jaximus wrote on Dec 18^th, 2012 at 3:24pm:

ive been toying with the idea for a few years of brining a line couter with leadcore(just the reel)

Not sure what advantage there would be in brining your line counter. Personally I try and avoid salt in my reels at all costs.......but as always I try and help  ;). I usually just brine fresh dead bait only. A slurry of sorts is made with a 50/50 mix of salt water and ice. The key ingredient in the brine is Kosher salt (or "ice cream salt"). Both are readily available at your local grocer. Even 3 days later your baits will look quite fresh with no loss of scales and will develop a nice hardness rather than being a pile of mush. Perhaps you seek to keep your line counter looking "fresh"?

In all seriousness Jax.......hope your hunting season was satisfying. I miss it greatly as I cannot get with the hunting program here is Florida.......

Why the Leadcore? Do you really want to drag lakers up from 80 ft? Even at 30 ft some might not make it as I found out this past summer. Besides, given todays superbraids and big cranks you can tick bottom in up to 40 ft.........about as deep as you need to be to get some action even in August. Start thinking bigger.........are you thinking about how to get your tiny lures deeper? Go big or go home is my motto  ;)..........I know, a 4" straight tail worm on 4lb test will take that fickle 5lb smally in June but big is where it is at later on when the fish go deep. Check out my blog where I was getting the bigger smallys on a big crank out of 55' of water.......that was so cool.