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10 14 days in Quetico and some fishing questions (Read 5032 times)
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Re: 14 days in Quetico and some fishing questions
Reply #10 - Aug 3rd, 2011 at 10:48pm
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solotripper wrote on Aug 1st, 2011 at 10:17pm:
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_ Looking for walleye and pikes, should I use a leader, or just some fluo after the braided?


I use a Titanium leader when/if I fish intending on catching pike. As we all know NP seem to be most everywhere and many have lost costly lures when they bit thru the mono sans leader.
I found that when fishing for Waldo/Lakers that I received some degree of protection from NP by using a leader made out of the 20# Braid I use on my heavy trolling rod.
Not as good as a real dedicated leader, but way better than mono alone.
I keep a eye on it if I'm catching the unintended NP, and at the first sign of fraying, I replace.
20# Power Pro is the equivalent of 4-6# mono, and has a very soft hand.


i've had the less expensive steel leaders from basspro fail 2 years in a row. last year it was the snaps, so i replaced them with upgraded snaps. This year a swivel broke on a 6# pike. That's no protection. After that incident all the leaders came off and had no prob with the 10# braid. If going with a leader, I'd  use a better quality one, or make your own with something like 20# powerpro as stated above (this is my path for next year).
  
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Re: 14 days in Quetico and some fishing questions
Reply #11 - Aug 12th, 2011 at 12:59am
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If you're trolling, using a leader will have essentially no effect on your catch rate for any species.  The fish does not have time to size up the bait.  The fish either commits to a strike or loses the opportunity to feed on a seemingly easy meal.

The Chrismar map is an excellent map for locating portages and seeing the entire park but if you will be on confusing lakes with lots of points/islands, or if you just would like to look at your map without squinting, pick up either McKenzie or Fisher maps that will give you a lot more detail, including some of the campsites in the area. 

If the McKenzie/Fisher maps disagree with the Chrismar on the location of a portage, it's been my experience that you should trust the Chrismar to be correct.  McKenzie's have topographical lines which are an additional aid to navigation. 

No map I've ever found has lake contours for the Quetico.
  
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