Wire Line For Lakers

[One Eye]

Is there a great advantage in using wire line over braided line for deep lakers?

[Ray]

No comparasion: Wire line wins hands down. The experts have the super lines over-rated for depth. If you're looking for extremely getting down deep, stainless steel, single strand wire is the best because of the thin diameter it has to offer. Next comes monelwire, then your braided wire last. However, braided wire is the easiest to use then the three I've mentioned, because it doesn't kink and it is easy on your hands. Monel and stainless steel will kink easily and can take a finger off if you don't know what you're doing with it. I prefer the braided wire over everything. I use 20 pound test for my laker fishing. There's only one problem using the braided wire: it frays easily, so you have to check it more often. Braided wire also costs more. Ray

[One Eye]

Thanks for the info. Ray, will be getting rigged with some wire gear for next season.

[Ray]

If you're new to wire line fishing, I like to make one point: don't be cheap on the equipment you want to run with wire because wire is very demanding. There's no short cuts; with the cost of equipment today, you're better off playing the game right. Use a reel with ball bearing stay away from the line counters. They will not hold up with wire, I can guarantee that. The bare minimum reel I recommend is the Pen 350 GTI. Also, use roller-guided rods. You can use a rod with a roller-guide tip, but the rest of the guides will have to be carbide. Dont let anyone tell you you can use any rod with wire by cutting off the tip and putting a special tip on for wire. If your rod is not designed for wire, your equipment will not last. The reel I use and I strongly recommend is a Shimano Charter Special with a Shimano Tallus roller-guided rods. You can chose from two of them. The TCL-70 medium roller-guide or the TLC-70 medium light rollger-guide. I use the TLC-70 medium roller-guide because if I have to use a 32-ounce sinker, this rod will do the job. The reel costs about 130 dollars and the rod costs about 120. A little expensive, but it will last many years. Ray

[fishinnut]

Wire line works well, however I think snap weights work better. I never would have thought an 8 ounce weight would stay on the line until I tried it. Give them a try. No need for any fancy rods or line guides.

[doc]

I have used 50lb Spiderwire with a 8oz weight and a to troll for lakers in 90 ft of water. I was able to troll Huskie Devil spoons as well as the T-50 flatfish. Note: Spiderwire has the smallest diameter of all the "superlines".