I troll for Kings or whatever, with 40# (lots of people use only 30) and a
4-6' dark ss solid leader and a ballbearing snap swivel.
For bottom fishing I believe the super braid line offers an advantage being
so much smaller in dia and harder to see. (I think the actual dia of the 50
to 80# I use is between that of 12 to 20# mono). Usually I use a few feet
of anywhere between 40# to 100# mono leader but several species can bite
through any mono. I don't expect to hook any 60 to 80 pounders however!
LD
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I bought a Penn 340 GTI and 6/0 rod combo at a garage sale, I am going
to be fishing for kings, jacks and snapper, with a occasional shark or
2 for fun in the Gulf of Mexico.
I've researched it through a couple of buddys that visit cobo twice a
year and the i-net and have come to the decision of a base wrap of 40
lb mono tied to 500 yards 65lb p-line spectrex tied to about 100 yards
of 65lb mono for shock absorbence tied to 5 yards of 65lb florocarbon.
Am I nuts? sure sounds like a lot of knots. Am I going the right
direction?