What is the best lead core fishing line?

Asked by: Elizabeth Stokes

Do you need a special rod for lead core line?

If you’re going to fish with 10 colors of lead-core line or more you need a reel with a line capacity of between 350 and 475 yards. Rods for lead-core line are a matter of personal preference. There is no perfect lead-core rod, but longer, diver-type rods provide an advantage.

How much backing do you need for lead core line?

The most practical way to rig and fish lead core is to first spoon on about 200 yards of backing line. The backing line can be either monofilament or super braid. Because I rig my planer boards for fishing with monofilament, I select 20 pound test monofilament as my backing line.

What is lead core fishing line used for?

The main idea behind using lead core line is to let the line itself sink, enabling whatever lure you are trolling with to reach a deeper depth than it could dive on its own using monofilament or braided lines.

How do you determine depth with lead core line?

Every 10 yards of lead core line is a different color, so you can determine how deep you are fishing by how many colors you have in the water. Although a variety of factors can affect how deep lead core line descends in the water, the general rule is that each color is equal to 5 feet in depth.

How do you rig lead core line?

Lead core rigs now if you guys know I use two basic rigs. They're the same they utilize three colors of lead core.

How do you spool a reel with a lead core?

For what you're going to be putting on there as far as your backing your core and your leader.

How far down does lead core line go per color?

5-feet per color

Standard leadcore dives on average 5-feet per color, with the Advanced leadcore diving to 7-feet per color. The result is more depth per less units of line, but either way, consider putting on a full-core. Leadcore line is marked by a different color every 10 yards, so a full-core would be 10-colors, or 100 yards.

When should lead core line be replaced?

The colors tend to fade. When they're exposed to the water they're exposed to the sun they tend to fade.

Can you use planer boards with lead core line?

If you use leadcore on a planer board, DO NOT put leadcore line in the clip. It will break inside core and eventually will break right off.

How do you use a lead core line for salmon?

So that jet diver again I'm gonna go 30 feet behind the boat so that's going to be another deep line straight back so I've got like two deeper lines straight back one at 30 the leadcore at 40.

How do you set up a salmon planer board?

So each color that goes. Out is each color of lead is is actually 10 10 meters or 30. Feet all right so for every 30 feet that goes out it drops five to six. Feet per the lure drops five to six feet

How do you run a planer board?

Try to catch back up to them. The biggest thing you don't want to pump the rod a whole lot just keep the tip down and steady reel the whole way.

How deep can you fish with planer boards?

With a planer board, you will usually want to fish in depths between 30 feet and less.

How do you make planer boards pull harder?

One trick is to loosen the nuts on the back rod and move the middle and outer board in about 3/4 inch. This gives the board more bite and often helps them pull harder. You can move the eye – back – in 1 inch increments – to get them to pull harder.

How far out do you run planer boards?

As a general rule, with 4 board lines per side-and little boat traffic, i like to let out about 125 foot or so. If the waves are thumping- i let out 150 foot or so to reduce the amount of shock on the boards and mast. I like to space my clips out 3-5 ft or so from eachother to reduce tangles in the turns.

Can you use braided line with planer boards?

Down lock up your reel. And then you'll slowly. Put your boat into gear. Just make sure that it bends over doubles over your rod. That's how you know your planer's.

How do you fish with a large planer board?

We run 10 down each planner board we run 10 rods down each board line. We run our flags for our purpose of being able to see our boards and for the other guys fishing.

How do you fish with a big planer board?

Here this is how we run our lines instead of inline boards we hook them all up onto. The. The main line off the board and we get a fish that pops. Off. And that fish is free and clean we reel them.

How fast do you pull planer boards?

The max i typically pull is 1mph in warmer weather with boards. On the other end of things, I also troll umbrella rigs and Alabama rigs straight out the back of the boat but not ones as large as used in saltwater. I typically pulled these anywhere from 2.5-4mph.

Where do you mount planer board mast?

If you are set on using the mast then mount it out on the bow area. If you can reinforce the handrails already on the top or if they are very solid I would mount individual reels on each side to the rear based on your photo.