I was fishing around noon this morning from shore on a small local lake and only caught a couple small ones on a fluke when I decided to throw a frog on the mats that are just off the bank. I forgot my line snips at home and couldn't cut through the braid on my frog rod to get the bait I had tied on off and the frog on so I decided I'd just put it on my mh set up with 12# mono...
BAD IDEA!!!
I threw about 15 casts when I finally got a bite about 30 yards away. I let the fish take it reeled in the slack and set the hook as hard as I could. My line broke about ten feet out and I was stuck fishless, frogless, and embarassed.
Any ideas why my line broke so close to me? I guessed maybe a kink from a back lash or something. Anyway, I'll never make the mistake of using sub par tackle to fish a frog again.
Frog Mistake!!!
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psuangler91
, May 25 2012 02:24 PM
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Posted May 25 2012 - 02:24 PM
"It's the ones you DON'T catch that keep you coming back."
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Posted May 25 2012 - 02:35 PM
12# mono and heavy cover dont mix well. Problem solved
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Posted May 25 2012 - 03:29 PM
MONO?
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
LOL !!!
Oh well, everyday is a school day, take it, learn from it, and move on, the reason why it broke was most likely from the strong hook set, then the fight, you may have tried a little to hard to get the fish to you instead of letting it play out a little.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
LOL !!!
Oh well, everyday is a school day, take it, learn from it, and move on, the reason why it broke was most likely from the strong hook set, then the fight, you may have tried a little to hard to get the fish to you instead of letting it play out a little.
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I have also found that when it comes to friends, a good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but best friends will be right there beside you saying d**n that was fun !!!
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Posted May 25 2012 - 05:47 PM
Probably a weak spot in your line, probably caused from fishing such light line in heavy cover. If it's heavy weeds I wouldn't even be worried about a little extra braid dragging in the water, fish will probably never see it anyways. If it's really bothering you just find a rock with a sharp/rough edge and pull the tag end back and forth across it a few times and it should cut it no problem so you don't have as much trailing. Guard rails or braided cables work great if you're by a parking lot or road.
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Posted May 27 2012 - 03:11 PM
I always carry a pocket knife to cut my superline. Nothing else but sharp sissors will work well, which I have in a swiss army knife I always have in my tackle box just in case.
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Posted May 27 2012 - 03:26 PM
put it on my mh set up with 12# mono...
Any ideas why my line broke so close to me?
Sounds like a stren problem
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Posted May 28 2012 - 08:59 PM
yeah like i said i only used mono cause that was my only other option, won't even waste my time in the future.
"It's the ones you DON'T catch that keep you coming back."
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Posted May 28 2012 - 10:18 PM
yeah like i said i only used mono cause that was my only other option, won't even waste my time in the future.
I have the same problem, not a fan of super lines but I like the hollow frogs. Since I stopped using braid the spros and snagprofs get collected in a bag.
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