before it got off, so I don't think the drag was set too high.
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