So im out in a T last week and i filled up my livewell.

I forgot to block off my front livewell and it filled up with water completely.

Inside the front livewell contained a tote with 6-7 rolls of flurocarbon...leader line by sunline

The line was completely submerged in water for about an hour or two before I found out.

The line was removed from the tote and left to dry out for a day or two before it was completely dry. 

There was also a 1500 yard spool of 10lb excel that aLso was submerged that was also left to dry out.

Is my line still good? I'll be using it as a leader from braid

Would you trust it?

 

-Mike

I would trust it, unless I am missing something your line just was in contact with water.

I cant imagine that it would hurt anything but the label on the spool.  Fishing line is made to be used in lake water. 

Water will not damage your line.

Tom

9 minutes ago, Turtle135 said:

I would trust it, unless I am missing something your line just was in contact with water.

youre not missing anyhthing but if i remember correctly reading somewhere it said flurocarbon retains a lot of water, which has me a little on edge

2 minutes ago, WhiteMike1018 said:

youre not missing anyhthing but if i remember correctly reading somewhere it said flurocarbon retains a lot of water, which has me a little on edge

No, quite the opposite, fluorocarbon does NOT absorb water. There should be nothing wrong with the line.

 

 

 

Just set your oven on 250  and put your line in there for 15 minutes....itll be just like new.

40 minutes ago, tstraub said:

I cant imagine that it would hurt anything but the label on the spool.  Fishing line is made to be used in lake water. 

Haha. This is probably one of my favorite quotes on the forums. I can only imagine your thought process... "Wait, it's in... water? Like normal water? Umm... yeah it's fine."

It's probably all bad. Just send it all to me and I'll throw it away for you... 

Feel free to send any Sunline Sniper to me for inspection. I'll keep all the bad spools. 

3 hours ago, WhiteMike1018 said:

if i remember correctly reading somewhere it said flurocarbon retains a lot of water

i recently read that somewhere too but can't remember where. the point the author was trying to make was that fluoro sinks because it absorbs water. WRONG! fluoro sinks because its specific gravity is greater than water's.

If you get fishing line wet you must discard it or the planet may stop rotating. (At least that's what I've read on the interweb)...

5 hours ago, Montanaro said:

Just set your oven on 250  and put your line in there for 15 minutes....itll be just like new.

250 F will ruin your line!

Tom

 

i took you guys advice and put the oven on 400F for 15 minutes to dry it out, reels spooled up, heading out tomm, tight lines

I'm surprised they didn't melt at 400, but I am sure that line sitting in the lake water in your live well isn't any different than fishing with it in the same water.

23 hours ago, tstraub said:

 

There's so much sarcasm in this thread I have no idea who's being honest and who's making a wise crack anymore.

13 minutes ago, bassbassontherange said:

There's so much sarcasm in this thread I have no idea who's being honest and who's making a wise crack anymore.

The water will have no impact on the line and "cooking it" is just joking around.

46 minutes ago, WhiteMike1018 said:

i took you guys advice and put the oven on 400F for 15 minutes to dry it out, reels spooled up, heading out tomm, tight lines

I'm callin BS on this. Any chef worth his salt knows you roast FC at 425.

5 minutes ago, .ghoti. said:

I'm callin BS on this. Any chef worth his salt knows you roast FC at 425.

Maybe he wanted it medium rare.

38 minutes ago, bassbassontherange said:

There's so much sarcasm in this thread I have no idea who's being honest and who's making a wise crack anymore.

Trust me... There is no damage to the line whatsoever. None

 

Mike

this got better and better as i read further down.....

1 hour ago, WhiteMike1018 said:

i took you guys advice and put the oven on 400F for 15 minutes to dry it out, reels spooled up, heading out tomm, tight lines

I assume this is a joke.  Did you really put your line in the oven for 15 minutes at 400 F?

22 minutes ago, Lucky Craft Man said:

I assume this is a joke.  Did you really put your line in the oven for 15 minutes at 400 F?

Well if he did, we will know when he gets back from his fishing trip early and angry at which time we will advise him to soak all of his line for 30 min in lake water to re-hydrate it and reverse the damage from the oven.....lol

Not sure if serious...

Your fishing line got wet and you think it may be bad?

16 minutes ago, gulfcaptain said:

6 minutes ago, 22hertz said:

Not sure if serious...

Your fishing line got wet and you think it may be bad?

I think he actually is serious, even though it seems kind of obvious.  But I guess it isn't to the OP.