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stumbled on a couple of pickerel ponds today while wandering south to the other carolina. lots of fun catching those spunky fish on light action tackle. had a couple of them pull off a triple jump. judges gave them a 9.5 ...
problem is, at one point i lost three lures (one small roboworm, two beetle spins) on a five-bite stretch (in only 10 minutes) because they were slicing through my six-pound test with those teeth. only wire leader i had with me was heavy-duty stuff i bought for musky on the new. needless to say, that behemoth of an accessory basically stopped the bite completely. i didn't like the idea of a pond full of pickerel swimmingly around with my lures in their jaws, so i just moved on to other spots even though they had been biting well in the moment.
my question is, what do you pickerel-catching folks do about this issue? use light-wire leader? heavier mono/flouro? braid? ask them nicely not to bite the line? i tried the last one, but without much success. i've only ever accidentally caught pickerel over the years, and when i've been pike fishing up north i used a leader that didn't seem to deter those ravenous monsters. i'd like to head back to this place with a better plan for a day of pickerel acrobatics.
problem is, at one point i lost three lures (one small roboworm, two beetle spins) on a five-bite stretch (in only 10 minutes) because they were slicing through my six-pound test with those teeth. only wire leader i had with me was heavy-duty stuff i bought for musky on the new. needless to say, that behemoth of an accessory basically stopped the bite completely. i didn't like the idea of a pond full of pickerel swimmingly around with my lures in their jaws, so i just moved on to other spots even though they had been biting well in the moment.
my question is, what do you pickerel-catching folks do about this issue? use light-wire leader? heavier mono/flouro? braid? ask them nicely not to bite the line? i tried the last one, but without much success. i've only ever accidentally caught pickerel over the years, and when i've been pike fishing up north i used a leader that didn't seem to deter those ravenous monsters. i'd like to head back to this place with a better plan for a day of pickerel acrobatics.
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